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Finally got my building permit from the council and the builder has sent off an invoice for first progress payment!
To apply for it. Have submitted half the required documents, just want to know if you can submit in the "other" section multiple times or if it greys out after one document ?
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Nah fill your boots, get as much as you can in there....they'll let you know what your missing.
thanks dude.
Hit with a variation for extra cable from the power box in the street to the meter box. If they put the Meter box on the right hand side of the house it wouldn't have been an issue. It's minor but paying for their ******* stupidity pisses me.
Here in NSW it’s 50/50 on a ‘sufficient fence’ - technically if one person wants anything more than the cheapest option, they need to foot the bill for the difference
In practice I think most people go 50/50, although sometimes one person will pay more so they get more of a say in what it looks like
Our neighbours are currently building, we let them choose the fencing in exchange for us not having to pay
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I paid for all 3 in my last place
I wanted to go very high and then topped with lattice to go higher again and wanted them all to match
The neighbours were elderly and didnt really want or need new fences.
I wanted to go very high and then topped with lattice to go higher again and wanted them all to match
The neighbours were elderly and didnt really want or need new fences.
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Finally started my foundations yesterday...12 months and counting.
Been told my slab will be down on the 17th..so fingers crosssed!
Practical completion day was Today and they're still some few weeks off. $50 a day from now on until it's done.
Similar story, mate of my dads owns a beach front house he built himself, gets an offer for 5mil.. nah mate not selling comes back 5.5 sorry mate.. comes back again month later 6m...
Sold.. guys a builder and his family home..rich get richer
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Some snaps of my home in the living area
What is a single gate with return, in fence terms ?
Is that the front with a gate and down 1 side of the house ?
I have in my contract "50% of fencing to be given back to client for rear and 1 side.
"Builder to single gate with return".
Is that the front with a gate and down 1 side of the house ?
I have in my contract "50% of fencing to be given back to client for rear and 1 side.
"Builder to single gate with return".
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If I ever get filthy rich, I am buying a block of land, building a home with a pool going around the whole house. Watch this space.
makes sure you dont need to paint the outside or clean the gutters
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I'll just build a new one
Like a moat?
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Looks great.
Have you got hinges on those plantation shutters. I.e. they open inwards towards the bench as well as being able to adjust the blind position? What kind of windows behind?
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Looks fantastic. Well done. We've just had a heap of shutters put in too as well as some proper curtains like those. ******* expensive but it's amazing how much difference they make. Worth every penny and I just wish we'd done it sooner.
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Yeah, they can open outward toward the kitchen, aside from the one in front of the tap.Looks great.
Have you got hinges on those plantation shutters. I.e. they open inwards towards the bench as well as being able to adjust the blind position? What kind of windows behind?
*asking for a friend looking at blinds
And they are on just standard winding windows. You can't have them on slide ones I believe.
Thanks Fishy. We are getting them in the study and the bathroom and toilet (the latter two much to my dismay), but a place feels so much more homey with curtains/blinds etc.
And you're right, not cheap!
Our house isn't big (26sq), and my MIL works at a curtain shop so we got a discount, but it still cost us 12k. (S fold sheers on all windows, block out curtains in 4 rooms, 3x shutters, 2x roller blinds)
I'd love to get sheers but with two young kids they'd get feral
