I have been doing it for about 8 years now and wouldn't shop any other way! We are a family of 9 which means 2 to 3 trolleys at the supermarket and many heavy loads from the car.I had a very difficult pregnancy 8 years ago and decided to give it a go and have never looked back.I have tried both woolworths and coles and personally like Coles better,(i found with woolworths lots of items missing and hard to get through on the phone).Coles is fantastic! I shop at home where I can check to see what we need and I can see my trolley total as I go and am able to check it at the end and delete anything if I spend too much,not so much impulse buying,I don't have to take the kids,I can choose a 2 hour delivery window and they email me an approximate time as well! They have never been late and if they are running early they will call me to make sure thats ok.The delivery guys are lovely and we have the same 3 or 4 regulars,who even make time to stop and pat the dogs.We have a steep driveway with steps and they carry the shopping up and into the kitchen.I also get an email about any out of stock items and substitutions (which they only do if you request).As a bonus I get Flybys points which we use to get free movie tickets for the school holidays! I would recommend it to anyone!

My house is also built at the top of a hill, the summit and is cut into a cliff. We bought it, it was built in the 90s and the orientation is entirely wrong. The living areas face west and all bedrooms are in the east. The master is exposed to the western and the northern sunshine. It’s nice in the winter and entirely unbearable in the summer. The same goes for my living room. We take extra long holidays in the summer to avoid being at home. The home had no insulation in ceilings, and raked ceilings. So the first thing we did was remove the roof sheeting install battens to create a cavity and installed R3.5 insulation. We are also upgrading installing new windows to upgrade the glazing on the western windows and looking to put insulation in all the walls It also gets really windy, so windy. So I understand your concerns. When it gets windy the entire house shakes. So the next thing will be to improve the bracing. There is a 3-4metre clearance under our home for storage. We could do a build in under. Even with the positioning of our shed and close proximity to the home it does little to shelter from the wind. We are considered the building an “outdoor room” which would act as an alfresco with skylights, lounge, pool and kitchenette that could act as an outdoor entertainment area when weather permits. I just did a sustainable design for a client nearby. I am so jealous of her amazing home. Her land is smaller then my land and her land cost the same price as my house and land. So I am grateful for what I have.

Excellent. i will do a google, and see what the SA version is. Thank you. it's a great starting point. I see what you're saying re: defects VS standard. but my god they did a terrible job of a BRAND NEW HOUSE. the two townhouses next to us aren't selling because the workmanship is so bad. We stupidly bough off Market and Off plan. So didn't see the end result till we moved in. The PM has come through and agreed to fix majority, but both bathrooms are floor to ceiling tiles, and probably half of the tiles have a black mark on them down the side. But it looks like mould. We obviously want that fixed and in my mind, that means re-tiling both bathrooms. We just aren't prepared to move out of our house and have trades working on both bathrooms... The other part is both downstairs and up, the roof has so many sections where you can see bumps and patching and bad paint. His advice was to repaint and change the lights from regular light to down light (so we wont notice it as much) But thats just sweeping under the rug, something is still wrong. All of these things, im worried will affect the re-sale of our house. There is a huge dent in the metal part of the window seal. He said he can buffer it our, but it wont be perfect. And they wouldn't be able to fix it.. To me, we should be compensated for that. Literally compensated for everything that isn't right, Is that fair? Have you heard of people getting compensated after they bought brand new?

Your concretor is never going to fix the problem he has created to your satisfaction and to an appropriate and professional standard of his own free will to remedy his laziness. I am assuming that he has been fully paid for his shoddy work. I wouldn't allow him (or his plumbing mate) anywhere near my property again. I would be paying my own plumber the $4500 to fix it, or get a few more quotes from some other plumbers - sometimes a clever plumber can work out a cost-effective workaround. Then speak to your lawyers to write some aggressive letters demanding compensation, but there is no guarantee that you will get what you are owed. Without knowing how big the slab is $2200 seems very cheap for the amount of work, bobcat hire and materials needed, and perhaps should have rung alarm bells about you get what you pay for. I would also be keeping the QBBC informed as this scam artist is giving registered tradesmen a bad name. Best of luck, and sorry for your bad experience Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls and Dr Retro Virtual Visits via Zoom.