We are literally starting our build in the next week or so, what has been a 21 month process to get to this point, we got our final DA approval last week, we had a chat to our builder and he is keen to progress, like many he is keen to keep working and keeping staff in jobs while he can. We are doing a cost plus build, originally our surveying was quoted at $3300, today the same guy did it for $2700 because he wanted the work, was able to come straight out and complete once given the go ahead. While it’s nice to potentially gets some savings moving forward, it’s certainly nice knowing that our build can potentially help people keep their businesses opened in the midst of this crisis.

This is the house colour we ended up going with...What do you think??

Check out the Holcim geostone range. We have the wattle colour exposed aggregate concrete. Our home is similar colour tones. https://www.geostone.com.au/exposed/product-range/ When choosing the base concrete colour, just be aware of the yellowish cream finish or the greyish white concrete finish. On mass, it does make a difference. The colouring of your home, I would go with the greyish base concrete.

Hi All, Looking at doing white render for the ground floor of a house. They told me even if they put the paint in the render I would need to paint it after with some membrane paint. Can someone explain this more, if it's required and what its for. They suggested other colours buy they are not even close to white.