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Do I need to cultivate though? and why? I thought you had to cultivate for drainage, but I have a french drain at the bottom of the hill so…

My front yard is very heavy clay a slopes approx 1.2 meters from top to bottom over about 8m. At the bottom I have a French drain with ag…

and what is wrong with that? I am asking for advise... I thought that was one of the purposes of discussion forums.

because i would rather know that there is something wrong while I still have a chance to make a claim on the builders warranty, than down…

other than what I mentioned before... I don't know... That is what I want to find out :) lol

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Thanks for the recommendation, unfortunately my property is in Sydney.

yes

Nothing, other than the lack of confidence in the REA... Sometimes agents dont know what they are talking about and will just give an…

Hoping to get advise from a builder or someone on the building scene. My investment property is about to reach the end of its 6 year…

I actually removed between 5 and 20cm in different places to level out the lawn a bit better. So I brought it 5cm of 80/20 turf underlay.

Bugger. Sounds like I should have done some more research before doing the backyard. At least I can do the front yard properly now though.…

You mean do one dose, wait 14 days, do a second dose, wait 14 days, then dig up 5-10cm?

Is removing 5-10CM of soil, grass and all sufficient though? Seems overkill to use a herbicide, wait 14 days, dig it up, then do prep work?

I am replacing the lawn at the front and back of my house. At the back I had an excavator take out 5-10CM, and I put down about 5cm of…

Say the mortgage is $800,000 and $100,000 in offset, your saying that the $100,000 reduces the mortgage to $700,000 so when it is bought by…

What happens if someone doesn't want to buy their mortgage book? Do I get called on to pay the outstanding balance - ergo forcing me to…

I am looking at getting a home loan with an offset account. I am struggling to find information online about what the actual risks and cons…

Do you need to run a seperate pipe all the way to the storm water, or do you just put like a T join pipe connector to the existing pipe,…

I read about french drains... The bit I get lost on is where it actually drained too. Some people said you dig a large pit and put a water…

I had a new home built 5 years ago. Since then new homes have been built on either side of my property, and Im having issues with water…

just to clarify, I didn't DIY repair it per say. My intention was to not let the screen and case flop around as separate pieces held on by…

Thanks for the feedback. I didn't take a photo when the screen had popped out, I just simply didn't think too. In hindsight a very good…

I want to start by saying that everything that I say is 100% accurate, because I want to get honest advice, help and hopefully some…

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