Chardy

It is advised (not law) to keep them in at night and we do ours to protect them and the wildlife. We fall under Rockingham council too.

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I work on ADSL faults around East Freo and iiNet or internode are good as the same parent company and use the same DSLAMs at the exchange

Hi, we are in Baldivis, have been for just over a year of our 2 and a half years in Perth. Have 2 girls 11 and 6 and a 10 year old boy.

Happy to catch up sometime, feel free to private message

Justin

Insure your move or Letton Percival will insure for a lot less

You have 3 months to get your driving licence and will need to wait for some ID etc to be able to apply. As VS says TFN is the very first.

So many don't bother with the Skilled Migration registration, I didn't (get round to it) and my 2 year commitment is almost over now !

Synergy are the only electricity supplier in WA. We changed to Kleenheat but Alinta offered a cash discount per bill which worked out better than the 10% deal so switched back !

Mind you we do have gas boosted solar hot water so our gas use is low.

Cape Leeuwin lighthouse

Glenn Forrest tavern

Shale grey comes out lighter than the colourbond when painted on !

It looks like I have the worst of the bunch. A 2004 bright canary yellow Hyundai Getz. But, it gets me about, has never failed to start and is very good on fuel.

How funny, I have one too, same colour, easy to find in the car park !

You can stack the dryer on the washer with a rubber pad between them from the DIY stores.

We've used our dryer maybe 10 times in 18 months just because sometimes we can't wait the 2 days stuff takes to dry inside in the winter.

Have you got central heating in your house in Oz? I didn't know you could get it over there? Is it the same as UK heating?

Central heating isn't like the UK with a boiler and rads. It's usually a ducted aircon unit with electric heater built in. I'm loving ours after last winter in a rental with NO heating. No wall insulation and single glazing is not good though !

WA really needs to move away from double brick construction as thermal mass simply doesn't work well in this climate (apart from the very Southern areas.

Saturdays' sunrise from Baldivis

Only crazy people sunbathe here. Without sunscreen you will burn VERY quickly regardless of skin type, shade is a good thing ;-)

Mossies are bad all around Mandurah thanks to the estuary especially in the warmer months, we lived in Lakelands for a year and it stopped us eating outside a lot.

Now in Baldivis and see none.

Just budget for repellent in your shopping and you'll be fine !

We have dramatic storms in the autumn winter all across the state but rarely severe enough to cause major damage fortunately.

Love our included Daikin 7 zone, 10 outlet aircon. So much better than the evap we've had in rentals.

Spend a few weeks in the hills in my cousins old wooden house and you'll see enough huntsmen to keep you happy, I miss seeing them now ;-(

Ours were $30 a piece - wish I'd got more in !

Our builders seem a lot cheaper for extras than some others.

We had all our power outlets moved onto internal walls too so our friendly sparky can add ones on the external walls with no wall chasing later on.

Has anyone thought about smart wiring their house, I went to Intelligent homes in Osbourne park and have just had a quote for basic data, TV & Foxtel, our build is on a fibre optic wired estate, so we could have all the services come in out of the ground, but the quote is mind boggling

Yes but I'll DIY when I have time (I'm a registered cabler).

Agree with VS, have conduits put in (on internal walls) so it can be pulled in later for less. External walls have the cavity to run the cables in.

Builders doing smart cabling is a complete money maker for them!

I would have thought the water bill would have been quite high, I had a look on some building forums and a lot of people complain about the water bill, if you think about it the builders use a shed load of water while building your house, especially during the brickie and plastering phase, was your $100 bill a monthly or quarterly bill or a total bill?

Nope that's total for a 7 month build, maybe they used next doors !?

Yes you have to pay rates on your block as soon as it is settled although only as vacant land so a little cheaper. It takes some councils a while to catch up but normally the plans approval tips them off. You might want to call them VS or you'll get a backdated bill which may be a bit if a shock !

The water bill for our build was about $100 (usage and rates) and the electric about $80. Gas nil as it's not put on until the last few weeks.

Got me wondering how ours was structured then, I think possibly the $7k FHOG and our PPA deposit covered the extras ?.........

I can only comment on Meadow springs PS as our 3 were there for a year and it is a great school.

The state high school has a bad rep, one reason we moved away from the area before our eldest got to year 7.

You are settling well.

I like the line about it being mild weather - you won't say that next year once you've acclimatised !

When you see a booze bus you'll be shocked how many they get.

Speed cameras are often hidden in the centre reserve bushes on the freeways or handheld guns behind signs etc

Most schools don't put their catchment online so you will need to visit them in person which at least gives you a chance to get a feel for the school.

VS - pay for upgrades on the day, really ?????

Ours were included in our finance payments.

What builder are you with. ?