Building a house, what did you wish you had of thought of or known?

**Gilly83** · 05-07-2012 13:33

We put in our first house but forgot to put in this one :-(

A second Light switch above the bed so u don't have to get up and walk to the door to turn turn the lights off

**RmumR** · 05-07-2012 14:24

Originally Posted by amesv

Great topic! Choose floor coverings that are easy to clean, shiny white tiles are not!

We had shiny cream tiles in the rental we were living in while we built our home.
Needless to say there are no white shiny floor tiles here. We went with a wood-look vinyl laminate that im loving

**Zeddie** · 06-07-2012 13:59

Thought I would add don't put your smoke alarms right outside the bathroom door! Mine go off when I open the door after a shower or shower with the door open, even with the fan on

**babycart** · 10-07-2012 00:57

Originally Posted by ZewZew

Thought I would add don't put your smoke alarms right outside the bathroom door! Mine go off when I open the door after a shower or shower with the door open, even with the fan on

One house I lived in had one installed right over the stove in the kitchen - genius!

**bebehvala** · 10-07-2012 01:28

Get a stone bench top!

**tashaplus2** · 10-07-2012 04:50

We are getting stone for all bench tops (kitchen and bathroom). So it's worth the outlay?

**Guest1234** · 15-07-2012 10:12

Get EVERYTHING in writing during the sales stage

**LollyDolly** · 15-07-2012 10:30

We were just renting at the moment but the house we are in is very dark! So make sure your house gets plenty of natural lighting. All the windows and doors to the main living areas come off the undercover entertainment area so you still need lights on during the day, I hate it! I know thats a bit if a strange one but its something you wouldn't be able to change easily once built.

**Shell T** · 15-07-2012 10:48

Originally Posted by amesv

Great topic! Choose floor coverings that are easy to clean, shiny white tiles are not!

I agree. But we have matte tiles and they always look dusty! Even 2mins after cleaning them.
I would have floorboards next time or high gloss tiles...

**CookieMonsters** · 16-08-2012 21:57

Loving this thread. We just sold our house ready to build our dream house (already have the block) if any one has pictures of dos and donts that would be great or there dream house. Ive already copy and pasted things i never thought of so hopefully with this bump there will be some more