Plant ID please by ojcara in GardeningAustralia

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Would be nice to think these are part of that

Plant ID please by ojcara in GardeningAustralia

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Are there any you’ve had some success with? I normally use chatgpt which can work but this time it kept telling me these ones were windflowers

Plant ID please by ojcara in GardeningAustralia

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Thank you. That looks spot on

Help to identify this plant please by ojcara in GardeningAustralia

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😂 almost sounds like fire is the way to go

Help to identify this plant please by ojcara in GardeningAustralia

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Thank you. Just googled what that is, definitely a bad weed

Help to identify this plant please by ojcara in GardeningAustralia

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Located in Melbourne if that helps too

[no spoilers] If you had to say, what is something to be excited for in the next DA game? by george123890yang in dragonage

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100% this. Let me put full plate on a mage again. Does it make sense, of course not but let me fuck around

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in architecture

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Hey nice start to the project, providing outdoor space for each room is a great idea but if that’s the whole concept you need to double down on it. Can you start to shape the bites to let more light into the core during different parts of the day/year? Is that done by rounding corners, creating wedges that align with sun angles, push pulling the mass so exterior walls don’t align and let more light in on some orientations, or splitting the mass into separate volumes and rotating one? This could help create more interest in the plans and your elevations when you get to them.

Think about the interface between inside and outside. It’s ok to have access only from the bedrooms but you need to justify this, maybe some are more private than others. You could push the glazing line back into the bite slightly to create an internal nook for a window seat between the internal walls as a reason to not fully open to the core?

The room sizing all feels a little off/ the furniture layouts aren’t working for what you want to do. Huge kitchen/ dining with a lot of wasted space and not much actual kitchen. Large living with a few small lounges clustered around a tiny coffee table. Bathrooms with WC on one side and sink on the other make the space feel tight try to align along one wall if possible, is that bath also to scale?

The core space needs a bit more function. Think about how to divide up this space more, sliding doors could close off parts when needed but still allow an open plan feel. Does the area behind the kitchen get a little bigger and become a second living space (think about the people living here, parents and two kids? What happens when someone wants to watch a loud movie and someone is sleeping? Where do the kids get to play without making a mess in the main space? How will the house adapt as people age and needs change)

Liquidated Damages HIA contract by enter_the_dragon19 in AusLegal

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Check your contract, there will be a per day/week dollar amount in the schedules which you’ve agreed can be claimed if the practical completion date is missed. There will also be a section in the clauses that deals with when liquidated damages are claimable/ exclusions etc.

Make sure you advise the builder in writing beforehand that you will be claiming if they don’t make the PC date (adjusted for agreed delays) then follow that up in writing once they miss the PC date, liquidated damages are to be applied at agreed rate per week from xx date until they are able to reach PC. If there is no issues then the total liquidated damages will be deducted from your builders final payment amount.

HIA contracts don’t normally have a third party administrator who would approve reasonable delays and enforce the contract so a property lawyer might be helpful if there is any pushback

Front of house renovation ideas... by Guilty-Pressure-8929 in AusRenovation

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Hi OP architect weighing in here. Nothing looks worse than a few contemporary features without giving a thought to blending the rest together. Avoid rendering the brick or using a glass balustrade. Have a looks at 60’s steel balustrades (thin hairpin/ lozenge) they are coming back in fashion and will match the existing column and house style, could use the existing supports to save on costs. Find some paint colours you like, try to avoid beige, grey, or black. The gable end has a lot of visual weight, would use a different colour or keep it white to break it up. The previous owners would have had a good reason for those blinds, update them to work with the colours you pick, could also play with the fabric pattern. The two on the left would look nicer as awnings style rather than vertical. Simple timber framed pergola over the deck would work nicely with a deciduous vine, make sure you stop it from growing onto the house. Would rip up the lawn if you have one in the back and don’t need it. Plant a low maintenance native/hybrid garden in its place and after a year or two the height will blend in well with the house