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• Courtyard (1.65 × 6.1 m): exposed aggregate to match the driveway, falling away from the house, with a strip drain across the laundry's glass door. A planting slot about 250 wide left in the slab along the fence, about 2.3 m long (from the olive to just short of the bin gates), for grasses (Lomandra or similar), as in John's reference photos above. Formed in the pour with a clean, square aggregate edge; no slab under it, so it drains to the ground; the uplight conduit laid before the pour.Meeting notes
• Bin bay at the courtyard's far end, against the house wall below the bathroom window, for three bins, behind a 1.2 m Surfmist Colorbond screen. Bins go out on bin night through the garage. As small as possible, please (John, 26 Oct 2026): about 2000 long × 800 deep outside, open-topped so the lids lift. City of Onkaparinga issues three bins: 140 L red (landfill), 240 L yellow (recycling) and 240 L green (organics). Side by side they are about 535 + 585 + 585 = 1705 wide and 730 deep (SULO). With one gate per bin, the front is three 50 mm posts and gates of 590, 630 and 630 clear, the last hung off the house's step wall: 2000 in all, ending about 60 mm short of the hot water unit's box. The enclosure Reeve marked up on 23 Oct (2202 × 905) would leave only about 0.5 m to walk past in a 1.65 m courtyard; at 800 deep it is about 0.6 m. The end panel stops short of the hot water unit's box so it stays reachable. Front: three gates, one per bin (590, 630 and 630 clear, swinging out), 1.2 m high, open top. Each bin stands with its handle and lid hinge against the house wall, so a guest opens one gate and lifts the lid from the front (it falls back against the wall, below the 1.8 m window sill); on bin night the bin is pulled out, turned and wheeled through the garage. The courtyard's planting slot stops short of the gates so they open fully. Finish (John, 26 Oct 2026): powder-coated aluminium slats in Surfmist, posts, frames and gates too (marine-grade for the coast), so it sits with the white render and the Surfmist fence. Please price it.Meeting notes
• Air-con outdoor unit (21 Oct 2026). The tender (item 17) is a 14 kW Daikin ducted system per dwelling, so one outdoor unit, about 1430 high, 940 wide and 320 deep. Suggested on site: on the concrete outside the downstairs bathroom. That is where the bin bay goes (above), so they can't both go there, and we'd like the unit away from the bedroom windows (Bed 2's big window is on the side path). We suggest the back end of the side path, on Bed 3's robe wall, which has no window (diagram and model picture): 100 off the wall and 500 clear in front, as Daikin's service space asks, leaves about 630 to walk past, and it sits outside the neighbour's tree protection zone. Does that suit the pipe run and the installer, and the noise towards the neighbour? Considered and ruled out: high on a wall (about 100 kg), the front garden (the arrival view), the back garden. Update, 22 Oct 2026: Reeve's air-con contractor gave three options: (1) the back of the side path, leaving about 500 mm to walk past; (2) the bin enclosure spot; (3) on the front garage's lower roof or the wall above it. John chose option 1: far from ideal, but the best of the three, since the bins have nowhere else to go and option 3 is hard to service and seen from the street. Please keep the pipe cover and brackets tight to the wall, and check Dwelling 3's unit leaves access to the pool equipment area. A better spot that keeps the path clearer is welcome. Update, 23 Oct 2026: asked again for another place for the bins, Reeve says a three-bin enclosure is about 2200 × 900 and fits nowhere else but the front yard (his mark-up puts it 2202 × 905 against the wall outside the downstairs shower and WC, as designed). So the bins stay in the courtyard and option 1 stands.Meeting notes
• Side path (1.05 m): aggregate stepping pads, about 600 × 450, in pale gravel, flush, rather than a concrete slab. Cheaper, and the site plan shows the neighbour's tree protection zone over part of this path: please confirm what the arborist allows there.Meeting notes
• Covered patio (about 4.9 × 3.6 m under the balcony): travertine pavers, honed, with a planting slot along its garden edge. Please price the change from the tender's paving. Now the Marshet limestone paver Paul supplied, on all three dwellings' rear alfrescos (7 Oct; John, 4 Nov), not travertine; the pictures show a similar pale stone.Meeting notes
• Outdoor lighting circuit at rough-in: warm in-ground uplights in the courtyard slot (about four) and the patio slot (two), one under the feature olive, three low step lights in the side-path wall, a light under the balcony. Added 25 Oct 2026 (John): low-voltage (12 V) garden uplights in the back garden, spaced along the grasses in both side borders and one under the ornamental pear, as the dusk pictures show, on a transformer on the same circuit. On a timer or dusk sensor.Meeting notes
• Outdoor ceiling fans: one under the balcony over the patio, and one on the balcony itself (the main outdoor living space, and with 1.5 m screens on three sides it gets little breeze). Damp-rated, matte black body with timber-look blades (tender item 15), about 150 cm, on a wall control. The balcony fan over the lounge side, clear of the bbq. Blocking and power in both ceilings.Meeting notes
• Outdoor shower on the fence at the courtyard's garage end, matte black, hot and cold, with a strip drain: an option, not decided. Please price the plumbing and drainage.Meeting notes
• Balcony inner sides: each balcony is drawn with "balustrade" on the back and on one side, and frosted screening to 1500 on the outer sides (WD 38–39). The inner side (Dwelling 1's towards Dwelling 2; Dwellings 2 and 3 towards the west) is drawn as a heavy line with no label and the bbq against it (WD 10, 21, 32). What is it — a solid rendered wall, or frosted glass to 1500 like the other sides? We'd prefer frosted glass if it meets the overlooking requirement. Because the houses step back, Dwelling 1's and Dwelling 2's balconies sit side by side for about 2.4 m.Meeting notes
• Back garden: lawn inset in a 400 pale gravel border along all three fences with a steel mowing edge; a gravel seating corner at the back with power for two low bollard lights and a festoon line on three posts (on the outdoor lighting circuit). Please price. Lawn: a shade-tolerant variety (the houses shade the yard in winter).Meeting notes
• Rainwater tank where WD 03 draws it, along the side fence at the back: a slimline (about 0.5 m deep, under fence height), in Surfmist to match the fence. Confirm the size required and the pump/connection. The pump (21 Oct 2026): beside the tank, as on the plans, not on the house side outside Bed 3, where it would run at night under a guest's window. If it must go on the house, away from any bedroom window and in an acoustic cover.Meeting notes
• Hot water: WD 11 shows the unit recessed in the courtyard wall. Please confirm it is a gas continuous-flow unit, and its cover finish.Meeting notes
• Travertine, or a porcelain look-alike — price both. Decided (7 Oct): the rear alfresco is the limestone paver Paul gave us; it was priced as tiled, so please price the variation and confirm the footing height for it.Meeting notes
• Footing height, again. Same decision as the deck, and it has to be made before the slab goes down.Meeting notes
• Falls and drainage away from the laundry door.Meeting notes