Glad to see you guys are progressing well.
You will get the final invoice with any extra charges if applicable taken from your provisional allowances. Whatever the balance is is why…

I've asked this question from SS when I was building. 99% time you cannot get anyone from outside to do trade work. However he said there has been cases Clarendon…

maybe the prices have gone up.!!
I know I almost fell off my chair when i saw the kitchen quote. someone who's built a kitchen from scratch in my old…

AJ, do you have the dimensions of your kitchen? I'm being quoted $8,700 to upgrade to poly and my kitchen doesn't look that much bigger than yours! Like

Hi guys
I have a first world problem question to ask from those who have the my air 5 tablet for aircon.
Do you have Netflix app running? I try to search…

What can I say, I got high expectations lol.
Yeh good, getting there. Got my my built in wardrobes (I deleted Clarendon wardrobes) last week so finally can take cloths out…

Yeh it's light and somewhat cheapish. But the weight of the full tub is distributed on a frame below made for it. So I don't worry about it breaking while…

Hi Mrs RS
I wouldn't stress about the cleanliness of the house just yet.
Remember it's still a construction zone and the house is not yours at present . Towards the…

PMed you

Thanks Wingzee
IMHO that's how they do the brick work. If You got red bricks, it's going to be rendered. All the outside imperfections will be covered with render.…

Timber noggins for downstairs is something u must do during your appointment. And yes for external just junction boxes.
GPOs he drill and patch on to the closest existing GPO.
Ex, I…

I did most of my downlights and provisioned light points for feature lights with extra strengthening during for downstairs during my appointment and did bare minimum for upstairs.
Since the sparky…

thanks
yeh Laminate floors for stairs and whole of upstairs (not a fan of carpets). it's design is "spotted gum"
I wanted to do the bottom step…

I did 7 zones with my air.
Answer to your question if you can afford it do it. But something Shane (Clarendon aircon guy) didn't tell me was just because…

I had heaps of trouble getting them in pre handover. Ss don't want to "waste" his time and he doesn't want to give the inspectors the key.
I had to…

I got the smart drain, got it just for the same reason you are having as this is what I had in my old bathroom.
Reason it "rust" because of the…

Depends on the facade and how much you need to render. Mine costed $4.2k. The guy did it in one day.

Yes got Clarendon to do the stairs, lighting was done later. They are from beacon lighting.
How are you going? Up to painting now?
Hope you are progressing well and not facing…

Hi
Tile is 600x600 sereno white polished upgrade cost ~$6k
Kitchen two tone colours. White on white for bottom and Ashlite for top
I upgraded the kitchen cabinets to polyurethane($4.5k) so you can…

Hi guys
Just wanted to give you an update.
We got the house 3 weeks ago. Been very busy.
Already ripped out the old council footpath and crossover and redid it.
Coloured…

I got the 4 stage inspection bundle. Was about $1900.
Individual reports are around $600-$800 I think.

This Friday. still all looking good. hopefully my SS won't change his mind.
been busy organizing my driveway/concrete, footpath and front fence tradies. all booked in starting from this saturday. So…

account is under your name. so you do.
depending on the meter you got, AGL will be sending you estimated bills as they don't have access to the site to take…

Housepct builders initials are MM

RS. yes your sarking shouldn't have any issues at this stage however your insulation on the ceiling doesn't need to be perfect. They actually don't complete roof insulation until both…

Hi all
As mentioned earlier I got my handover next Friday. I did my final housepct inspect on Tuesday. Mind you this was a mission it self. Ss didn't allow them…

Hi Miliss
I went with laminate for all carpeted areas( i got 2 dogs). and left tile on the main living.
laminate flooring has come a long way. ones offered by carpet…

ha ha Yep.
downstairs is Gemeni Silver. I think this is the most popular on this forum, hence i picked it. upstairs is called Stonebridge. it's a kinda grey but nice…

Thanks
Today was the pre handover walk through. My handover will be later this month.
I still have few electrical work to sort out after handover(pendants/fans outdoor lights) luckily I got…

Thx
I upgraded the carpet to spotted gum laminate with skirting to be done after.
Upgrade cost $7265
Stainless steel rails on the stairs $1200
Found another couple of pics of downstairs