Did you nail the deck down or used screws instead? I'm still tossing between the two part of me thinks nailing 50sqm of deck would be a lot quicker than…

MrsTLG, MV does ask for a deposit to lock in the current price, it will simply be deducted from the total deposit. Bear in mind, by locking in the price…

Thanks JML, I've been searching for a suitable ground cover and this one seems to tick all the boxes.

Any idea what groundcover is this?

looks great clubbi, did you do it or bought in a landscaper?

when MV says its NBN ready, it basically means they've run a conduit from outside the house to the garage (most often) and all necessary cable-work has been completed to…

1. Sliding doors would require the cavity between the frames to be wide enough to accommodate a door, this wont be cheap. I was thinking if you went with curtains…

Seems like you've got the worst of the contractors working on your build. We had out share of issues with MV, but it wasnt even half as bad as yours.
I…

Must be the case for smaller builders/private builders who allow this....we got ours done post handover too. I've had a dozen other people in my circle who've built with mainstream…

Any idea about this one?

Sub-zero comes under the umbrella of the company that makes Viking cooking ranges. 0-200'c in few seconds! Check them out if you haven't already

Heres another way of looking at it. If your kicthen build was 500k, a sub-zero fridge would fell right at home. However if the house build was 500k, I'd be…

Ari, we payed our final invoice only after our PCI was done, which was well after the due date. We simply let the a/cs people know and they were fine…

Even if the entry is 1500 wide, there isnt enough space...920 wide door + split side windows 2*250 + borders around windows and door 50*4. ... Thats over 1600 already.

I can sort of relate to this issue. the garage side of our house sits in the easement edge if our neighbours blocks which back into ours. They had to…

Youre right ari, i remember seeing the splash-back at the point cook Amalfi display, from memory the main splashback was one piece and the area next to the o/h cupboards,…

A little correction there, the standard caesarstone slab size is 3000x1400 so there would have to be a join on the benchtop. Besides, if i were to choose i'd rather…

For us the only wet area not sealed was the laundry, only in case of the rare chance of flooding would sealing matter . Though sealing post handover is easy.
All…

Being in a new estate, you most probably will have NBN....if you do then simply call the service provider of your choice and ask them to get you connected. When…

MrsT, if you are after a concreter in the west side of Melbourne I have a contact. Not the cheapest around, but their work is impeccable.

looks great!..is that your backyard beyond the dining room, its huge!

Just looking at the new Clara estate, its a 2.1ha block with 39 lots. Assuming there would be a small green area and atleast 2 streets, the average block size…

The driveway looks great.
Agree on the SHW, i don't reckon its of any benefit really, one of those things that only sounds good in theory, frankly we've by now…

Ari...its been a long time in waiting! looking fwd to reading about your build