I didn't have the fitting I didn't even have a hole from the washing machine to go under the bench. I had to drill into…

Hey Serge! A MASSIVE congratulations! You must be so excited on how everything turned out. The few pictures you've posted makes everything look so good. Well done

andrewn - DEFINITELY do the rendering yourself!!! we organised the same renderer and painter that Plantation used to come in (during the build as well) and do the rendering. It…

Yeah Serge - we need pics!!
Has Plantation got anything wrong so far for you?
I know alot of things aren't their fault but we've…

Serge - you got a handover date yet!?? Ours is 20th Nov so we're almost there! yay!

Our electrician has installed Ocen Mist Saturns with the black backing. Unfortunately the colour of Ocean Mist just stands out really bad and we would much prefer Pure White. Is…

Hi guys! I'm having a real hard time trying to find a place who will supply Empress Zoysia (NOT Empire) in Qld?? There are loads of places that supply Empire…

Awesome! We now need a million pics to show how good it looks inside AND out
Congratulations! You finally made it - but yes, the hard…

Hi c-lo! Just noticed that you have chosen the same wall colour as us as well! Unfortunately we have just notice a problem with Plantation/Henley when they go to mix…

Hi Jessrose! Plantation dont franchise their business as they are part of a bigger builder "Henley" which is what they are called down south. They are similar to Metricon as…

Congratulations kiarabuild! Not long now! Did you organise your own floorings or anything else to be done straight after handover?
Vinyl Shutters sound pretty interesting! We were going to go Plantation…

Well I contact the D'Amani resellers and apparently - if you're building with a builder and it hasn't been ordered yet, you will get the new one which looks something…

78xtc what happened? I hope everything is ok?? Update your thread as well!
Serge - are your cornices up as well already? Did your SS explain why there was a lull?…

Looking really good Serge!! Have you had any problems with anything so far?
We just had our place rendered today and painting starts tomorrow - so we're catching up!

How can they plaster before bricking? Just in case it rains heavy or something? I have to wait before bricking finishes before they call the plasterers in

Near the window is where the free standing bath is going I think??
We're getting one too as the "feature" of the bathroom, although in the Havana it isn't standard like…

Well I was cabling the place over the weekend and noticed someone pull up the the neighbour who is also building with Plantation and start going through the house picking…

Thats sensational 78xtc!! Again... I've said it before... The Empire is huge!! You must be very very happy! I look forward to your weekly updates and actually think there's not…

Oh - the cloudyness isn't permanent?? Its for rendering is it? Oh yeah I just looked at our contract and we got charged $400 for window protection from the rendering…

Looking aweseome Serge!!! You've had a big week! How fast the time has gone by and you're already almost got all your bricks.
I wonder when they'll finish tiling the garage…

For me as long as it was permanent fixtures that would be a permanent increase to the value of the home the bank let us borrow for whatever extra's we…

seast - you can definitely go to Beaumont Tiles beforehand for a look around. I know serge managed to pick all silver range, but I hated all the silver range…

Hey Everyone, I am about to be at the stage where I need to run my own network/tv cables and I just wanted to see how people have done them…

Yeah 78xtc it looks good! They definately appear to have done a good job since the first row of bricks!
Did you have to pay extra for those bricks??

Plantation are still doing my render - its just that I'm not paying them to do it rather the tradie directly! No idea why they agreed to this as they…

I reckon as long as there are no delays or problems there's no reason you cant aim for Xmas! Fingers crossed - I'm hoping the same

Congrats Ozzroo!! About time too! Just a pity with the rain. It's like Deja Vu from the last lot of rain (and delays).
Depending on how dedicated your concreters are it…

well I waited 5 months from deposit to stating construction. Build time is probably 6 months with 7.7 months being the contracted time. For a lowset house this could be…

78xtc - do you still have Adam as your SS? We got assigned a different one today as Adam is apparently too busy. Maybe he'll have time to speed things…

Hi liveonimpulse!
Definately get your aircon from someone else. You'll get a MUCH better unit then the Daikin's and also with 8 zones for at least the same price if not…