Sounds like a challenging experience BrisbaneWestie.
Unfortunately it doesn’t sound like you are the only one to experience a less than ideal building experience, despite what the internet reviews…

Thanks Jillho and Max.

Hey BrisbaneWestie
Did you end up building with Ownit homes? Interested to see how anyone has gone building with Ownit. They look good but seem to have some interesting reviews…

No. I’ve tried Koh, Jif, baking Soda and vinegar and nothings worked. A tiler friend said it can be caused from cheap products and if that’s the case nothing will…

Let me know if you find a solution. Our charred ash grout went white too.

Yes - it’s worth upgrading. Our neighbours always comment on how much cooler our house is in summer than theirs. We upgraded both wall and ceiling insulation and then installed…

Possibly put sliding doors on the minor bedroom wardrobes to give more options with furniture placement. That’s the only suggestion I have.

Get a copy of the standards for your state. I would check the size of your perpends, they look quite inconsistent and they might not meet standard. Queensland’s weren’t too…

If you are in NSW I believe that meets their standards. Queensland has to have all the walls in the shower done.

I would definitely take up the 2.7m ceilings and increase the height of windows and doors downstairs as well. We did and it makes the space feel much bigger -…

I’m not sure on the upgrade but I would ask for an anticon blanket to be included if you go with the colourbond for noise reduction.

Would agree with this. Friends built with Clarendon a year before us and had an excellent built. When we built nothing but headaches. Still finding issues with our build or…

Our inspector picked up a lot of things Clarendon didn’t. I think it’s definitely worth having your own.

I’d still have my own inspector.

We have monument gutters (similar coloured roof tile - maybe sanctuary) and surf mist render. We have wallaby around the garage, so garage door is surfmist too.

Do either of you get up earlier than the other. If you do, I would put a door on the robes, that way you can walk in and turn on…

Electrical, tiling and carpet were the ones that stung us. We had already upgraded the kitchen when we went to tender and thought we had put sufficient provisions in ($5k)…

We had provision for solar put in and did it after handover. We didn’t do a battery but paid just under $10k for a 10kw inverter and 8kw of panels.…

We have polar white top cupboards in our kitchen and there is a slight contrast
Grey or cream undertones depend on the light. White light its grey, afternoon sun it shows…

We did. Winter ice looks like this
If the builder gives a low sheen, wash and wear option I would upgrade to that as we find the flat paint very hard…

That looks good too. Much more of the dune tones in that photo.

You’ve picked very similar colours to what we have. I was told 3 colours max on the facade. We have monument roof, gutters, facade and windows. We then have wallaby…

If they agree with the issue then they will come back to rectify - we did handover with stair treads and risers that weren’t stained. I wouldn’t hand over the…

We had an inspector at PCI and emailed through his report and also anything we noted in addition. Our handover was 18 months ago, so it’s possible it’s all online…

When we had handover they had a book that you wrote your list of issues at handover in. Then you got one copy (pink maybe) and they got the other.
At…

Our handover was a few hours long. They tried to dissuade us from writing some things down on the handover list but we wrote them down anyway and that’s how…

I’ve had a quick look - things I would consider are widening the garage if you have space on your block (it makes it easier to get two cars in…