leese - congrats on the baby, definately busy and exciting times ahead for you!
1st time builders - congrats on your keys u must be very excited and busy lol I…

kimisstressed - congrats on your slab, such a beautiful thing to see and the start of dreams.
bmitchel - congrats on the start of your journey
elisen - woohoo for bricks finishing,…

Light487 - The pics look great, you must be so excited to see such good progress!
DG85 - Congrats on your new bub. I can't imagine how hard it would've been…

cruise007 - no worries! That is my sons one, I did one for each of the kids and my room also.
It is Taubmans 'Shindig' a bit mix of navy blue,royal…

Heres some pics of the marble mist before carpet,one comparing with feature wall and the other against tiles/stairs etc.

Hey everyone, hope all is well with builds and admin side. Sorry since moving haven't had time to sit and catch up on all posts.
Light487 - With regards to shutter…

KandRCH - Your place looks great,love the bricks they're really different.
kimisstressed - what was the initials of your ss? maybe they had a promotion or got sacked..
Fiona - Love your…

Ahh how I love looking at house progress pictures!
They all look amazing!!
So much to read and catch up on... builders insurance I did a week before handover also just to…

Hey everyone congrats to all who have had progress on their plans & also builds.
I feel for those who r held up waiting for brickies to continue or start due…

kimsistressed glad to hear you are settled in your rental and cannot believe the bank!!
light487 your house looks amazing it does seem to be coming along nicely.
Sorry have been missing…

desertdwellers - congrats looking good. So exciting once the gyprock goes on, makes it all very real it's a house lol
My wish for the week is all little issues fixed…

Lizzy083 - He picked up the same things we mentioned with paintwork thin and scratches on cupboards etc (which was good to have extra confirmation it wawsn't just us "whinging").
He…

1sttimebuilders - It really is personal preference and what style u r going for in your house.
just read the next page, glad to hear your ss was good about it.
Cheryl…

dg85 - Not a chance they've only done like 1.5 coats, even though we paid for 3 lol

Hey everyone,
Sorry i have been away in what seems like ages. Our current place is on the market so been very little sleep from cleaning,packing etc and birthdays.
Congrats on everyone…

Roomeat - 176 tonne is correct lol it was a HUGE excavation. Took the guy 5 days in a 8 tonne truck working 7am to 5pm. Glad we got it…

rmjose that doesnt sound right to me about your pool... was there anything in the contract about is the excavation caves in?
We had our backyard excavated 2 weeks ago for…

DG85 - We didn't take our inspector through as had late confirmation on PCI. But my inspector is going through himself next Wednesday.
I currently have a landscaper, but he said…

No pci is your walkthrough where u list issues to be fixed. Money is due at handover when u get keys.
Your bank will want to re value the property…

Cheryl at the end of the day if uve paid for it and especially if u have kids and r wiping the walls it is better to have low sheen.
Thats…

Dg85 we had lock up at 6 months in. The end moves quicker than the rest of the build, but atm has slowed before handover.

buzurk i think the door looks great, but again it depends on what style your going for with your home. Out of interest is that the light or medium stain?
With…

leese - u can do the landscape plan yourself (i did this). Just make sure that you allow enough hard/soft land ratio as it can be very hard to change…

leese - We got data points in all rooms except bathrooms and bedrooms. But then we run a lot of pc's and tv's. For your colour appointment make sure u…

kimisstressed - The walls are marble mist. Very impressed how it came up as I was worried about it being too white, however it has a greyish tone to it.
Can't…

leese - On page 457 I posted th frontage pic.
At the time our facade was $6300. Additonal $4400 for render on both n shape and front pillar.
Additional $360 for different…

Light487-I ended up with the sapphire whitley, but all the other fittings r felix. Still looks good and may change shower head at a later date.
Cladding colour is surfmist.
Leese render…

light487 thanks heaps for sharing the sapphire inclusions so hard when u choose ages ago, I do think the wrong one was written up, but we signed for it and…

Rmjose ur bathrooms r amazing very elegant! What r the marble style tiles on ur wall? Have u moved yet, or just waiting for finishing touches?
With electrical it…

I don't think I mind, but would've been nice if they'd mentioned it in colours to give the option.
Omg SB those roof trusses r ridiculous! Did ur inspections pick them…