sdmould posted:Building with Home Buyers Centre in Pearsall WA :)
Hi Kaz!
The general rule of thumb for a first home buyer company is they do not like to allow owner nominated trades / supplies. Under some situations they will but…
sdmould posted:Building with HBC in Piara Waters - Ultimate Entertainer
We did that - decided to buy new EVERYTHING - complete new furniture, new tvs, new appliances, new cutlery, new cookware, new whitegoods, new manchester etc.
So we started buying a…
sdmould posted:Building with HBC in Piara Waters - Ultimate Entertainer
A junction box has all the electrics ready to go and sits in the roof so the electrician that does the downlights just connects these to the junction boxes and…
sdmould posted:Building with Home Buyers Centre in Pearsall WA :)
I'll dig out the contact details and send you a private message - such a lovely guy and for a 700mm x 2070mm splashback in metallic colour with two power…
sdmould posted:Building with Home Buyers Centre in Pearsall WA :)
So our PC is next Friday and then moving in on the 24th 
YAY!
I will put some pics up then when I can take some…
sdmould posted:Building with HBC in Piara Waters - Ultimate Entertainer
Yay for progressing to the next stage
Do NOT do downlights through HBC - it's convenient yeah but so expensive. We are getting 36 downlights installed…
sdmould posted:Mortgage repayment costs while building
I don't think its anybody's place or right to preach or discourage or be so blatantly rude to people like Venturai that are trying to get ahead in their life.…
sdmould posted:Building with HBC in Piara Waters - Ultimate Entertainer
Hi Nikita!
Welcome to the world of HBC - here's hoping you don't get any hiccups along the way!
Have you done your prestart yet?
We LOVE pics here so make sure you…
sdmould posted:Venturai's build - Ultimate St Marks HBC, Banksia Grove WA
Wow what a stroke of luck that you got in! Not good about the lax in security but at least you got to have a look.. And sometimes it's better…
sdmould posted:Building with Home Buyers Centre in Pearsall WA :)
Okayyy update!
Contacted the fencing guy because hadn't heard from him and thats when we get told "oh sorry the developer was meant to contact you, there are big issues with…
sdmould posted:Venturai's build - Ultimate St Marks HBC, Banksia Grove WA
Damn! For some reason your photos aren't loading for me 
Might have to jump on on my phone..
Friends didn't get an inspection done and I'm…
sdmould posted:Building with Home Buyers Centre in Pearsall WA :)
Well that was easier to find than I thought - Formica Bark.. We originally chose mocha then decided was too dark so wanted a few others like earth wash and…
sdmould posted:Building with Home Buyers Centre in Pearsall WA :)
That's who the majority of builders use love, at least for the actual cabinet panels anyway think it was Formica.. Will jump on my email…
sdmould posted:Venturai's build - Ultimate St Marks HBC, Banksia Grove WA
I always miss updates! Looking good venturai need more pics! When did your built start? Friends of ours built with HBC and it started in…
sdmould posted:Building with Home Buyers Centre in Pearsall WA :)
Thanks caz! Who are you building with? Let me know if you want to know the colour so I can dig it out.. It changed from what we initially picked…
sdmould posted:Building with Home Buyers Centre in Pearsall WA :)
Thanks Venturai oh we hit lock up before Chrissy - I'm just lucky that I work 15 mins from the house so I go during…
sdmould posted:Building with Home Buyers Centre in Pearsall WA :)
Okay so won't bother with Lock up pics coz you'll see the plaster and windows and everything in these pics
Okay so this was the height…
sdmould posted:Building with Home Buyers Centre in Pearsall WA :)
Sounds great Snags! Make sure to show us some piccys of how it all looks when you've done your landscaping! Will post pics in a min.. Just need to see…
sdmould posted:Venturai's build - Ultimate St Marks HBC, Banksia Grove WA
Venturai you could have added things like aircon and stuff into your contract.. The reason ALL builders don't include those 'luxury items' or 'finishing items' is because that would put…
sdmould posted:Venturai's build - Ultimate St Marks HBC, Banksia Grove WA
Sorry Venturai missed these posts! Paving looks lovely Pavers look like what we chose! We also have the same front door and our tiles look…
sdmould posted:Building with Home Buyers Centre in Pearsall WA :)
I thought there was an issue with your tiling Venturai?
I spoke to our CLO yesterday and she said she couldn't give us an update this week because our Site Manager…
sdmould posted:Building with Home Buyers Centre in Pearsall WA :)
Hi everyone!!! I can't believe its been a few weeks since I wrote on here - actually I can't believe I missed telling you all that we reached lock up…
sdmould posted:Venturai's build - Ultimate St Marks HBC, Banksia Grove WA
Why have you had a delay? Is it the actual getting of your tiles which is delayed or are they waiting at site? Luckily were only 20 mins away but…
sdmould posted:Building with Home Buyers Centre in Pearsall WA :)
The reason they can't let someone have a key is because there are two different types of keys a builder has - a display key where one key opens every…
sdmould posted:Venturai's build - Ultimate St Marks HBC, Banksia Grove WA
Any update or new piccys? Hope they've done something at your site!!!
sdmould posted:New build - Southern River WA - Moved In
Wow it all looks amazing! Great job What colour is your splashback?
sdmould posted:Building with Home Buyers Centre in Pearsall WA :)
Haha venturai! Everyone has to use their annual leave though! I'm goin back on the third to save a week of annual leave so I have enough leave to have…
sdmould posted:Needing Advice... HELP!!
Trust me, the way the industry is right now they will bend over backwards for you so don't back down
They won't add their mark up…
sdmould posted:Venturai's build - Ultimate St Marks HBC, Banksia Grove WA
Oh sorry venturai - i switched topics a bit fast! Haha.... Meant to say kitchen - love how you have moved it around
