Wow mate, there's so much I could say to you
We've been in for just about a year now, and honestly, neither my wife nor I…

Hey CC, all I can recommend at this stage is that you do not go with who we went with. Our site supervisor recommended a guy, Darren, who did the…

It's all good Caz, I appreciate that there are so often the two sides to every coin. The point I wanted to make was that we're all very heavily emotionally…

It's been a bit of a rollercoaster ride. Sometimes I would have heartily recommended Homebuyers, other times I would not.
The main reason we felt we couldn't, was because of the…

Well... we're online with Fuze Connect, and are actually getting speeds that dwarf our old adsl connection with iiNet. Hopefully it'll prove itself reliable, but anyway... here's three more photos:
The…

Yeah we didn't waste any time. We actually handed in our notice to the landlord of our rental property the afternoon after having had our first inspection. That's how much…

We certainly have mate. We did the move back on Tuesday 14th Feb, after having gotten the keys back on Thursday 9th.
Unfortunately because the internet situation here is so dead,…

Awesome sdmould that's so good mate. Looking forward to seeing more upcoming pics. Before you know it you're gonna be at that inspection on Friday.
We move the last of our…

Yeah I like the mugs, they're not elegant or fancy or anything, but they're practical. I'll be honest though, we have like a hundred mugs already, and that little two-pack…

Congratulations on finance approval. That's one of the first steps of what will prove to be a very long journey

Our sales rep allocated…

For now, I'll suffer the drive. I like the freedom, to be honest, like I usually go and have lunch in my car, I like to get out of the…

Well, we got the keys!

The re-inspection went well, the site supervisor was already there finishing up a few things when we rocked up (25m early again). We didn't have as…

Yeah a bit of both, really. We tried to make sure everything worked properly, which means you have to test it yourself.
It's really quite interesting because at first we were…

Yeah, do that. And don't let the job get to you, it's just a job, and it's really not worth it. Life's too short for that bollocks.

Mate, that's not good. You seriously need to de-stress, because that is not good for you. Take up yoga or something, anything with some sort of release valve.
So hey, while…

Nice pics though mate, you're getting there.
Ours was a bit of a mess what with the Christmas break, but the first thing I think they'll do next to yours is…

I'll say mate, and speaking of banging, so was our PCI.
I'll open with a shot of the outside with the garage door down:

I do really love how it looks.
We must've…

It certainly is awesome when that slab finally goes down, but think of it like a rollercoaster that's only just warming up for the main event. You ain't seen nothing…

26 years old... garage big enough to house a boat... 400m from the beach in Mandurah.
If everyone does hate Chris, it's only because they're all jealous! More power to you…

I've been wanting to say this... conslabulations!
Where are you building, and who's your builder? If you add the name of your builder to the thread title in your first post,…

Wow, and I thought this thread was dead.

I have no problem with greed being a two-way street in this day and age. Why should you settle for second best when…

Nah I thought about it at the time, but dismissed it. Looking back though, I wish we had.
The only thing that really concerns me is the discolouring on the wall…

Yeah it wouldn't surprise me that they do a half-arsed clean, but that sorta thing really does disappoint. To put so much into building a house, only to not care…

You guys aren't going to believe this.
We recently got back from having been up to have a look at our house, and the door leading in to it from the…

We're starting to lean that way too (or at least, my wife certainly is, and I can't talk her out of it!). Our house hit the practical completion stage on…

Oh how I know that unpleasant feeling, all too well. Does it feel like that next door neighbour has friends at the HBC or what?
Good on you for stomping…

We have our PCI this coming Wednesday, but haven't gotten it done at any stage and it's a pretty good bet we won't at the inspection.
Not that we don't think…

Thanks mate, and yeah, so many people have said that. Once they have the money, they don't give two hoots anymore. If anything significant comes up, like basically something we…

Oh don't you worry, I'll be recording that with my 4th gen Ipod Touch Every time we've gone up there I've made a 10…

Oh yeah, I found some nice PCI suggestions in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20864. Going to definitely do pretty much all of that, including taking off our shoes…