Some photos now...
From this

To this...


Landscaping nearly done
Front door (including never ending leaves....)

Master
Ensuite

Upstairs rumpus
Will gradually add some more pics

Had a free moment, and had some photos of the staircase.
The old staircase, once painted looked hideous. The painter that was sent to paint it and stain in, was crap…

Hey, I will post a long post in a few weeks, once the landscaping is complete.
Overall, post handover has been a positive experience with Hallbury. Most issues are dealt with…

Sorry about delay. We are having staircase redone, and starting landscaping. I will put up photos, and more info in a few weeks.

We had our PCI yesterday. There are still a lot of unfinished works: driveway, some fitoff, caulking, staining front door, and staircase, electrical unfinished, adjustments (doors/cupboards).
We got Darbecca to come…

The doors are approx 2.35m high, and 4m wide. From A and Windows. I should have gone for much wider doors though.......

So far most of works are decent. PCI is next week. Getting independent inspector to come through with us. Using darbecca.

PCI 23 Aug!!! Thats the final inspection, to pick on things to get fixed, after that about 10days before settlement/handover, so at this stage, we should have the keys in…

Had an interesting PM from another member from this forum, about Hallbury. Spoke to him on Sunday, and he told me his story about, the delays, and some ongoing issues…

No updates for 6 weeks.... well...because not much has actually happened. The site came to a complete stop about 6 weeks ago, prior to that, excellent progress. We contacted head…

Much harder to get in now, with everything being locked up. Managed to sneak in, and take some pictures.
Internal painting has begun!!!
Some areas I noticed small defects in plaster/timbers,…

For some reason, when uploading from the phone, the photos are all sideways.....
Staircase
View from top of staircase, due to some ventilation requirement, had to put an awning window at the…

Was about $400 each to upgrade from standard in-ceiling vents.

Managed to sneak in this morning, and take some internal photos.
Staircase

Kitchen area. Heating vents cutouts.

Staircase view.

Will add some more pics shortly.

No cooling. Upgraded wall insulation to 2.5R, ceiling to 6R, put soundproof insulation between floors. (all up around 3-4k). No internal wall insulation, may be should have....
I thought about the…

Hey. The whole house came in around 41squares, for a total of 470k.
Yes we are in the bowl of a court, and have absolutely no idea what to do…

The Face shots...

The house is being locked up now, so not likely to get many shots of the inside from now on.
This week: stair case is coming, cabinetry, and carpentry…

View to living room
Kitchen area

Laundry
Oh yeah, forgot..... We have plaster

And we are at lockup! Very fast progress past 2 weeks. Bricking finished, all windows are in, 2nd floor clsdding done snd 1st coat render, electrics arr nearly done.…

Bricking is continuing. Ground floor is nearly done.
Good progress past few weeks, workers there nearly daily. Plumbing done too!

There are no set prices for facades. We added a balcony which was about 10k. Then depending on render or features get priced separately...
It's is custom facade that we…

And the roof is on ?

Things have been slow past few week, in fact nothing got done whole of last week, and this week gutters went in, and plymbing got done. Roof tiles got delivered,…

Hey,
Application process takes 2-5 weeks. When you apply, you have to get the neighbors, on each side, to sign a form whether they support or reject your application. If you…

New resident...
Future bench, entry to butlers, and fridge area
View to alfresco from living area

End of week

Hi Exxie,
The build is going well!!!
I will put up pics over the weekend.
We were away last week, and not much happened for the week before we left. While we…

The slab was poured 2 weeks ago, and ground floor frame is up! Some days the progress is super fast, and some days nothing. I guess its to be expected??
Right…

Plumbing done!!! Getting slab poured next week!