Grass is in

Settlement today! 11 months late.
Did you guys get a present on settlement in a black box with a ribbon? The guy bought it in last week but then they…

Just wanting to say how happy we are with our kitchen, loving our choices, can't wait to see the stone tops. It is pretty awesome seeing the house come…

Yeah go the cheaper one. Things such as which plan better suits your needs are overrated.
Seriously, rather than worrying about whether the house is too small for the land your…

Handover (hopefully) today....

Finally had handover today after things didn't go to plan last week.
Still a few issues to be rectified but overall happy and relieved to finally be able to start moving…

Update: 3/4 of our downstairs frame was completed late last week. I'm being hopeful that we might have our second story frame up by the end of the week, though…

Update: We finally had our slab poured last Friday. Our site supervisor has said his guys will be onsite tomorrow afternoon to start framing. With a bit of luck we…

Ah yes, it has been 3 years, but just some closure. The bathroom renovation company requested their plumbing contractor to cut out the plasterboard on the other side of the…

Your facade and interior colours are very similar to ours.... seeing all of this is killing me! We haven't even started yet (contract booked 30th).... Odd question - what does…

Few more pics

PCI today. New Home Inspection onsite. Quite a few unfinished work to be done at this stage. But it is much better than this time last week.

I get the sense that they aren't that good at anything out of the ordinary and assume that everything will be fine with council rather than getting out there and…

We are very excited as tommorow our black icing will go on top. The guys told me they wheelbarrow the bitumen in.
They have been fantastic so far in both thier…

Checked out the block today and we have frames up. Roof trusses meant to be put up tomorrow. Still feeling that the master room is small. But its only a…

You would not believe if I said there are other coincidences- esp with some of the furniture we already have at home...
Your curtains overall but especially in the theatre room…

Hi there.
I've read your air-conditioning blog and I'm not sure how important the remote control access is for you, but figured you may like to know. As…

It wont change colour by miracle what the builder has to do under the standards in Victoria is ensure that all the wall is the same colour so if it's…

Hello everyone,
We are building the Rochedale 33 with the Ludstone facade in Melbourne's west.
I want to write about our journey, so I'm going to use this thread as well as…

Thanks you. We find out Friday when handover is and then will book the removalists. We are already packed and ready to go.
That's good news. What is the outcome…