Thanks everyone for taking the time to contribute your thoughts.... all insightful.
Like with any purchase, especially one as significant as a new home, there will be both positive and…

Great thanks will check out that thread. There are so many threads on here it is hard to keep up with them all! Appreciate the lead!

Yes in Melbourne... so hope you are right!

Thanks MyFirst - yes true whoever we go through will have some sort of similar contract... part of the process.
Fingers crossed ours will be a positive experience!

Thanks Norfolk- I will be asking for a run down of all the additional costs and a please explain before we proceed.

Thanks all for your feedback re HIA contract. But what to do as it has to be signed for the build to commence??

Very true... it is just they have reassured us so many times that the site costs wouldn’t increase... and never that we needed to upgrade a slab. I agree a…

Great idea but unfortunately we haven’t settled in our land as yet... due to be early next month. So bit tricky.

Hi All,
Just after some advice... we have received our final contract and HIA new homes contract to review before we sign later next week.
Is there anything I should know/…

Hi. Our site costs have also gone up about the same amount. We are shocked too! Especially when they have said we need a $20k slab upgrade from standard??
We are…

Wow those stairs are beautiful!
Thanks for the photo. It is all about making everything else in the room work with the stairs....just hard to visualise when you can’t see…

Thanks Gaudi. Yes we are having our appliance wall in blk cabinetry so would go... although I am now thinking of going back to my original plan- lighter stairs with…

Thanks Joker- yes agree new furniture may be on the cards too! This new house spend never stops!!

Thanks Joker- yes agree new furniture may be on the cards too! This new house spend never stops!!

Thanks Drew01 for sharing your experience.
We’re just waiting the quote after our colours appointment then will see what we can do.

Yes this is what we are after... we just need to make friends with our site manager for it to happen!

Ps that house on the link is amazing!

Good find r_13 thanks!
It is so hard building a house trying to visualise what the space will look like and how it all will come together.

Thanks Dasarp- I agree a dark staircase looks amazing with tiles. I too have seen that lots in displays...
I just haven’t seen a dark staircase with light timber floors…

20%off items... then when you spend over $5k free dishwasher...this is a promotion that the E & S lady said will come up in the first part of the year.…

Ok good to know madj-m. If there is only a slight price variation then we will go with Metricon buying the items. But if we’re being charged close to the…

Thanks blackcat20. Yes we asked and they said we have to befriend our site manager for this to happen! Apparently they can’t do it at their end, even though so…

Thanks madj-m for letting me know your experience! Will def keep in mind.
Yes we also want to swap the dishwasher but didn’t bring this up at colour appointment as…

Oh Drew01 how long ago was this?
They said the flooring we have included in our package is an upgrade so can’t get credit. I asked if we could even…

Morning all,
I am in the process of finalising all my colour and finishes choices, and need some help with my staircase.
I am building a Metricon Vantage 35 which has a…

Thanks Chaton for your reply.
Mmm it is a tricky one...just would be nice to get some $$ back when you’re spending a lot!
I have been reading the messages…

Hi All,
I am new to this so sorry if this query has been answered in a previous post!
We’ve bought and will build a Vantage 35 in Melbourne with designer…