Wardrobes are standard. We only have those drawers (one set) in our main WIR. All the other bedrooms just have the hangers.
This was a mistake. We should've done two…

Hi blacktea2sugars - things are progressing nicely thanks! We're on the home run to settlement and I had my first walkthrough in AGES…

I wanted to change the door location so that the glass door was seen through the hallway on the way to the kitchen - more of a statement location. My…

Initially we had a similar size (1.5m x 1.8m). Depending on the configuration, we were looking at 650 - 800 bottles. The budget was approx $9-10k plus $3k for the…

I wonder if others have looked at an HRV system? I like the idea of splitting the ventilation and conditioning. Once again, I didn't think that this house was the…

I wanted to go with the AirSmart system for the filtration system alone. I didn't think I could make the budget work and I didn't realise TAH would accomodate this…

Nope, we have tiles. And in an exciting, relevant update....the tiler started today

Excellent summary!
I'm told that the VBA regs will be hopefully changing soon anyway so folks might not need to use this.

Great news.
To be honest, if our family was bigger, we'd have opted for the water tank and would be happy with this. I'm really supporting of water tanks and those…

For us, there was an $85k difference between PSQ and our tender. A large chunk of this were actually site costs (>$30k difference).
Our sales person (C) was actually pretty…

Re the Sanden unit - the additional cost for the Sanden was $850. The Rinnai was offered to us initially, but I didn't want it (Sanden is far more efficient…

We are building with TA and they are doing the Sanden heat pump hot water unit.
Despite this, we are NOT putting in a water tank plumbed to the toilet…

Exciting - congrats. To answer your questions....
1. Our was just under five months. We got back final version of tender in October and started on site in March.
2. We…

Yep. Wherever there was Colorbond roofing, an anticon blanket was underneath (ground and first floor).

This is super helpful.
Re solar, for a 6.6kw system with good quality panels and inverters, you're probably looking at the $10k mark (before any potential government rebates). I've received…

We're also using Adam Cox Landscaping. We won't hit six figures but might get close depending on irrigation and lighting. It will include pavers but not retaining walls. We don't…

Thanks heaps! I bought a 60cm from Lucreatia last night! They had a 20% off all stock sale that finishes today
I like that they…

Thanks so much lilaandco - super helpful, as always!
What were the size of your pendants above your dining room table?

I'm really struggling to find lighting that I like (especially a pendant over our stairs) that doesn't blow the budget.
Any recommendations?

Our building coordinator gave us a few different options. They ranged from $2500 - $3000. We went with the thicker one which was more expensive.
That excluded the $500 variation…

Hi all, things are progressing nicely and quickly. We've got a good site supervisor who seems to be on top of things. We finished our frame stage last week and…

Agreed - they look great - who are the artists?

Slab is done and the frame is coming along really nicely. It's actually starting to look like a house and any frustration is starting to turn into a bit of…

1. Their sales team is actually very experienced and can make these adjustments. The main sales person is actually an architect / draftsperson in a previous life. He was very…

No. They do have City of Bayside compliant designs but this wasn't applicable to us.
The change in floor plan size was our choice. We started with a design of…

Positive update - we have our slab prepped. Private inspectors reviewing tomorrow and, all things going well, we pour on Saturday.

A product called Darwin which has an air and water filtration. We wanted to go with an AirSmart system but couldn't make the budget work.