Hey CC, once Telstra came to the party and cabled our area we got net connection pretty quickly, about a week after our fixed line connection, which was about 3…

Been good Ourhome, I'm down to 4 or 5 boxes still to empty. I think these will be ones that will stay unpacked for about 2 or 3 years. …

Portsea Autumn Brown, it was Category 4 carpet. We went the upgrade coz we wanted something decent and didn't want to have to replace the carpet after a couple of…

Congrats on handover Ourhome. We got the same gifts, we've used the kettle and egg boiler and both work great.
Our heating system was commissioned the day after handover and is…

Nearly 4 weeks after contacting Telstra for a new phone connection I was finally told the same as you. All the way along I was told no problems, they even…

Telstra? Pfft!
We have a Telstra pit at the front of our property, we have had a trench dug, conduit laid and the box on the outside wall with wiring from…

Good luck with the final inspection & handover on Tuesday Acherion, hope all goes well with the move and the wedding.

I'm missing the internet already and we are doing the final move in the morning. Everything is already at the house except the last of our belongings which we have…

Hope all works out okay for handover Ourhome. This is probably my last time online for a while so all the best with your handover and the move.

Thanks, and yes we have insurance. I'd read from others that it's best to have it from PCI so just in case I took it out from then, plus the…

Handover went well, seriously though, it seems a waste of time driving over to Altona basically to pick up a set of keys and a couple of other things.
Done now,…

Goodluck Ourhome, I've been told they get very very busy.

Pre-final drawings stage generally isn't a problem to do a variation in our experience.

Damn!!! I'm in Aitken Park, due for handover on Monday May 2nd and just found out we can't get broadband, there was no mention about any problems with a landline…

And now for the bad news. We can't get broadband!!!
I spoke to Telstra today and there is no cable in our area and ADSL/ADSL2 is full so we either have…

Fortunately we did the majority of our packing 6 months ago, most of our belongings are in storage. Mostly we just have our bedroom furniture, clothes, toiletries, a handful of…

Excellent stuff Ourhome, don't worry about the lack of photos, I know in my case I've taken that many that I'd rather wait til we're in and have some leisure…

Ahhh, excellent. Good thing final inspection is generally pretty quick, took us 30 minutes.
Given that we can't move til next week I figured I'd do our settlement on Monday rather…

Thanks Soul Wonder, it's good timing as I started two and a bit weeks holidays today so I can spend time getting things delivered and setting up as well as…

Excellent! When did you have final inspection and had they fixed everything on your PCI list?

We had our Final Inspection today, all went well with only a couple of minor things to be fixed up. We are now booked in for handover/settlement on 2/5/11!!!
One thing…

All the best for your PCI tomorrow Ourhome.

With one business day left before our Final Inspection on 28/4/11 it looks like they'll be busy if all our PCI items are to be ticked off.
So far it looks…

Yeah, I know what you mean. My main problem now is just a fear that our final inspection will get delayed. I'm on leave for the first two weeks of…

ARGH!!!
I thought the waiting for the admin stage to finish was bad. Now I'm waiting for the final inspection followed by handover.
At least this wait isn't as long but given…

You had me scratching my head as I was looking at your subject line and then reading your posts and I could see nothing mentioned anywhere in your posts so…

Thanks Ourhome, I've my fingers crossed that shopping is largely done for the time being as our budget is close to exhausted for the moment.
Now I'll have to wait and…

Congratulations Ourhome.
It almost seems to be a theme with building, around the time of completion the other news seems to come around. Personally I'm hoping that bug doesn't hit us…

Didn't your SS set a date following your PCI? Ours pencilled us in for 28/4/11.

Did you get the report yet? I got mine via email on Friday as promised.
Have you done much shopping for new stuff for the house yet or are you waiting…