Check with builders if you have an option to fix site costs...this will help your budget estimation...
Cheers,
Archie

Ring Mentone Pre-mix
They will recommend a few concretors in your area. You can then get a quote from the concretors and then decide.
This is what we did

Land - $180k - 580 Sqm
House - $250k - 35 Sqm - Includes upgrades and variations. Excludes driveway,fencing and landscaping.

I reckon at the end of the day, each of our experience will be different to every other person building with the same builder.
How your build experience will go only…

Erinleigh,
The last two changes sound like structural changes and post contract PD would most likely disagree
But with the wall paint, they will just raise…

We had a land that was already settled before we bought it and yes it did take a bit more than 2 months for going thru their tender process, electrical…

Yeah, I felt it too...second one in a month!!

Hi,
I rang Mentone PreMix and they gave me details of concretors in the suburb where we are building - Epping, Melbourne.
I rang one of them and he gave us a…

Hi all,
Construction of our new home is nearing completion and hence we are looking out for some lanscaping ideas/quotes.
Currently, we want our front landscaping done around the time we move…

I agree with your DH. It is natural for you to feel the difference each time you pass by those mansions, but there is nothing that can dampen the joy…

yes it does incur cost. we were charged around $250 for two additional vents.

We were told that the positioning is related to optimum performance!

We are building with PD too. We were allowed to change the position of the ducted heating vent in the master bedroom as it was right above the bedheads(wonder why…

Oh dear!!
Hang in there kek....wishing you good luck

https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=11156

When we signed up with PD, we had a promotion which included stone benchtops(20mm) to kitchen and bathrooms for free along with the glass splashback to kitchen

We experienced a delay in action concerning our slab. I gave our SS a call and asked for some explanation and he informed us that they had to dig out…

Pebble aka Research nut, have you researched the washer cum dryer ones? What is your say on these?
I have a…

We are building Inspiration 34...we'll soon have bricks

Site costs is the one main thing you will know during tender. Well, the cost they quote as site cost at tender is fixed. Honestly, I am not sure when…

We also had the appointments in the same order as you and we were left guessing about some of the upgrades we chose and some we feared to choose because…

Inspiration by PD!!
http://www.porterdavis.com.au/#homeview ... iration/34
It has the living, study and alfresco in the rear!

Yes we could select any render color for our facade and the bricks to the house was something we could select too...
With our facade, only a part of the facade…

Hi d@n,
Replying to your question about choosing facade..
We were given a list of facades that were applicable to our house, ofcourse the decision was ours to pick one...
They had a…

We are with Westpac and our rate is currently around 7.6%
Will go down further with the latest rate cut announced by RBA.
You'll be laughing if you have budgeted for…

PD - for their interior decoration and some home designs! They sure know how to use the $$$$ they make

How would you know once a slab is laid that it is a H/M/P class slab?

Oh well, if I can't find those, I'll just have to get this one:
http://www.chrismillsperformance.com/co ... 803000.jpg
Or this one:
http://www.chrismillsperformance.com/co ...…

Great progress mikkyG despite the brick hiccup