You can write to the OSR and ask for an extension on stamp duty, I hope this helps
Lizzie

Friends have just moved into their new Procorp home and I am blown away by their standard inclusions - doors we are paying $1000 for, lever door handles, flyscreens, fancy…

Hi Taki
We are not with Sydney. We also wanted our rainwater tank at the side rather than the back.
We didn't sign off preliminary plans and agreed to not sign…

Hi, do you have an estimate on how much retaining walls worked out per metre?? what type do you go with. we are needing 2 or 3 long retaining…

Hi all,
Could anyone please tell me if they signed off on preliminary plans that were incorrect but subject to things being corrected. I was advised to sign and then these…

We are going through Thornton office also. Took a few weeks to get our colour selection right - Colour selection should only be final when they have emailed through…

Polytec is polyurethane but a different brand, $4200 is the whole kitchen.
the gloss laminate is alot cheaper maybe $1000 for the whole kitchen - but i think limited colours (or…

Hi Bon,
Where are you building?? I hope your in soon..
Lizzie

What is standard??

Macca - great your colours went well. Have you confirmed everything? How long did it take to have everything in writing and corrected? We had errors in…

Ours is seeming alot over also. Is that including structural extras such as alfresco and concreting etc
Lizzie

Hey Taki
I just realised we are building the same design! Drive around and look for other houses you like with a similar front - It has really worked for…

Hi Everyone,
Before I bury myself in preparing for colour selection, I found the list of included Austral Bricks - Classic, Old Colonial, Impressions, heritage, South pacific (? slury ie not…

Hi Taki,
Our gap from paying deposit to colour appt will be around 6 weeks - appears alot shorter then some time lines I have been looking at on blogs.
And…

Glad it went well. We fount it such a relief to see what the selection process would be like.
What design are you building? I am considering upgrading the…

1155 what colour is your roof and gutter - i really like it..

I was a a friends home this week they have formica to the vanity and it looked great!
Can anyone tell me about the point things on the roof are they…

Hang in there! We had a great person at walk-through who not only told us prices but wrote things down, sent us home with samples and gave us a copy…

It is hard to decide how it looks without looking at actual houses - brick place can give you addresses of house built with a brick you like.
The catalogue will…

How is everyone going that is choosing bricks at the moment?? We are still driving around and seems everything we like isn't on the list...

Shampoo recesses need to go on either an outside wall or a load bearing wall (LBW on the plan), the Havana has a load bearing wall next to the shower…

Muscovy,
What is your tank made from?

Hi Castlevania,
You are ahead of us I think. We were told we can have an amount included in the tender as a "provisional allowance" ie for driveway etc…

Hi Taki,
Head to an Austral supplier and they will have a list there. I can't find my list however Symmetry doesn't ring a bell.
Class H slab is about $3500…

Well we are still looking at bricks, and still so undecided. The brick which are coloured on the outside are called slurry bricks - not sure of the spelling.…

Thanks everyone for your responses with my many questions. We are busy driving around admiring brickwork and trying to decide on brick and external colours.
Castlevania, we got…

Hi Does anyone know which stone bench tops come with the impressions range? I received essa stone and caesar stone brochures. Which colours are included? I have heard only…

Wow how exciting to be at handover. I love your photos - your colours look great. Could you upload a photo of the cavity sliding doors. We…

Thanks normad, I hope it goes smoothly now,
I was hoping to start the countdown for 10 months from now but now hoping for before next Christmas - it seems so…