I am really nervous after reading about not having council approval for 12 months and the $700plus price tag... We are building the Heysen aswell...start date is ment to be…

Sorry to crash the thread but we have a samoyed... shes 3yrs now and she is a fantastic dog! Everyone one comments on how well behaved and friendly she is.…

Hi Woodville south,
Our footings came in at 24k, what did they quote you for yours?
Its the fixed price quote before selections variation but because we are doing so many…

Hi everyone, well we received council approval 2 weeks ago and we also received our fixed price contract last thursday..but it is 30k over what we where hoping for and…

Hi everyone,
Not much has been happening with our build lately...still in the paper work stage.
We are waiting on the fixed price quote and for provisional planning approval from council...
I…

Just a quick question..when did everyone receive their footings report with costings? I think they did it back in April. As I wrote previously we are waiting for estimation and…

Hi there seems to be a few of us building with Rossdale, we are building the Heysen. We have changed quite alot with the plans though so it really looks…

Some photos from the block, standing on the block looking out towards the city, beach and some of the gum trees..I'm unsure what to do with they provide good shade/noise…

Thanks KW, its 333m2

Hi everyone,
Just trying to finalise our plans would love your thoughts.. Would have put up the plans sooner but I've only just figured out how to reduce the size of…

A belayed thanks for the replies, we tried negotiating contract price but after speaking to builders they said that our soil type and report etc are common here in Adel…

yeah, we spoke to the architect today and he said its pretty standard for that sort of soil and footings around adelaide... Lots…

Hi,
Just wondering if we could get some advice...we signed our contract subject to finance and SOIL report, but we haven't received our sect 7 papers yet should be in…

Hi everyone,
Just wondering if we could get some advice...we signed our contract subject to finance and SOIL report, but we haven't received our sect 7 papers yet should be in…

Woo hoo !!! We signed the contract for our land today...So excited, we're thinking of going with a local builder who renovated my…

Hi everyone,
Thank you for the advice in regards to blocks of land etc, we have decided we are going to spend extra on the land and go for a flat…

Hi Everyone,
I'm so happy we've found this forum for SA...My partner and I are just starting out on what seems to be a very slow and arduous process of building…