Thanks mrs rose and sunshine T
Not covering the outside area ... the idea was that you could be undercover under the alfresco area of the house or outside in the…

What do you mean!? ... You don't like my artistic CFL???
hahaha ... probanly only going to put a downlight in there anyway as i also have decklights (Uplights) to go…

Front deck now finished too

Hey all.
It's been so long since i've been on
Just thought i'd post a pic of the deck i finally finished building and just oiled!

Hey guys,
Here's a progress pic of the deck ... I've got the frame work complete... gotta start decking now!

Thanks R & J,
I will put some pics up but just don't won't to put half finished ones up
I'm building a deck this week too so will put some pics…

It does look absolutely fantastic ... I don't want to put up pics of our house now coz it looks so boring in comparison to yours!

Hi all,
sorry i havn't posted for a while
I've been flat out digging and moving dirt all around the house.
For those that were asking the question, you definitely only get the…

Not quite sure why we just spent $1000 at ikea on mirrors and curtains and yet we still have no driveway!
mmmm ... makes sense right?

KaznDaz - I think your site supervisor would have a big influence on the build quality and build time. Our guy was awesome and never made us feel like we…

Hey guys,
I don't mind gicing you the details of the guys who did my tiles.
I'll just check with him first as i'm not sure if he wants me giving his…

Thanks everyone...
Dram - We bought 600mm x 600mm porcelain tiles from an auction place in wetherill park for our 81sqm of our house. I met the guy who was contracting…

well ... Carpet is booked for 31st so we'll start moving stuff on finished tiled area on 29th and finish moving everything else once the carpet's done

We got our keys today!!!!!!!!!
HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tiler starts on the weekend and appliances are booked for friday week!

Ah I see now. Sorry - a bit slow on the uptake!
We chose Colourbond as we thought it was the better looking option... they've painted…

ST,
Not sure what the relevance is of the bend in downpipe?
Our plans show the width as 1810mm where the front door and 2 sidelights are

Ekman,
Do you have a water tank?
We have 100% of our roof going to our recycled water treatment plan via the storm water but we dodn't have to have pvc downpipes,…

Hey lizzy,
definitely don't get painted.
our downpipes are also colourbond so don't need painting either.
For all those with single stories, you can definitely get your roof done first as we were…

Hey all,
Our final settlement progress payment has been sent to be paid by our bank!
We are hoping to (will be furious if we don't) get our keys next week

Dram,
I'm with you.
Thank you to all the people that continually offer their help and suggestions.
Our house build is all but over but it would not have been as smooth if…

ST,
what you're saying makes perfect sense and is what i had gathered when we were talking about this last week. What's thrown a spanner in the works is that Masterton…

Lizzy,
Sounds like you're area has overhead power lines in which case you'll have to connect from your power pole to the main power on street?

Dram - We originallt chose PGH "Gravel" bricks but had to change as they were on back order. But, the "Gravel" brick display wall at Schofields does not have dirty…

Hey guys,
Just thought i'd let you all know how we went this morning with our PCI.
We signed the "certificate of practical completion" form with the following to still be completed
*…

BADH
That sux that it's dragging on so long!
I went on to pathways tonight and found that there's a smoke detecter and plumbing certificate on there so it seems like they're…

BADH
I'm doing my PCI tomorrow morning.
How long does it take to get keys after doing PCI?
Is there anything i can do do be organised (knowing that masterton don't ever give…

R&J,
That can't be right ... MUST be a mistake!
Our facade upgrade was the cheapest upgrade available and we got them without asking (didn't even think about the fact that we…

R&J,
We were very disappointed to find out only after the slab was poured that we don't get a concrete patio included in the basic Facade upgrade we took which cost…

Hey guys,
Thanks for your comments... Sorry about falling short on the kitchen pics
Can't get in anymore... they finally locked us out properly!
We have our Practical…

Hey all,
Spoke to our building supervisor today and have arranged to do our practical completion inspection on wednesday morning!
Can't wait.
There are a few things that we are aware of that…