Thanks Charnley! I think lightish sounds about right - in our old place we have fairly bold red curtains, but that's because everything else was so light, and they wouldn't…

Hi all,
I've been putting off looking at window furnishings throughout the build process, but now I really need to start making some choices. I've got some fairly good ideas…

Congratulations on your purchase Angieb! Good luck for your building adventure.
Have you chosen a design yet?

Thanks doublej2500!

Well, it's been a long time coming, but we've finally booked settlement for the end of next week.
Hooray!

We started off with 2 bantam hens, and they seemed perfectly happy to me. It was only because we lost one that we introduced another pair, and now have…

We have had the same issue, although with Simonds rather than Porter Davis. I understand the reason, although it's a annoyingly bureaucratic. Our flooring guys will remove and…

We're right at the end of our build with simonds in Melbourne - more east than south east. Our timeline was very fast at the start of the build, but…

Not sure what is standard in Scotland, but in Australia there is usually a body corporate or owners corporation that manages any subdivided property such as apartments. If you…

Absolutely fabulous! It looks so different with the floors in, and I love how it looks with the red cupboards.

PCI scheduled for Monday July 2nd!!!!
So relieved to finally get there, and allowing myself to feel excited about things again.
I've booked in the New Home Inspections guys for an independent…

OMG!!!! That's fabulous news
Oh and I agree with gogo. You win, keys are the finish…

Hi DRG, just droppping in to see if you're still on track for PCI tomorrow?
Good luck with everything and don't forget pictures!

It's depressing how little has happened over the last 3 weeks after thinking we were nearly there.
Still no pci date
Also getting very frustrated…

Congratulation N2B! It's a very exciting moment, so sit back and enjoy it

I don't know about cheapest, but there's one on springvale road that is pretty good - http://www.whitehousegardens.com.au

Could be a reeeeally close finish DRG! I didn't realize you were getting so close.
Our qa has been pushed out by a week, so we still don't have an actual…

Lol, ninja recyclers.
I remember having the same problem with telstra last time we moved.

It might be quicker if Simonds is doing the demolition themselves - that was the main delay for us I think. They didn't even have that as an option…

Oh how exciting, another knock down to follow! Where are you building?
The villa grande is very nice - it has a lot of similarities to the Elwood design we've…

Pics?
(... I tried waiting patiently, but you know how it is...)

Blinds? Lights? Ummm... no. That's fairly far down on my priority list.
Floors are number 1. I've organised my beautiful spotted gum boards, but still yet to…

Well, we finally had some contact with the builder - a site meeting this morning with our SS.
The security alarm thing is apparently just a standard thing they do now…

We're building about 20kms east of melbourne, but I googled the idetect things, and found an article about them being used in melton, caroline springs and a few other places…

Seemed real enough. If it was just the sign I might have thought that.
I did a bit of a search, and they seem to be a fairly recent thing,…

Found a bit of a surprise at the site today - light on the balcony, garage door open, and a big pole in the middle of the front garden. …

Yes, we're doing flooring after handover. We felt this would be better for a number of reasons - we thought we'd get a better quality installation, the choices seemed…

That's excellent Kranzy! A bunnings voucher sounds like a very sensible handover gift - something that might actually be used. And money back is awesome! That should…

I stopped off at the house on the way to work this morning, and since the weekend they've installed all the door handles, door stops, towel rails, toilet roll holders,…

Woooohoooo! …