Looking really good!
Couldnt help but notice the house next door? Archipelago? uh ohhhh...
lets hope the their colourscheme is different. looks like a surfmist roof tho

I found it better value to go with the base model dales design and upgrade what you wanted rather then start from the top. you could then compare the two.…

your place is looking awesome!

Yeah thats really annoying, I dont think our estate say anything like that in our guidlines. We have 3 Riva's and our street and I made sure ours looked different…

As far as I know there is no policy, they can build whatever they like.

Congrats, that was fast.
We picked ours up last week.
Now its a mad rush getting everything done before me move in.
Keen to see more pics

yeah I would budget on $45 - $60 for a tiler. thats for 600sq rectifieds.

We are thinking of using Solver Pewter and Country path.
maybe a 50% tint in the Pewter.

Hi Polack,
What paint colour have you used throughout your house? We are at that point now but its so hard to decide. Handover tomorrow for us. Pretty exciting times.

They sound to me like like standard details from an engineering consultancy.
They will vary company to company. I wouldnt look into this C7 detail thing at all. the Engineer/draftie…

I wouldnt bother with a geotech report from a 3rd party. will most likley come up with the same results and you have just wasted your money. If anything you…

The C7 detail might possibly be a Concrete detail drawing in the Engineers drawings.
If you dont have drawings yet they will be looking at your neighbours site plan details and…

The gap between the slab and the garage wall is normal.
They will fill it in at some point.

yeah we experienced the same thing. Our brickwork took around 5 weeks and it was annoying seeing a similar size Content home going up quicker.

Those stackers look so good! Jelous!
Any word on a handover date yet?
Ours is the end of October. Cant wait.

yep tiles or colourbond were both included with ours.
I really dont see etiher of your options costing that much at all.
Seems like they are taking you for a…

We also have our exhaust fan in the middle of the bathroom, I thought it looked odd.

We have just chosen a darker grey floor tile. Will go for a light grey wall colour.
Just repaint if need be. find the tile you like because it will…

Oh great! where abouts in Piara waters. We are also building there. CYOconnor village.

Dont be surprised if they ask for half the prestart amount during your plate height progress repayment. this came as a shock to us as we had planned on paying…

we signed with them around mid decemeber, maybe late december 2011.
we should get handover end of october. which isnt bad considering a 2 month wait for shire approval
and delays…

Hi Busybee, so far its going pretty good. We are at bathroom tiling stage.
Had a couple hickups with wrong tiles in the wrong places but thats all. Supervisor has…

from memory we were quoted $800 for cupboards above the fridge and $4500 for 4m of overhead cupboards with a inbuilt rangehood. We will do it ourselves later. We also…

we were told a 3 month wait initially, ended up taking about 2 months. It sux I know.

Out of the 3 I would put Blueprint at the top of the list and also know a great sales rep for them.
Dont know anyone who has built with…

I think you may find that with alot of builders.
You really need to go over the drawings and make sure everything you want is done.
We often found items…

Hi Polack,
Early december? that makes me question our handover date. we are at the same stage as you and we were first told about october. but I was thinking…

yeah thats about normal. I got quotes from 10500 to 14000.
average quote was about 12000. Not cheap is it.
I ended up extending the side out 1.5metres for a…

Hi Miss Em,
We are also building the Riva, we are currently at the rendering stage.
In regards to the gas point. As far as im aware only having the…

We built their promo home the Riva and added a few key features from the Archipelago.
ie; master bed, dressing, ens, kitchen, portico, and a few others.
We are almost…