Mine is Portland, based on your previous comments I believe your's is Oberon? Is there anything that you are planning to do after handover? we gotta do tiling and carpets…

@ace14, I am in Florentia Street and am building a single storey.
What stage are you at now? Mine is @Brickworks.

Hi Ace 14,
Good to hear that you are now in construction phase and have got the slab done, assume that the work has resumed on your block post the Christmas…

@Orchid88, we have just finalised land settlement and will soon start the planning process for the house, my guess for construction start date will be around late Nov. early Dec.…

Hi all,
Finally after 15 months we have settled on the land, how about everyone else?

Hi avinash,
Yes it will be around may next year as its only now they have got the DA approval and that too with significant changes.

Have you guys finalised the house design?

Welcome to the forum aethorma,
Stamp duty is only paid on the land value and not on house.

Hi qonyx,
Thanks for your response, its good to get feedback from someone who has gone through the process. I noticed the Mirvac supplier to be quite expensive too, but as…

Apparently some council issue, i believe they will send us a letter advising of the same.

@ace14, the land settlement has been significantly delayed.

Cool.
@ace14 .we stuck to our original design and made a few minor amendments.
I don't think Mirvac has started any work on the estate yet and highly doubt that it…

Hi guys,
I got my second tender this week & paid the 5k deposit today. Anyone else got theirs done too?

@avinashr, sorry mate, can't find any docos to confirm.

Let me c if i can find it

My understanding is that the 500 dollars is an advance payment that will be offset against the total building cost, its not an additional fees. Its applicable if you ask…

Ingara is a nice design, our next door neighbour is building one too.

Its more expensive to go with third party tradies. We r only doing it because we have chosen our own tiles & mirvac won't lay it for us. $250 for…

It wil be done after the handover.
Currently in the process of finding a good tiler, price is around 40-50 per sq. meter.
Data cabling makes sense, we are planning to get…

We have asked to include the quote for a cemented slab in the tender. Other than that we have decided to get our tiling done for the living areas by…

Ace14,
oberon looks nice, master bedroom is huge.
good choice

Welcome avinashr,
Crawford looks nice. We are building Portland.
Turnaround time seems excessive to me too, i have asked for some minor variations and now gotta wait for another week.

Thnx.
U r way ahead of us, we are still stuck at the tender stage.
Colour appointment, that sound exciting.
Are you building a single or a double? We are building a single…

Hi,
We have also exchanged contracts & in the process of finalizing the house design.