Hi guys, just an update - house is coming along great, very fast, I reckon in a month or two we'll be done. We wound up signing the variation form…

Mrs_W: you can thank your lucky stars that you are with Powercor. Even after getting the "required" service number, I could not speak to anyone who could help me…

Lucky you! I wish I had that talent!
Could it be that Bentley told them, "Strictly don't give out information anymore" because they lost money when you found out…

Mrs_W - I don't know how you did it, but no matter who I call, they won't help me until my name is added to the account 😔 …

How resourceful are you, Mrs. W! Thanks for the advice, will definitely be doing that tomorrow.
How are you finding the stove (technika brand) as well? This another…

Mrs W - how did you follow this up? When I called Red Energy they couldn't give me any info at all because they said the account was not…

Thanks Marlbling! Unfortunately we're probably the most "advanced" in our building stage (no established neighbors yet, they are all slab stage) so if we don't have an electricity connection,…

So we decided to go with APBI, they were the only ones who could work on such short notice. Good news is that there were very minor problems in their…

Sorry to hear your building was delayed Mrs_W...hope quality made up for it! I hear you do get compensated for building delays though?
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Checked out their website - they're quoting $330 + GST for each stage. Quite expensive. I've talked to some people who got theirs for $200-280 per stage. …

Marlbling, congrats on moving into your new home! And thanks for the advice- yes we are going to get our own security doors. Glad to hear the build…

Thanks for the replies - I think Bentley needs more feedback and reviews. I saw a negative review on Facebook which was promptly removed.
I'm really hoping we…

Btw not sure if this should be in a separate thread... but I saw something on here about yellow pipes and pest control. Incidentally I was wondering what Bentley's…

Just two But yeah the design got us to sign up with Bentley, it was so nice.

We're building in Donnybrook, Atlanta 320

Starting our build with Bentley Homes as well, crossing fingers that it will be a smooth ride!