Sorry, I can't comment on your query. I just kind of cringe when I see people post full names of others without their knowledge. If you're not willing to post…

A few updates
We were finally able to get in and have look around! It's been a couple of weeks since my last fix, so…

We went with brown floor tiles and white wall tiles, here are some pics of how it looks:
Our selections:
Sorry, the floors are still dirty

I like invitations... and pancakes... and ice cream... and caramel... and vanilla cream... and bananas... and invitations...
Seriously though, it…

That's a good idea, I'd try to find something made of clear plastic. That way if you're in the house and the kids are out there, you can still keep…

I agree with the others, just paint it. You'll find lots of other uses for that extra money that you'll be saving.

I can't remember what the site costs were unfortunately, I "think" he said 25k, but I'm not sure if that was including the piers...
here…

You can see the floor plan and other pictures here:
viewtopic.php?f=31&t=18422

This is what I mean by piers (only slab is where the garage is):
Concrete footings
Piers
Flooring over piers

We were in the same position as you are now. We have a 3.1 m fall on our lot. Instead of cutting for a slab, we went for piers.…

Hi Vanessa,
If you visit this link, viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1272 , you'll find out how to post some photos.

Which bit?
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Pepper, you may not realize, but this is an Australian forum. I think very few people would be interested in importing items all the way from the US.

I remember... that's why I was clarifying

Toronto, NSW (NOT Canada! )

I kind of felt the same way when we first started thinking about the kitchen layout, but, I wanted the canopy rangehood and I wanted overhead cupboards, so we had…

Thanks Haven, we're very pleased with the floors (even if we've only seen them through dirty glass! lol), and the views.
My DH and I both have the day off…

It's hard when greed wins out over the little guy isn't...
I'm sorry I can't help, I live in NSW, but I hope you can get it worked out.

Thanks! I can't wait to get in there and walk barefoot on them

A very important comparison point I suppose...
281 sqm

We're almost done, I'll give you whats left of my own patience then
Hang in there, it'll happen... some day …

Yeah, it really depends on where you're building and who you choose to build your home for you.

Ours didnt exactly start in July, our trenches were dug at the end of June (27/06/09), so, very close the same time.
Our timber floors are in, and as of today,…

They started on the timber floors today, sanded and first coat put on! I love how it's looking so far!

I think you definately need to find that "well-spring of patience" and put a plug in it to build up some reserves. Building a house definately requires lots of…

lol yea, sorry!
Thats includin site costs, tiling, carpets, solid wood flooring, fencing, driveway, the front of the block will be landscaped, not sure how much…

We're also going through a custom build, our cost per sqm is roughly about $10k (we've gone a bit over our price but it's coming out of our pocket) $9933…

You can borrow mine, I'm a bit jealous too!

Thanks for that! We knew about the expo but had forgotten about it

They "could" find things to do in the meantime, but it would be expensive for the builders. We spent a number of weeks waiting for the rest of our…