1sttimebuilding - great question indeed. We have been thinking all weekend what we should do, and to be honest, we are probably going to build with a custom builder now.
I…

Thanks for everyone's suggestions. They called me at 3:30pm to ask why I hadn't turned up for the appointment, and when I told them I was waiting for a reply…

Does anyone know the contacts for management? Sara is our CS officer, but we have actually never met her (we have been dealing with a tender/contract presenter instead).

Essentially we wanted to build the Waldorf and use the 2 square promotion to build right up to 380 sqm as allowed by CDC (deleting voids etc). They came up…

Unfortunately it looks like we may be pulling the plug with EB to build the Waldorf. Supposed to sign contract and pay deposit today. Twice I told them the floor…

Kerith - is there an option to go through CDC? It would mean no consent/approval required from neighbours.
My CSA is Sara too - it almost sounds like she is the…

I asked this at our contract appointment last week, and was told EBH may connect the power and water for us under our names, and at the end of the…

Thanks Kerith. I will bring this up at the contract appointment this friday and see what they say. We have heavy stuff we want to hang too!

Kerith, I just read on your blog they are putting timber beams in every wall so that frames can be hung. I mentioned this to EBH, and got a reply…

That is just ridiculous, and I would say - bordering on the illegal if Tyrell is missing things and deliberately leaving it out. If injuries and liabilities occur then it…

benblinkau - it's not hard to guess your occupation if you are going to Afghanistan for a few months, and being away from your family. Hats off to you, merry…

Wisdom was asking $25k to build in Kuringai - everywhere I have been to seem to have Kuringai as the most expensive area to build in terms of 'zone costs'.…

Wow - things are really moving fast for you!
Our tender was $150k over the base price, but a huge chunk of that was for the driveway, plus I'm paying $16.5k…

On mine it says SRA173C (17.4kw)

For the driveway, my tender says "Provide Standard Builder Range Pavers OR a Colour-On Concrete Driveway'. Are we all supposed to get a Stencilled option?
Looks like we are all stuck…

Speaking about costs, our family visited the Grand Designs Home Show in Sydney this weekend. We tried to get as many rough quotes as possible for similar things that we…

I remember someone got a quote for around $90/sqm some pages back. Adding curb change may make EBH sound reasonable for once.
On the topic of council vs CDC - are…

Dearheart - if your house only needs to be dropped by <1m, why did they suggest drop edge beams? Why not just cut and fill?
I suppose if they allow $3.7k…

Yes, we were told up to 5m length in included. Ours is 15m, and therefore $16k ...
If we choose to do it ourselves, we get $3.7k credit. The way…

Quick question to everyone. We had our tender appointment this week, and the one thing that stood out from the rest was $16k for the driveway.
I think this has been…

Thanks for your replies. If there is one thing I have picked up from all my reading it is that we must pay attention to every single detail and all…

Hi Domenic,
May I commend you for your prompt replies and involvement in this forum. I would also like to commend one of your staff members (american CR from Homeworld V),…

Dear all builders with Eden Brae,
I just to say hello to everyone on this forum, and commend everyone on the wealth of knowledge being shared. I literally spent the last…