Congrats on a successful though long journey. Always nice to see good honest work come to a happy conclusion. Hopefully you can continue to find interesting educational bits to post…

Hi. As mention before wish you had a presence in Melbourne so we could engage with you.
Great work.

Simeon:
Thanks for the information you provide here. Very educational and helpful.
Wish you built in Melbourne so we could engage with you.
Best,
R

Thanks for the explanation. We need to see more of the world.

Good point on the tiles.
Looking at the shower pic. You have to walk through the double showers to get to the tub? Seems odd to me.

Am in Melbourne and planning to do my own flooring after home handover from volume builder. Any recommendations. Thanks.

Hi all: Looking to engage a demolition contractor Melbourne east side. Any recommendations? Single story residential. Am thinking of getting demo done while finalising plans with volume builder. Thanks for…

kennyc Good to hear something positive. Are you in building in Vic or somewhere else?

idev that is the dilemma facing many currently. Bite the bullet and do it now or just put it off until prices stabilise…

Thanks for the pointers. Appreciated.

Hi Simeon: I don't suppose you do projects in Melbourne since you have a Sydney address. Can you share any cost information? The more detailed the better. Thank you.

That's an interesting observation. So if that holds true we should hold off committing to anything for the next, say 3 to 6 months?

Hi all. Would like to know if many here are putting off, postponing or cancelling their intended new builds due to potential inflation, material supplies and shortage issues. We are…

Sorry that was not site cost. It was demolition plus some minor site cost. I do not have full site cost estimate yet. Apologies for confusion.

No firm quote but they have estimated it will be about 25K. I have a sloping site.

Covid delays so not finalised. Currently talking to GJ Gardner as they seem to be semi-custom. But be warned they are a franchise type setup so there are pros and…

Hi. No I did not in the end. I sent them an enquiry email and they just sent back some generic reply. That made me think they were not too…

Hi. We are looking at Apex Homes too. All the various builders websites make them sound great. Have you had any information and made a decision yet? They are not…

Hi all: New to this forum but finding it very helpful and seems more "honest" comments here.
I am looking to new build (first time) in Melbourne East suburbs on a…