We are in Blacktown.

Hi everyone,
We have a big WIP and I would like to get U shaped cupboards and benchtop. I'm spending a lot in the kitchen but in WIP I don't want…

Hi everyone,
Just want to ask how did you manage to get quotes for landscaping? I have sent our plan to some, they either don't respond or say they have too…

Not sure if we can hire the electrician and if we are lucky maybe will be possible.
The tiles costs $55sqm so the rest are on labour. For electric undertile…

Hey everyone,
We are building a house and have already signed the Final contract. At first we were getting tiling done through builder however after we saw how much they were…

Thanks for replying everyone.
We contacted them today and sent email saying if it's not remove by Wednesday we will remove it and will not be liable for anything. They…

Hey everyone,
We are currently in the process of building a house and waiting for council approval. A week ago we went to see our land and have seen that a…

Hey everyone,
Can someone recommend me some good landscapers please. We've got our plan so just want to get some quotes.
Also can the people that have received their rebate please tell…

Hey everyone,
We are building a double storey house (43sqm) and kind of confused what type of heating we should have.
First we were thinking of underfloor heating (electric) but worried about…

Hey everyone,
Does anyone know if we are allowed to have the house fully rendered in Bunya?

Thanks everyone for the replies.
This is a quote from the company that does tiling for the builder so I guess they are charging a lot.
I will be asking them…

Hi everyone,
We are looking at putting White Polished Porcelain Tiles 600x600 ($55sqm) in our house downstairs. We received a quote and the labour cost is $55sqm and another $1640 because…

Hey everyone,
Thanks so much for replying.
I've spoken to my bank and they said the $1000 was in other fees. They said my conveyancer should have given me a list of…

Yes, unfortunately we had already given her our contract before the first meeting. She sounded good at first, got us an extension for contract exchange right away before we even…

Hey everyone,
I’m very confused with our so called conveyancer. We are first home buyer so we didn’t know much. On our first meeting we weren’t impressed at all. She was…

Thank you so much for replying!
It's a relief now because I don't want to get everything done by the builder!

Hey everyone,
Anyone with Westpac bank for construction loan please tell me how they are when it comes to third party quotes. Do they accept them?
I'm confused as my broker…

We are building with Clarendon Homes. I was told that they have done the Basix assessment and DRP requires us to have that gas got water system instead of the…

Hey everyone,
We were told by our builder today that Bunya DRP want us to upgrade to Rheem Solar Loline (Gas Boost) gas hot water system and it will cost us…

Twannie please let us know how you go with the valuation. Which builder are you building with?
Whytee was your land only undervalued or land and construction? By how much?

Oh that makes sense now.
Yes, this forum has been very helpful and thank you so much for your replies.
I guess I will keep on coming to the forum with…

Thanks for your response Whytee. This forum is great especially when I have no understanding of building and how things with banks work!
So if bank was to undervalue construction…

Thank you so much twannie, that helps a lot. Is your build finished? One more thing I'm sort of worried is our broker told us that usually banks undervalue the…

Hi everyone,
Just want to ask few things. Our construction loan is with Westpac and I was told that if we want to get things done by others instead of builder…