Hey GoN!
Yes, the "little" costs all eventually add up, dont they??
We are lucky in the sense that we're living rent free at the moment, so even when the house is…

It definitely all adds up in the end!
We also have the additional cost of flooring (tiles and carpets), window treatments, interior painting and…

Congrats on the Slab Aries!
What an exciting way to finish of 2011...

Congrats on the new thread Geste!
I also love the amount of storage you guys have.. Something you can never have enough of really.
I like the long entry. A friend of…

Heya Geste,

Hmm.. Guess maybe its hard to do a straight cut on an already laid brick?? As long as it doesnt impact on how the finished plaster looks, Im sure…

Could I get in on that PM about the paving??

Love the 31c ceilings!! Did you go high throughout entire house? We've gone 31c in main living area/kitchen/entrance, but drop back to normal (28c?) in bedrooms. Would of loved to…

Hahahha.. Oh, you know.. Just EVERYTHING.
A few major costs were things like Sisalation in roofing, 4m wide stacker door for alfresco, supply and…

Oh, and our back fence is 6m from the house, and 30m wide... The wall of bedrooms 2 & 3 are 6m from the fence, so Hubby wants to use…

Hey Geste,
Our block is 624m2.. We needed/wanted the biggest block available as we have two little ones who need their running space. We live right next to a park ATM,…

Thanks Tink, CC & Vans!! We're pretty happy with the way it all finished up. Took many a late night emailing back and forth with our sales rep to get…

Some things we've already agreed on...
Our front door:
Corinthian 1200mm Lumina Pivot Door with Translucent Glazing.

Our tile selections:
- Ensuite:
Stone Benchtop, Listello & Cupboard:
Floor Tiles:
- Main Bathroom / Laundry:
Stone…

Our Block:

How the house sits on the block (VERY BASIC PLAN - Not to scale):

Thanks Geste!
Our initial plans had been submitted and approved before we got to PreStart, so now RedInk are just waiting for us to sign off on the changes we've selected…

Yep, that was a standard...
I didnt even know there were different sizes??
Thankfully we have a friend who will be coming in post handover..…

Hi Geste. We just did our PreStart with RedInk, and a lot of your upgrades were on our list also.. Here are the prices we were given.

Hey Everyone!
This is our first build (and thread), so slightly excited / nervous about the whole thing...
Anyway, thought we'd give it a go..
We're building with RedInk, in Lake Coogee Estate.
Bought…

Hi Burbs!
We're also building with RedInk, and also had The View (with major changes).
Just had our PreStart, so I'll PM you our list, with the prices we've been charged.
We walked…

I'll PM you our list AubinGrove.
One thing to point out tho.. We upgraded EVERYTHING, just to get an idea of costing.
We've gone thru the list and deleted a lot…

PreStart over and done with...
$46K worth of changes/additions/upgrades... Hubby not happy.

Hi Aries. Congrats on the new Earthworks!
We're also building with RedInk. We've gone custom design, but based on The View... Altho our house now looks nothing like it??

Thanks for all the info SD!
We've finished our tile selection, and as with most things, most of our selections are above and beyond RedInk's tile allowance.. Just waiting on Tuesday…

Thanks to everyone for their comments / replies...
Hubby tends to agree with you, SD... (He's ready to change into pre-start guns blazing.)
In his mind, we're the ones paying out the…

Thanks Timpen,
We're going to delete the tiling in wet areas from the contract as we have a tiler friend who can help us out with that, and just get it…

Thanks Bashworth,
My only source of build info has come from my oldies (who built almost 20yrs ago).
When they built they hired subs for everything from flooring to installing cabinets, so…

Hi guys... Long time reader / first time writer...
Basic rundown of my (almost) build:
Building with RedInk Homes. Lake Coogee Estate. Pre-Start Tuesday 6th.
Our Sales Rep informed us that if we…