Hi raeking,
No, haven't moved in yet, waiting on a couple of things to be completed and the bank chq... should be soonish though!
The blue paper (I presume) is sisal paper…

Hi Raeking,
Your house is looking great!! You must be very excited to see the roof go up and the house taking shape. You really get a sense of what the…

Hi Hornet18,
I love that design especially the kids retreat and the fact the minor bedrooms can be closed from the living area.
We didn't think about Sarking also and where pleasantly…

Hi Hornet 18,
I was surprised to see sarking as it was never mentioned in our contract. From what I have read it is a requirement for any roof under 25…

Hi Wonderland,
I think the brand name is Technobili. I think Reece stocks them.
I think our doors may be a bit higher due to the 2.7m ceiling height. They looked great…

Thanks Salt&Pepper,
We had a trial run today so the real thing should be fine. We can't wait. It is so close it is driving us nuts. We can't wait to…

Hi Kynton,
Yes we love the graded drainer. Luckily for us it was included with the house (as displayed). I have heard that it can be expensive, but am not sure.…

After quite a few delays and loads of touch-ups and small fixes we are almost there. Although we had to cancel our handover inspection today due some items not quite…

Hi Raeking,
Yes we love the facade and love the way it turned out with our colours. We would have liked the render on the feature pillar to be a…

Hi Salt & Pepper,
I hope our handover isn't delayed, but It would not be surprise me. There still seems to be so many small things to fix and they have…

Hi S&P,
That sounds like a good price. From what I can tell it usually costs between $90-95 per sqm (yours is about $82).
Where did you build?
We are having all sorts…

Hi Salt & Pepper,
It has been about 5 months so far. The last couple of months have dragged, but we are very close now.
We can't wait!
Trying to organise quotes for…

We had our preliminary inspection on Monday. It took much longer than expected, but we feel we have covered everything.
Apart from a couple of oversights by the builder, we are…

Hi S&P,
The kitchen bench is yet to be finished and the last row of tiling too I presume, once that's done.
Thanks!
FD

It has been a while since our last update, but we are getting very close now and UrbanEdge will be calling tomorrow with the date for the final inspection next…

Hi Lam,
Yes this is one of the first negative comments I have read also. As with any builder there can be problems.
In our case it has been 5 months since…

Hi Mike83,
All colour selection occurred in their own showroom in their offices. Although the selection was not as extensive as other builders it was fine for us as we had…

Hi ccgooser,
For us it was way longer than 5 weeks. In Urbanedge's defence, we made quite a few changes which delayed things quite a bit.
From agreeing on the house we…

Thanks for the advice Ed.
That is an option that I had not thought about.
We do have agi pipes and scoria at the base of the cut on our side, but…

We have a cut and fill site where the excavating contractor has extended beyond our boundary by 600mm on the left side of our block. The cut at the highest…

I think you do mean concrete masonry blocks like Mrs Martin said.
Have a look at Austral's masonry page, they have the normal grey (Besser) blocks and coloured masonry in…

We've often heard that watching the externals of a house go up is the exciting part of the build, as there is something new to see each visit. That was…

Conrats Andy.
Exciting times ahead! Good luck with the build.
I was out there today too and it wasn't pretty. Not that it was good anywhere outside today.
FD2

I am not sure if the definition differs according to the builder, but our builder defines it as:
"when all plaster, architraves, skirting, doors, built-in shelves, cabinets and cupboards are fitted…

Hi Cynarion,
We probably would not have gone with the door if we had side windows. Great that you would have some privacy. I suspect ours would have been very visible…

Hi CCG,
Yes the door is great, although it was quite pricey as it was not standard. We bit the bullet (yet again) and paid the additional amount. The price that…

Well done. There is nothing more exciting than seeing your house started.
Good luck with your build.
FD2

Hi Cynarion,
Yes thanks we are very happy with the door. This particular facade doesn't have a side window in the entrance so we needed to bring in some light. We…

Due to the heatwave, things have been moving a bit slower than expected at the house. That being said, all the doors are now in, architraves and most skirting…

Do you stream HD video over it?
Yes, I stream DIVX HD which are quite a bit smaller.
Ethernet cable is about 30c a metre for cat 6.. cheaper if cat 5e..…