Hi Topaz. I think the price they told me was $200 for the 8 metres of electrical run. We did the power ourselves so we ended up getting a credit…

Oh dear , GOOD LUCK!!!!

Now if you had my old SS he would come out and say "it's due to the camber of the ceiling. It will settle." or "that's just the movement of…

Kym Buckley from 'HouseWise' (ph:8346 2020) who was recommended by other forumers. E-mail them for a price list ( housewise2020@hotmail.com ). Not cheap but well worth it if you want…

Have you guys requested your roof and wall frame layouts??? They are really important to get and if your'e not getting an Independent Building Inspector (which I strongly advise that…

Scumbags is all I can say! Thats a real bugga for you, can only imagine how you feel. It takes a while to get over "the world sux" kind of…

Make sure you do hey!! As I lived on-site I got to see lots, lots more than the builder would have liked me to have. Had I not piped up…

Hi Sara, I think independent building inspections are well worth the investment. Consider the amount you are investing in your house- the IBI's charge is nothing in comparison. And $275…

By your pic it looks exactly like what I had all around the underside of my gutters. I would have sworn it was rust but when I got up on…

I seriously think this is your only chance in the little time that is left. Thanks to my OH we got results by sending up to 8 emails every day…

I thought that by upgrading on all my taps and shower heads etc that I would be getting better quality. Yes, they look all shiny and lovely when they are…

Hi, I bought the chrome grates myself and swapped them over. They were about $20 each. I ended up telling the first tilers that I had swapped them but I…

They sure pump it when they get going hey? Did you get those layouts yet? Its VERY IMPORTANT that you get these! I had a fair few bits that they…

Hi SW, Have you ever been to the Virginia Nursery? Now that's a place to get lost in! And I luuurve those lights! Do they have a similar set up…

Hi in regards to getting frame and roof layout ,you can get this from your builder then if you get independant inspector out he can see if everthing is done…

Hey V, treasure the time you have with them . Looking back those 9 months went pretty quick.…

Today I filled out the questionaire form that my SS (no.2) left me- I must say I was brutally honest. Apparently Mr Hickinbotham himself reads them. Remember this when you…

This issue weirdly reminds me me of the Black Eyed Peas (song) "my hump, my hump, my lovely lady hump" (or something like that) …

Slab was laid on August 17th & hand-over was yesterday (May 10th ) so that makes mmmmmmmmmmm (calculating on my fingers ) - just short…

It's pretty cool watching all the smileys dancing around this page- THANKS!
They should have given the measuring tape to my first SS as in the whole time he supervised my…

Also we are doing all our own flooring ,tiles and direct stick floorboards and we did our own stormwater ,power to and including the meter,telecom,digital tv points in every room…

Hi all this is my tip of the year ,if you get your basic house ,stick to all the standard everything and pay the standard price,once your house is built…

UPDATE- WE HAVE HAND-OVER!
We got the keys and also a wicked gift esky.

Congrats! I know how you feel (all to well!).

Thankyou Thankyou! This was a looooooooooooooooooong time in the making! I have tried to up-load my pics onto photobucket but I cant do it!! It has been a while…

Thanks all for the 'grats'
A "Hickinbotham" t-shirt, hat & esky, wine, the fanciest fandangled boxed corkscrew I've ever seen, pasta & sauce, chocolate rasperry sauce (SO yum!), crackers, lollies,…

HAND-OVER …

Hi somewoman, I've reposted the following purely because I am a 4fingered typer and it tales me SOOOOOOOO long to type up a post. Mind you in the last couple…

Hi V, no probs in asking again. Unless you read and remember every thread that you post on (including your own) from start to finish every time you post again…

Hi to all, well I have slightly better news (and a better quote) from tiler no.2. As I said in the Hickinbotham thread no.2 said it was do-able but…