Many apologies for the delay in updating our thread - there has been so much happening including a couple of stints in hospital for me, lots of work for the…

Its been a little while between updates, and lots have been happening both within and outside of the build. Progress has been been steady and we have been very happy…

Geez building-expert - not only do you fail to provide any real input to the OP's question you blatently go about bashing on about your blog site - which I…

I must say building-expert that Im just a tad concerned about your real intentions with your posts - as has been mentioned before - you do appear to be scare…

This week has seen lots of activity and today we were greeted with all the walls up on ground floor, as well as the much eagerly awaited door handle for…

Very exciting day today with a visit to Beacon Lighting - they had their up to 50% off sale (like lots of lighting stores at the moment) and we picked…

Thanks Kiwi, and I actually have a new pic too - dropped in at the house today as the plumber was putting the finishing touches to the upstairs and found…

Ahhhhh gotta love this WEEEET summer, cept if you are our builder that is LOL. Have lost a few weeks with all of the wet stuff but we now finally…

Hi sml - within land release 3 -lots 9014 and upwards are affected as they fall within 400meters of the adjoing bushland (Uppington and Durban Cres). It was our builder…

Happy to report that there has been heaps of progress over the last couple of weeks with the upper floor roof and walls going up, as well some some of…

Hi there, we are building in Ashtonfield (Ashton Grove) and we hit rock when digging in our concrete piering (didnt go with a slab). Total extra cost was 2000 dollars.

Hi all, just a quick update on this weeks activities, the boys have managed to squeeze in a fair bit of work within a short 3 day week and we…

Well its time to wish all a Happy New Year and play catch up on the last couple of months. We did lose a couple of weeks due to the…

Hey thanks Kiwi and hoping that you all had a great Xmas and New years. Things have been insanely busy here for the last two months and I have…

Hi Penelee, our house is the 2 story frame at the top of the hill. With regard to mine subsidence - our builder recommended a pier and joist construction for…

As promised we have been up to the block today to find out the latest, and there has been a bit of activity by the looks of it.

Seems like…

Thanks Baby B - yes the house is going to stand out from the surrounding places with these roof lines, combined with some good exterior lighting and colours its going…

Thanks GoGo, intend to keep the photo updates on a weekly basis and I now have the blessing of the builder with this blog. Had the tree stumps removed -…

Well its been a very busy 5/6 months since we have last posted. Sold our house in June and thought that we would be building within a month, but unfortunately…

Hahahaha now thats a good point, Jill's not one to move around the house in any state of undress but then again I have been known to nudie streak…

Thanks for that Kiwi

Thanks gogo
Its certainly going to stand out a bit from the surrounding houses, we did look at larger windows for the upper…

Hi all, have been lurking around this wonderfull site for the last 5 months and have found it a great resource and very informative, as well as very entertaining …