So your wife has the nice big WIR and you get get the normal robe? Sounds like my situation!
I would consider a cavity slider for…

It seems a lot of builders have a very irritating and somewhat disjointed admin phase, but it's great to see that hasn't carried over to construction in your case.
That's very…

That's an awesome Master... that'll be interesting to see the barn doors and how they end up
Are you going Ruby, Sapphire or Diamond inclusions?
If you haven't already, ask about pricing…

Darbecca were one of the 6 I contacted back in mid-January and I never heard back from them. I still haven't as a matter of fact! Their reviews are good…

Thanks, same to you! It's frustrating not knowing what's going on hey. Plus you want to know every second someone is scheduled to be at the site in case there's…

About a week after the frame started, we're at a "pause".
We required two steel beams on the ground floor - one at the front of the garage, the other…

Kind of like this....

I always think the slab by itself looks really small.. so disconcerting hey!

Sure will - and if you can muster up another 10%, then the lender should combine that with your deposit as 20% and you won't need lender's mortgage insurance. But…

I have a friend who built with Valeco. He said from the start of the build it ran smoothly and had a great site supervisor. But everything from when the…

Great to see you start your thread!
That's a good looking facade, I look forward to seeing how it all progresses

It's a tricky problem - i'm facing the same issue.
I've got about 1.6m between the retaining wall and my house. My plans is to run an 80cm wide concrete path…

Exciting times! I went to visit the site on Thursday and they had started the frame - just the kitchen and part of the back wall were up but good…

Thanks, and yeah should make for a great outdoor area. We're getting Clarendon to leave the alfresco surface as bare slab, so will have to decide on what surface we…

Congratulations on signing and agreed, happy to see another Clarendon build!
I'm doing the Madison 35, so will be very interested to see what modifications you've made to your plan, since…

We have a slab! We got lucky with the weather and they managed to pour it on Thursday 7 February.
They're now running our build in tandem with the one that's…

It would be great to follow your build. I considered a shipping container home, but found there was very little information out there, and it seemed very daunting to try…

Are you on acreage at all? You're definitely on a larger block, but I wonder if that makes any difference? But you're probably right, while it's everything up to the…

Hi Emma
Colours look great! I like the contrast you've achieved there
Looking forward to seeing your build start

Bricks delivered (out of shot at the front are the render bricks), sediment fence installed and gravel laid
Underground plumbing and electrical complete and construction fence erected.

That's awesome progress!
I'm not far behind - hopefully having my slab poured next week some time, but i'm still pretty jealous

Sorry to hear about the health issues Makes a full on time even more stressful
Chin up though, I think your selections look great - I'm…

We've started! Site scrape/excavation was completed on 25/01/2019. This week should be piering and underground plumbing/electrical, followed by slab next week. Two houses down is another Clarendon build and they…

I think that's when you'd really want to be bringing the inspector in - once practical completion has been reached (and probably as soon as possible after). That way if…

Bear in mind other costs will creep in too - tiles, colour selection and electrical/smart home. Could amount to quite a bit more money there, so something to be mindful…

When I signed my contract I was given 6 months - that's when they had to have started to comply with the contract. I was pretty annoyed when I saw…

Fairmont is a great design - we tossed up between it and the Madison. That's going to be one heck of a master! And the Hamptons is a really nice…

That's excellent news! Looking forward to seeing the start of the build through some photos.

Thanks Rhetti!
Hopefully it goes quickly for you - Clarendon were actually pretty quick through those first couple of stages for us. The waiting is brutal - I'd read that this…

Those fees are crazy hey - we enquired about changing the colour of our window frames after we'd completed colour selection and were advised that it would be the variation…