Just a heads up, there is no hurry to get your final occupancy certificate. You only really need it if you are planning to sell. We still don’t have ours…

No problems with our microwave or dishwasher. We've been in for a year now.

We have the SMEG appliances and have had no issues at all. We have a freestanding 900mm oven with gas cooktop.

I was eyeing that ottoman off at Freedom yesterday

All 3 toilets the seats are all out of whack, one the button constantly needs adjusting and the soft close doesn't work on another. The tablet just doesn't turn on…

It's slowly getting there, still so much to do. We got some more retaining walls in last week and put veggie gardens in. Just need to plant them out now.
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Clarendon don't give a crap about quality, they try and get away with the bare minimum.

Yep we had to pay the $700, killed me to do it but I refused to have scotia!
Skirting we were supposed to do ourselves but after major dramas and us…

Thanks Mrs RS The house is very much still a work in progress. Finally starting to get some art on the walls which makes a difference.

We went laminate for all downstairs areas and we love it.

The house length from front to back (the direction the laminate was laid) was just on the maximum length you can go before needing expansion joints.

We just avoided having one. I've seen them in a few of the display homes. If you can get the plastic strip to match the laminate it's not too bad.

Thanks MrsRS I needed a bit of a break from everything building after we moved in. All the dramas caught up with me in the end!
Here's a couple…

Slowly getting there! Still so much to do/buy. If only the money tree came with the house

We have 3 different sizes, looks fine.

Veeeeery slowly! I'll have to take a couple of pics but a lot of it is still "under construction"

MrsJM nothing happens if you don't have it! As long as it's done if you ever want to sell.

Yeah interim was fine, we just can't get the full one until we get clearance from council.

Our plans were rejected and the house had to be moved across to allow the 1m for the retaining wall. As it turned out the way the site was cut…

We love the fridge! It does take a bit of getting used to though. We have the 900L one so there is plenty of space. You do also need to…

I'm with TPG and haven't really had any problems. I downloaded some huge files for work today and it was normal speed.

Get some gypsum on the soil before you plant anything else. The clay here is a killer for plants with delicate root systems. Your dad was out watering them when…

I just checked and ours is the PUM90X which is 900mm. It ended up being $403 extra, the one they originally quoted was $1233 extra!

It's a Smeg, will have to check the model number for you tomorrow. Upgrading to an undermount was a pain in the butt! You basically get no credit for the…

It was roughly $20k. We had about 200 tonne of dirt to excavate too which was included in that cost.

I'm not sure exactly what the timber is, looks muuuuch nicer than pine. We are going to stain them too. It has taken the guys about 8 days. That's with…

Here's a few pics of the backyard now the retaining walls are almost done. Should be finished tomorrow hopefully.