I'd definitely incorporate those things in your build . Would cost you loads more to get trades in to add those post build.

Yes we are another stung by the big undervaluation! $26 k under;(
We are at allocation stage this week so will be watching madly for the first sign of a…

Our current house the same! Takes forever

No just the cylinder. It's now closer to kitchen since we moved it. Now it's outside the laundry door

Think it was around $600.
Gas etc stayed where it was. Didn't want hot water cylinder blocking the only side of the house we will acess to yard from

Don't forget stuff like extra outside taps, and we moved our hot water cylinder to opp side of house to allow one side to be free of obstruction down side…

Hi Steve!!!
We have just signed contract so not too far ahead of you. Read, triple check, re read, get everything in writing. Assume nothing lol
Goodluck! Kylie

No not a knock down. Building in Kingsford, point cook .

But they would have already ordered bench top etc. If these are the plans you signed off on, then it's not PD's problem. As annoying as it may be !
Plus…

Yes at contract. Ours dropped in price between tender and contract as the developers report slightly changed our slab requirements meaning less cost. Was a nice surprise

Bank valuation and unconditional approval etc if you are borrowing to construct .

Hi RU22,
Yep check everything!!! Some of our hopetoun selections had been missed out, the evap cooling vents were in the wrong spots and a few small bits. Don't assume something,…

hey we may well be neighbours! we are up towards the currently dead end of the street, opposite the townhouses . noticed in another post that you are building with…

our site costs were
excavation $1,286
Slab $12,202

We have stalked this page long and hard in the lead up to tender, hopetoun and contract appts , to get an idea of approx costings of upgrades.
Since…

ah ok, well guessing we don't start till mid june then hopefully we should be ok. for whoever it was that then had to choose Crystal salt as your alternative..…

We have stalked this page long and hard in the lead up to tender, hometown and contract appts ( as well as being avid followers of Buildinginballarats blog, to…

we are building a 29 sq in cat 3 indulgence truffle and we are paying $1319 for the bricks and $529 for the off white mortar.....

RE; the crystal chalk..... thats interesting! we chose crystal chalk last week and nothing was mentioned !!!

fantastic thank you! we were just measuring it out on the floor here to see. yep that wardrobe is great and your tallboy will be perfect in there.
I'm really…

buildinginballarat that looking fantastic!!! I'm excited watching yours take place. we are about to have our appts at hometown etc so we are a long way from plaster lol
how does…

lol we were thinking homestead buff, and like you weren't really fans of any of the choices in category 1! after working out the colours we would go with, we…

We are building the Porter Davis dunes 29 (on display at Williams landing )

HI building in ballarat! just wanted to say i have just started watching your posts with interest as we have just put down our deposit yday to start building the…

hi Knightg,
in same position as you! just put deposit on a block in release 9( in Solo Street).
area is zoned to point cook college which is just in a few…