have not posted for a while ,not much to see.house now all locked up ,exterior finished .plastering basically finished ,stairs in and wood floors laid.still will not be in before…

fantastic job,everything is coming together so well.i bet it is such a relief to be in and to able to make it your home .we did go with the firestrick…

looking fantastic,how soon till you can move in

yeah ,finally weather improved ,will be locked this week.

some more pics

sorry for not posting for so long ,busy ,busy ,busy.update still rain affected but we have windows and some doors ,the roof is on and brick work has started on…

love the wire baskets

looking great

8 months ,so still have a way to go

please stop raining

have contemplated the clothes line .the laundry is on the west wall so we are building a clear roofed veranda to the fence and putting the clothes line underneath,hopefully stopping…

i did notice the application for increased height ,hopefully it will not get passed .i am told it is very difficult to get an application for height increase accepted.i…

thanks fot that we are shopping around at the momment ,trying to get the best price.i am still undecided re wood.looking at a blonde wood of some sort ???

am very impatient for things to get going now

ok .will try and post pics
view from block
we have a slab

the frame has started

Hi i thought it was time to start my own thread
timeline
purchased 940 m2 block in highton geelong.dec 2010
meant to be titled in april 2011 ended up being feb 2012
finalized plans…

who did your floors and what wood did you go with .thanks

that would be great ,we tend to pop up every day to see what is going on,we are still planning on a pool .we have gotten a few quotes but…

hi
i can see your fantastic house from my block.slab went down last week and framing starts this week .has been a long process but we are hoping there will…

you must be so excited, we have started building .well slab down last week.

sounds great.our windows and doors arent actual s/s but the colour of s/s.would love a charcoal rug but so would my white cats !!!good luck with the shopping

lol,yes thats why i put the big double doors betwwen the kitchen ,stairs and poolroom ,they push right back to the wall so that the poolroom area is open to…

i do love both of your choices of carpet.i have a texured carpet in the home i am in now ,so i think i will have a change and go…

yes once the plans are finialised i will start thread,land unfortunatley not ready till end of year now,so we have put of final quote to give us more time(and more…

thanks for the feedback michele,the block is just under 1/4 acre.so plenty of room.a pool is going in behind house as well.
there are only four of us ,my daughter has…

colours look great michele -loving the grey and white interiors at the momment.the new display vaucluse in geelong used a lot of grey and white in interior(although carpet is brown…

great colours michele,love the carpet colour.

very interested in carpet,i am looking at grey as well .looking for medium to light grey.whoever made the comment about victorians not having grey carpet are ill informed !!your colours…

Hi Mike,have had fun reading through this forum.
We are building the vaucluse as well, in geelong.we have spectacular views from country to the bay
we had our first quotation meeting…

hi
we are building with nbg in highton ,going through plans at the momment.Building the vaucluse.We have changed it so much that it is unrecognisable.We have plenty of time so…