Our mailbox went up! Hooray! So now in theory Aus Post should start delivering to us, since we think they're delivering to others in the street.
Anyone have any joy in…

Well, we moved in Tuesday and Wednesday. As the people behind us on Glasswing St have done nothing with their lot at all, and we are on a corner, we…

I'm glad you argued it.
Look, the thing is that it's their problem they showed you old plans. Like any other sales-based industry, it's false advertising for them to advertise (via…

Also, your eyes aren't deceiving you with my signature. Fixing was completed on 8 December, but they only OK'd settlement on 29 March. Nearly four months for the last 15%…

We're moving in tomorrow, without curtains, appliances, fencing or a driveway. I just about flipped at the driveway contractors today. The lazy, uncontactable rude sods tried to tell my husband…

Shower screens as a rule require far less cleaning if they are squeeged after each shower.
And by squeegee I mean the kind you'd use on your windscreen when you…

eselle, that really sucks!
But at least it's before handover so it'll be up to M*t*i*on to attempt to clean it up!
We had a look at our property last night,…

I'm starting to think the residents of Tarneit need to all petition Telstra or something to upgrade the exchange so we can all get ADSL2 in the next 12 months.…

Eselle have you had any problems with the location of your crossover?
My husband is seriously annoyed about the way the Evadene people designed the crossovers for the estate, because it…

It's true there are lots of schools in the Wyndham Council area; the problem is that there are very few public schools and non-religious schools to be found. Selective entry…

To be honest on several occasions lately my husband and I have seen local kids, presumably from Claremont Park, using the homes in Evadene as meeting places. If the bogans…

Hi Liz,
Sorry I can't be of more help with this. It didn't make much sense at the time and it still doesn't. Essentially, it worked out that our loan covered…

Hey pri7780, that's so strange! We are building on Lot 39, which means we are the house on the corner of Glasswing right across the street from yours. My husband…

PD offer phone trenching?
Seriously?
Hm.
I'm now a bit peeved... We just got the letter saying our frame's almost done, time to ring up and arrange a pre-wire. We've been told in…

OK, to update...
Our CSC had updated our file to say the slab had been poured already: it hadn't.
We saw the footings etc in place on Saturday in preparation for pouring,…

Hi eselle,
It is nice to meet a neighbour! We don't know anyone in Tarneit either. We live in the east (hubby migrated to Australia from USA in 2007 after we…

Sorry to bump this topic back up, but we're having a bit of a panic. Our titled land is in a brand new estate and when we bought it, there…

That totally sucks, Piper. I'm so sorry. I hope it can be sorted out.
We had a conniption when we signed our $1k on the day and the house was $152,900…

OK, so we're building in Evadene in Tarneit with Porter Davis. Our home was in the Smart Living range (has been moved into Access and renamed Lisbon), and our land…

I don't think anyone is legally obliged to provide a free quote.
If they upfront advertise something along the lines of "free measure and quote" or "no obligation, free quote" then…

Are they even allowed not to have any gap whatsoever been garage and boundary?
We were told by various parties involved in our purchase that there was required to be a…

Haha, since you asked...

At the top of every light post are metallic green butterfly silhouettes that are similar to the above pictures, and they are encased in the U-shaped part…

Apparently Evadene (Tarneit) has been in the news a bit, or so claims the Evadene website. Regardless, I know they're promoting themselves quite a bit so I'm curious to see…

I'm building a PD house Smart Living / Access (it's a Lawson, which technically no longer exists but actually has been upgraded from SL to Access and renamed the Lisbon),…

Well, I heard a few months ago about the plans to build a Tarneit station that would be on a line linking Werribee to Sunshine, and that sounded sweet, but…

We're building in Evadene with PD. Our land was originally supposed to settle in June, now we just got notified not to expect it till July, though that could be…

Once you've cleaned it perfectly, buy a squeegee and keep it inside the shower so you can dry the shower screen every time you're finished in the shower.
Makes life a…

This kind of thing makes me nervous as well. Our PD house is 22.3sqm and is 188,538 complete:
152900 base price
161692 with site costs
Then the difference is comprised of upgrades including:
Cooling…

My husband used to make his living as a floor finisher.
If you're looking to hire out a sander from Bunnings or something and want to know how long you'll need…

Congratulations on building a Carlisle. My husband and I seriously considered them, but at the end of the day we weren't sure we could swing the mortgage repayments when he's…