I have given a chance to offer something to make up the shortfall however have not heard from simonds for a week. So not keen to continue that customer service.…

Its not looking good at this stage. As much as we like the design and would be happy to go thru with it, we can not afford the 20k shortfall…

Wow I hope it doesn't take anywhere near that long or we'll be copping a lot of fees from the developers and Simonds.
Getting 2 more valuations with other banks on…

So just an update of where we are at.
Finally got to step foot on the land last week and have a settlement date.
Electrical plans are almost done just a few…

Hi marshall good to see your layout and colours. Very nice with the raised ceiling and butlers pantry. Look forward to your updates

Congratulations on hassle free building. mines about to start shortly so hoping it all goes well.
Look forward to seeing photos sierra is very similar to palisade but we dont have…

Oh mines the same as yours Nyssa. Just asked for overhead cupboards and that's what they added. She didn't even offer different sizes. I have changed the cupboards beside cooker…

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Hi Deanne, house looks great very similar layout to our palisade, look forward to seeing it go up we are still waiting for council approval before starting.

I would be allowing for 100k min above standard house price all depends on how far you want to go with upgrades.
Example of our place: 169,000 base price, 75,000 of…

I say natural blemish in veneer. The veneers are sliced from same plank then trimmed and layed out side by side, this causes the one line to repeat itself.…

Yay finally got our structural plans done after 5 revisions, now waiting on electrical

Hi, I'm a fabricator of corian and other solid surfaces also building a house at the moment will be getting both eventually. Caesarstone for kitchen (part of package deal) and…

Thanks, things are slow at the moment. Still waiting on land to be registered and plans finalized.
Draughtsmen just can't get it right.... Hopefully will have some progress over the next…

The brown is simplicity range (400x400) the charcoal is splashback also standard (300x100)
Feature tiles are big upgrade and the white (400x400) has a shine on it just a minor upgrade.

Welcome Risachan, good to here from more palisade builders makes the time go quicker while we wait for things to get moving. I'm hoping things get started within the next…

Thanks Nyssa I think our situation will be much the same with houses close together. Will just have to save some money towards the aircon and decide after moving in…

Did that work out a lot cheaper?
Wouldn't mind ducted +solar but getting a bit pricey for us.
Does the main living area keep cool with the stacker door open or…

Their aircon seemed expensive and is only cheap builders brand ones that have bad reviews. I thought it would be cheaper to get better quality installed after with the only…

I just like being able to leave windows open when out and about, keeps the house cool. Kinda need it in QLD, hell of a lot cheaper to run ceiling…

Oh a pool would be amazing but $$$ haha
They will do screens here but everything adds up. $1700 for stacker door just for diamond grill was our quote should…

Oh something I got caught out on was security screens. What are yours plans (if any) with getting them done?
I just assumed they were standard these days and displays always…

Your house will be awesome very similar to ours. Having those extra high ceilings with the windows will really brighten it up.
It wasn't in our budget to get them, but…

Haha we pretty much pre-planned our whole gallery tour.
We went in for a look one Saturday and settled on most colours and checked the upgrades list of all extras we…

Hey, palisades are rare up here so be good to promote it on here,lots of Pragues going up in my estate, I guess because it's one of the displays…

Thanks Nyssa we have been through a lot of display homes for ideas and have used the flinders/lindeman to get a feel for similar layout.
We will use our rear Alfresco…

We have Chantelle she's alright but seems to struggle translating writing into plans or passing info on to others but we're getting there can't do a lot until land registers…

Hi tomcat the Sierra isn't offered in Queensland but the layout is much the same. We haven't got the cathedral ceiling option but it's 2700mm height right through with the…