Went and had a meeting with Brad our supervisor on site this morning to chat about the inspection report and everything went great. He spent a good 80mins with us,…

You're definitely not the only one that thinks that Doulton! I've seen wayyyyyy too many builders and trades get things wrong over and over again, even on what seems like…

The inspector explained why he did like the framework. And he said that whatever really required had been done well. As example of what is not required but some builders…

Also had a discussion with SS and the inspector about Graniteguard and T2 termite protection.
Both agreed that Graniteguard is doing all the job and T2 is more like an extra…

We were lucky and got a promotion. For us 2-zone actron was 10K (or so) instead of 15K

std. light point: $73
LED down light (10W): $125
Power: single GPO $45 / double GPO $55 (no reason to make single GPOs)
Hmmmm.... Interesting to see 2 different prices from same builder.
Are…

Oosh, that really sucks! From what I understand, they still had to shrink your house for CDC???
As for Sydney Water, I believe they just sign off on the underground utilities.…

A little bit of progress update: we have been roof tiled. Good-bye, rains

177 of 350 sound like 50%.
In Blacktown it is 60%
and for the first floor 40% if the lot is smaller than 375 and 35% if the lot is bigger…

It is all pretty silly...
Understand your pain. CDC allows you bigger footprint but worse setback on the upper floor....
I just double-checked the docs: indeed in our precinct footprint is 60%…

hi Linniez88, i think its 12 months from the signature date. They are pretty flexible and will not increate prices if its close to the date.

How bigs your slope? We have a 1 meter drop edge beam to one side.
From memory when we extended our alfresco by approx. 1.5m x 4 I asked for a…

Hello
Yes we would like to extend the back of the house for the top part to make it a bit bigger
The estimator has advised that we would have to increase…

I'd feel pretty unlucky if those statistics were against me... haha
Our sales rep also assured us having the T2 protection is plenty, having said that you had me review our…

I retract my previous statement - our plans were lodged with CDC on the 12th of August and we are currently waiting for Sydney Water to give their stamp of…

Sorry for that But this could be very important. In Schofields soil is pretty wet -- ideal for termites. May be in Greenvale it is…

thanks 2k isnt too bad!

Oh! These "merbau" upgrades were really as you said "WT?"-factor. We had to decline all upgrades: the merbau door was to be about 5K, the merbau posts to the balcony…

With lots like yours and ours (much below standard 400m) DA is really better. However, in Blacktown CC upper floor backyard setback is 6m comparing to 8m. I am really…

Ask for price before you sign and any upgrade you want. Once you sign they can apply whatever markup they choose.
Don't be pressured to accept what he says
I really…