It's the slow build up to the point of turning over soil that is irritating.
Yeh, I agree. Once the house goes up I'm sure I will be happy.

noringv-paid our deposit last October and we will be lucky if our house is finished NEXT MARCH!!! I would love to pull the pin, but DH won't let me.

Totally love your house. The colour scheme is similar to mine. I'm a brown girl to. The merino render will look gorgeous I'm sure. It already looks good without the…

...BW certainly dont want to read this thread, everyone tired of whinging

I'll know if I go into…

no liquidated damages in the contract if they go over...
Are'nt they cunning. We mentioned this to the salesman at Metford, and he said, "We only get paid after we do…

2.2Acredream- Your house plans look fantastic. Love how you turned Bed 5 into a WIR.
Sorry to hear BW are stuffing you around. How long…

Hi Penny,
We signed off on our plans on the 11th March and they were submitted to council on Friday the 8th April. We were told it takes at least 5…

Well, I was going to share the plans for our house
Waiting patiently.

-Did they have black garage doors or a different colour?This house was a ranch style and they put the garage doors to the side and they were paperbark. Strange how…

Pennygirl, Sarbear-Almond was my first choice but was scared off when I visited Scone display centre. The Almond is actually a painted brick. So underneath is orange and any chip…

Pennygirl-When we were looking for a builder for our last house, we wanted to go with Allworth. I'd heard nothing but positive things about them. But they would'nt build because…

Hope this clearer.

Somethings I wish I never did, like put the master bed door against the WIR door. It will be a hassle walking in the bedroom and having to…

Here are some photos of our before and after plans and the brick I chose. I've put the roof sample (jasper) and the fascia and gutter sample(paperbark) against the brick.
Original…

I was told by BW that most people have minimal changes and because we changed alot of things they charged us $400 for the privilege. It was our third plan…

I know. You only have to sneeze and they charge you for it. That's how they make a profit I suppose.

Hi sarbear-We are paying an extra $900 for the PGH 'Hotham'. Gawd, BH must be making mint as we know for a fact the Hotham is the same price as…

We already have been in contact with the GM even before we were out of the salesmans display home, that's how angry we were with all the ******. We will…

Spoke to 'M' at Beresfield and she said we should'nt cop a price rise as the price rose just before out tender date.
Jacknruby-that sucks. I'm sure homebuilders think money…

O well. It looks like we will go over the 120 day tender period also. This is ridiculous. Our tender date started on the 20th January. We have to have…

Thanks Jacknruby. I've got an extension to September. So that is 5 months. I'll keep my fingers crossed that we make it.

Hi all.
Can anyone give me a time frame from plans going into council (ours were sent today) to their piers being done. I've got a bad feeling this will be…

I hope that's us next Xmas!!

Just finished reading your thread and I've always loved Karndean flooring but am worried about floors that are perfectly level so might stick to laminate. But gee, your floors look…

Woohoo....we got our extension from the State Revenue's Office today. We have got until September now to have piers down. Thank god. One less thing to stress about.
Jacknruby-Thank you so…

Sarbar-It's an exciting time is'nt it? Hope everything runs smoothly for you.
Pennygirl-We also loved the Almond and yes Urban. BUT.....we had a look at Scone's Display centre and the…

We actually had to change our bricks today as the 'Almond' comes in different shades of white, so I found out. Green, yellow, you name it. Not taking the risk…

acrebuild1- It's looking good. The area you are building in is beautiful. If only we could have afforded to buy there we would have in…

I think we paid out deposit at the old display home near Maitland Tafe (now closed) in about September last year
We paid our deposit at Metford October 2010 and our…

Pennygirl-this sounds exactly like us. Plus we too went to Austral and were told the heritage series was discontinued. But they don't give you others to choose from. So frustrating.…

Hi just starting-Your house looks great. I just read through your timeframe and am I reading correctly? Did it take 19 months to finish everything? How you did'nt have a…