Thanks Michelle! I hadn't thought of panels, but they are giving the exact look I'm after.

Hi all,
I am looking for some inspiration for alfresco door coverings. I have two triple stacking doors opening onto my alfresco and would love to see others solutions to this.…

Where do you live Coffee_hmmm? If by any chance you are in Sydney there are two great artisan trails you can go on for a great day/weekend out. You can…

This is what I have done. I love the two tone and the strong contrast it gives. I have charcoal floors as well and love the look next to the…

Thanks guys. I will definitely keep posting. Probably mainly on the blog, but will keep checking in here as well. So much more to do! Plus still need to move…

After a full on weekend we are in!! So very very exciting. Thrilled as well that we have been able to get the kitchen and family room pretty much sorted.…

Rubyam looking great! Keep on them about the stormwater being moved. We've only just gotten ours relocated despite requesting the move to be done before the bricks were even delivered!
We…

Hi everyone. Hope the builds are going well for all. Just wondering if anyone could shed some light on garage skirting boards. Our garage is lowered with an internal access…

Hi all,
We are a few weeks away from PCI and whilst most things are going very well and anything that needs to be fixed is done quickly we seem to…

Hi smogzzz
It isn't standard and if they did order it to be included than the windows would have come ready frosted.
Fingers crossed they are going to put up something when…

It includes adhesive and grout. Also, it doesn't include screading, but weve been told that on 90% of new builds you don't need it for ceramic tiles.

We're having our floor tiling done after handover (rest will be decking). Our labour is $33.5/m2. We're using Beaumont. Our local tiler was charging $37/m2. Hope that helps!

We were also tossing between EB and Clarendon. In the end we went with Clarendon and have had a great experience. Our build is moving along quickly and smoothly -…

Dvestate turns out that is exactly what they have done - just spoke to our SS and sarking is being installed as I write this and the batons had only…

Yep we're definitely getting sacking - and we paid extra for it.
Thanks for the confirmation. Will be on the phone tomorrow - can't imagine I'll have a very happy SS…

Hi all,
We've had our roof tiles delivered a couple of days ago and have been told they will start being installed tomorrow.
My question is about when do they, and how…

test ... fingers crossed!

Harkaway Homes are beautiful! My folks have built one and my impression is that they were impressed with the level of service and help from harkaway along the way, even…

Badly designed bathrooms. Our original plan had the Ensuite door opening right into where the knees would be for someone sitting on the toilet - something that could easily become…

Also look at AV Jennings reviews because that's what they use to be called in Sydney. I love their designs - there's one on display at Home World that I…

Nice that you've got the option of deciding afterwards rjc786. Our developer is really strict with the landscape plan, it has to follow exact guidelines and be approved be a…

We did our own landscape plan and got it through The Ponds Design Board without any problem (a requirement for our developer). Clarendon weren't happy that we did this, we…

Ours charged a flat fee of $1300. She came out to our house on the weekend to meet with us and pretty much stayed behind the scenes until it came…

We're building in The Ponds, so not far from you! We are building the Killara 1 - (I think its the Killara 22 now?) in the Domain range. Which design…

Thought I might just mention this, in case anybody needs the info. Through our recent experience ive learnt that you need to be much further on than signing the contract,…

Ah sweet - I don't know why I had that in my head! Thanks for that

Ooh crappy they don't have the Domaine promotion going anymore - that's what we got. It was really good - stone bench tops in kitchen, butlers pantry, upgrade on water…

Hi guys,
We're building in the new Domaine range, so thought I would put our upgrading costs up as well - not sure how much, if anything, they differ from the…

Hi Natlyn,
We could have made changes if we wanted to. We were quite happy with the floor plan (we had actually changed from a previous builder because we would have…

Us too! - Still on The Ponds side though, between Ridgeline and Alkoomie - registration should be at the end of this month so it's all getting very exciting! Glad…