cheerup - atleast you know that your recently installed stormwater system holds up during rain.

Hi CMET,
your landscaping looks great, and your feature lights are fantastic. we have similar style feature lights but not quite the same.
not long to go for you and you'll all…

Thanks Mel,
I know what you mean about crappy internet It has taken this long for us to finally get it sorted out! After two attempts with ADSL from two…

What about for the people who have bought land at The ponds?
Kellyville.. nelsons ridge..
etc new land estates.. in NSW
Dreamz,
i recently finished building in nelsons ridge and paid about…

i have a browny/green colour on part of my house. its part of a natural colour scheme with a lighter brown and dark grey as a feature colour. seems to…

i got mine after!
we had unmetered water until handover then a meter got installed about 1 month after we got the keys.

my advice from the start of your build keep everything in writing. even calls to your SS, follow up with an email saying 'as discussed over the phone'.....even if your…

tempura,
we built a metro 29

check your roof. i checked mine the day before the 13 week defect liability period was up. looking that insulation did not cover downlights, that insulation was covering hte entire…

stepdown out the back: 0.17 doesnt sound that bad. i just built a 0.19m step which double serves as a bench to sit on. works well but depends on how…

tempura,
at the display homes they usually have a piece of paper which lists the base price as well as any upgrades for the house as seperate costs. i found this…

hi ozzy bird
im not sure which state you are in but in NSW/VIC there is a document titled 'guide to standards and tolerances' 2007 produced by vic govt and NSW…

you can always settle but have a number of outstanding items that you and your SS agree on. i got into my house just before christmas and the only way…

complying development means you are addressing or meeting all of the building requirements which is how it gets approved so fast. this is only new to this year or last.…

o'h how annoying.....you poor thing
after finally getting time and decent weather you're now stuck with starting over.
i think concrete is a better option for a footing, should be stronger
i'm…

Hi CMET,
congratulations...your house looks great. your bathrooms are very similar to mine with the feature tiles used (but located in a different position). so glad to hear you have got…

hi all,
i wrote a list around mid december last year when my PCI took place. im sure its still on site site somewhere. it was in a similar topic about…

wow - similar story. im in the same boat. from the beginning i wanted ceasar stone and i got the quote from the builders and it was $18,000!!!
i got…

the first tree is definetly a liquid ambar (Liquidambar styraciflua). the second is hard to tell but to me looks like a Pittosporum (pittosporum undulatum).
in some areas both of these…

love the feature rock. where we built we have lots of basalt boulders which were a killer to dig out but we have reused most and taken a few from…

CMET
Received the call that we where expecting this afternoon from DL; "the tiles that you have chosen have been discontinued, and you will need to come in and select replacement…

hi CMET
Hope all is going well with you landscaping. I will need to drive by and check it out
at the moment we can only do the backyard as we are…

CMET,
wow its all coming together!!!
lookin good - i drive past it a few days ago.
now you're up to the slow stage where you cant see whats going on and it…

Hi Leonard,
wow your house looks great! glad to hear your moved in. i finally got access to a computer - im back at work after 7 weeks of annual leave…

hi Leonard,
My first car load of boxes - after 17 years in the one spot this will be the first of many loads
those boxes look pretty yummy! if only they…

Leonard,
heres some pics of my place:
kitchen - with my island bench
dining with family area behind - directly off the kitchen
main living with dark carpet - see left of pic (and…

Leonard,
that is one awesome house. it looks great. it looks so big!
strangely enough we have very similar tastes and very similar colour schemes. is your wall colour malumute by any…

Leonard OMGOMGOMG!!!!!
Ssoooooooo exciting must be a kinda weird feeling after waiting so long its actually all yours....(and the banks!)
hey i have my PCI reinspection…

Hi Leonard,
i noticed you had your reinspection for practical completion on 24/11 and your settlement is 8/12/09.
just wondering why there was a 2 week gap between these two things? was…

Thanks Southies.
i think your garage is how my garange is suppose to look like......grrr......... .....i have no idea how they are going…