That is so exciting! So close now, congratulations!!

Soooooo many photos! I love it when people post lots of photos. I don't really have anything other than what I've taken at selections to put up on my thread…

Thanks CountryHome. The feature tile is going to be run up one wall of the shower and around the bath in the 2nd bathroom and along the back wall of…

Aww that's sweet. You will see me around a fair bit when she starts, after all, it is only a small school What year…

We have a few friends with Boxers and they are all the same. Sooky and mental cases at the same time.
I am trying to stop myself from going out to…

That's excellent Elle! Happy days. I have enjoyed pondering over all of the progressive photos. Roll on April 11th and smooth sailing. Wishing you all…

Hi Tasha!!
Happy to see some updates! We went out to our patch of dirt a few weeks ago and it was awesome to see how much had happened!!! Our neighbour…

Hi Melsie68. Let's just hope the kids pitch in to clean a little bit!!
I have been enjoying the dark floor tiles that I've…

Aww Knox Nala's idea of playing when we go for a walk and see other dogs is like "if I jump on top of…

Aww... Knox is a fitting name. Ours is a girl called Nala (we have had a Simba), she's red, black and white. Love them! Got her from a breeder in…

We have a boxer puppy!!!! Aren't they the best! So much fun.
Yep, Clayton gets annoyed because he can't be back for important decision making but…

Hey Cleo5117, I just realised that you changed your name. Clearly nearly midnight!
Not far from you at all! About 12 minutes haha. I haven't timed my drive at all. I…

Welcome dannimick!
Great to see another Northern build! I know the exact house you are building well. We looked at it and started speaking with Haydn. We would have stuck with…

Love it, Pannacotta! Especially loving the fireplace and niche for the TV and also the bathroom selections! You must be so happy with it! How long until you get the…

Hi Carlston01
Welcome! We are building a custom Wild Orchid plan with Dechellis and signed on around the same time as you. We have gone through almost all of our selections…

Hi mmorgz
We are building the Wild Orchid with Dechellis and haven't started yet. Our footings came in right on par at $25,000. Seems a lot but the soil was a…

Update...
We have finally decided on the tiles after much deliberation. We chose the darker option for the bathrooms. We went a nice light 600x600mm porcelain main floor tile. So glad…

I popped out to the estate the other day Tasha and saw the progress. How exciting! It's full steam ahead now. The house next to us has gone up really…

Looks fantastic!!! Oh, you must be so excited about it all coming together!

Exactly. Aww that's so nice to hear you say that it doesn't matter where you live. When we were looking at land again, that's exactly what I said!
It will be…

Hahahaha I tend to LOVE a biased opinion! It is the one stupid thing that has been on my mind for almost a month now! Ridiculous!

See this is what makes me lean towards this tile more than ever. Well done guys! I feel like if I hate it, i'll…

I'm 2 years off 30 and want to be in the house before then hahaha
Have you finished all of your selections then? Just…

I love the dark one, but I am just worried that as the vanities are the grey that you can see from the little joinery samples, it looks like it…

Our top 3 ended up being Metricon, Dechellis and Simonds. We ended up with Dechellis in the end, with the only reason that they offered more larger houses that would…

Oh wow! Only a few more months and you can finally start posting pics of the exciting developments! Fingers and toes crossed for you!
Yes,…

Thanks _lucinda! It has been painstakingly fun haha. We don't have floorboards though, that was just in the picture when I went to the selection meeting. Just the grey carpet…

Wow! The estate is finally looking like an estate and not a block of land full of ropes! So exciting! Have they given you an estimated start date yet, Deluxes?

Looks fantastic Elle! So exciting to see its transformation!!! What colour roof, gutters and bricks did you choose?

I am hating it! I have to go back into Italia Ceramics once more just to finalise everything. I can't remember the name of the tile but Haven doesn't ring…