The plumbers do the dishwasher and the hot water and the electricians do the oven. We didn't get gas so our hot water was all installed by hanover and just…

That's such a shame Jess, good luck for tomorrow

Jess, you just need to contact a provider. They organzie to send out the NBN installers to put the box in. Then it should be all good to…

We are with CUA. They were great except for the little hiccup with the payment being a transfer instead of a cheque, she was very apologetic about that though. There…

It's getting close for you, good luck with it all. Very exciting

When Allworth give you the time that they want to do the valuation just ring the bank to make sure they have the information also

How long does the bank usually take to organise it? I'm scared they will take forever and we won't get the keys until later Like

Yes that's right, the valuation can be done just before finishing. Your bank will contact Allworth to organize a day, Allworth will usually let them know the best day though

Don't think your question has been answered yet Jess but yes you do have to have all that before handover.

Pretty sure the same thing happened to us.

I haven't recorded exactly how long it took but it was much longer than we expected. It wasn't 2 - 3 weeks that's for sure

Does anyone know what the white is called they use for the trims if you request white and if it is an oil based enamel?

That would be very upsetting, sorry Sanc.

So close Jess. Once you are in you forget how long the wait was.

Jess I was told a date about 4 weeks out. The ss looked at his calendar and what had to be finished with me and he added a few days…

Our contract was for 23 weeks. 2 weeks extra for colourbond roof and 4 weeks extra for garage door. The build went for 17 !/2 so that was pretty…

Hi Jess, It all depends on your council. In our area anything over 600 needs council approval. We thought it was 900. You can come a metre off the…

They must know people look through the window, they probably monitor this thread anyhow haha

If you are putting in another garage surely they would take that into account. You would think anyhow.

Haven't had much time to post lately but we are in our house and love it. The painting job was pretty average but other than that we are pretty happy.…

Hi TimK, We had the same conditions. There is a way you can get around it by getting it approved complying development rather than council. We had to go through…

We are using 600 x 600. The main area is being done after handover but we used the same tile in the bathrooms but are 300 x 300 I…

Ohh thats great, When we building a house allworth not allowed to us. How much they charged for porcelin tiles? Do you building harmony?
We paid $55 per square metre. We…

We just picked the tiles we wanted and paid the difference.

Yeah I managed to get out there. Couple of guys were trenching power and water while the rest were digging the piers. We now have a portaloo, such a momentous…

ah I see, thanks

Thanks Gaggy, it's a good feeling isn't it. Can't wait.Now for all the after handover fun and games. Gaggy I was reading your blog and wondered if Allworth did your…

Oh gosh I hope you were able to get there on such short notice. Good to see you are on your way finally. We pick up our keys in 12…

From our experience they usually get stuck into it pretty soon after.