I ended up booking in with South West Property Inspections - was recommended by a friend.

Yeah that is enough doubt for me to make up my mind so im looking into independent consultants now. Hopefully the turn around can be nice and quick.

Is this implying that was is done is not as per code? Sorry, as im said im no expert so not sure how to follow....

So i've been inspecting things myself quite a bit throughout the stage and everything looks good so far - with the caveat though that im by no means an expect…

Different builder for me but I had no issue asking to move all my incoming connections to a different point in the garage - went from the external wall to…

Has anyone contracted an independent inspector mid build?
We are almost at the brickwork finished stage and so far everything seems to look fine. S/S is friendly and responds to my…

More than likely even less than that.
Eg: if builders cost price is $1,000 and they are charging you $1500 you would be lucky to get back $500.

So had a look at our timeline so far - my comment above stating less than a month was after everything had been finalised and we locked in a signed…

I guess it could depend on a number of things but from signing on the dotted line with the builder i think our construction started within a month.

I visit a few times a week mostly our of curiosity and to get some progress pictures. It's exciting seeing it all come together.
I have been trying to check on…

So maybe it's different in Sydney but our builder wanted $10,000 for a 5.5m x 5m driveway. We decided to do it post handover anyway but I still don't expect…

Does anyone have an example of Austral bricks with an "off-white" mortar.
Our bricks have just started and we are using Austral Bluegum with off-white mortar but at first inspection the…

Just fill it with some form of stones or gravel. Something Blue Metal will let it continue to drain as well.

Primarily aesthetics
But secondary reasons being for practicality and I guess security but that hasn't been a motivator at all.

It's almost an impossible question to answer as the price a house sells for is infinitely variable.
All i can say is, personally if I was buying a house without…

Room dimensions might be easier to get a feel for the size of things rather than the square meterage. At a glance one of the first things i noticed was…

Well now you've thrown another spanner in the works
Never even heard of them.

We are stuck between a rock and a hard place at the moment about which way to go for our facade lighting. LED downlights in the eaves or up/down lights…

The media being only 3.5 deep is the obvious choice to use the space taken from the front lounge. Depending on what your plans with the media room 3.5 might…

Thanks, it's for a single story build.

We are currently building a house and have the opportunity install a security camera system through the builder. They are offering a 4 camera 5MP IVSEC system for about $2900…

After 7 months of planning with NLH (first tender was in July 2020) we are finally about to get started with our build - building a modified Ivy 5.
Things…

Yep like bluesteel said, it's only an issue if you think there's a chance you will be selling in the near future.
We are likely heading down the same road…

We paid $10,500, which was for a 14Kw 4 zone ESP Platinum. In saying that, we went with the lowest quote we got for install which in hindsight wasn't great…

Ok, we are about 220sqm when excluding garage and outdoor areas (that would still include bathrooms though). So yeah, much smaller than your place.
For reference, our builder wanted to…

Looking at your plan i'd be inclined to always use it with the living area zones anyway. If you are heating or cooling that room and have the living off…

Strange that they are not ok with 2 vents in the theatre (i assume rumpus on your plan) as it looks not far off the size of your Master.
Their…

How many zones are they installing? Generally, advice is usually the other way around - "make you have at least a few zones on".
However, you are right in that the…

No point even considering what it is actually worth. Builders credits are never anywhere near what they are saving by not doing it. Likewise, adding things are always at a…

Yeah we were concerned about how surfmist would look on the inside as well. I think i'm slowly becoming more ok with our decision to go for white vs surfmist.