Thanks! We're pretty excited about it. Can't wait to see them start to build!

Hi Room2Breathe I'm not very good at uploading photos on here yet, so here's the link to our plans https://ourlittlebighousebuild.wordpress.com/plans

I can't remember exactly, but I think it was about a week or two after the originally quoted time-frame.

Yes, it's draining isn't it! I feel relieved that we get to move on.
Have your plans been submitted?

Thank you!
We could possibly have had the slab done in December if we had it approved earlier.
I'm just happy we can move on to the build soon

Today we received a call from Metricon to tell us that we have approval to build. We're still waiting on the official documents, but it's good to know that things…

We have approval to demolish and work is set to begin on 30th January. The only thing that could hold it up is our building approval. We are still waiting…

I just realised I'm a bit behind & need to do a quick catch-up...
At the moment we are still waiting on our approval. According to someone I spoke to yesterday…

Thanks Shambini! I think as long as we choose our flooring well, it will all look really nice.

Thanks for posting the photos! It does seem to vary from what I can see online. Hopefully our house looks warm and not the whiter version I have seen.

Thanks for posting! It looks very light in your photo - did you use full strength or half?
Thanks again!

On Wednesday it will be a month for us. I can't see us having our approval by then though.
Apparently they have to wait 2 weeks after neighbours are notified…

Thanks! It's good to hear from someone who has it in their house. Feeling a bit more comfortable with our choice, I suppose it just seems like a big decisions…

Hi Sheilzy! We're considering floating timber floors now too (after being told the price isn't as high as we would have imagined it would be). I don't think that we…

Time for a quick update and a question regarding our paint choice...
We have now chosen our internal colours and other selections at Studio M. It was a great experience and…

We recently had our interior colour selections for our new home build. We chose Dulux Antique White USA for the walls and Vivid White for all other painted areas.
I'm concerned…

They do look very different in different light!
We will be going with matt tiles (I don't want the added work of polished tiles), so I guess that will make…

Aloenyx, I think we will go with something beige (or similar) as they do seem the warmer-coloured tiles and we do have timber furniture, so that will help too, as…

Thanks Seano. I think that sounds like great advice and is what I'm currently working on. I think we'll go with beige or something fairly similar to that, so that's…

Treeseachanger, thank you so much for your ideas. I had a look into vinyl planks, but think we'd prefer the tiles option if solid timber isn't possible.

We have our internal colour appointment coming up in November and were told we choose our tiles last once the slab is down (as these are discontinued quickly).
I would have…

Thanks Sheilzy! I hadn't even thought about trying another forum. Will definitely give it a go.
Have you had your Studio M appointment yet? We booked ours yesterday. I didn't realise…

Thanks again for your reply. I don't think I explained myself very well that time. We are looking at tiles that are neutral, but some are a darker shade than…

We like the 600 x 600. I would have loved solid timber floors but for about 20k, we just couldn't do it.
Do you know how the colour varies in…

Thanks Darali!
I just had a quick look at your blog - are you building with Wisdom Homes? We liked a couple of their plans and they were an early favourite,…

We will have our internal colour appointment coming up soon. We don't know anything about choosing tiles (especially choosing colours for a large area). We will be tiling our entry,…

Finally figured out how to post photos!
Here are our external colours

We are building the Laguna 34MF with Metricon Homes. We are currently waiting for our final drawings to be ready before lodging them with a private certifier (CDC).
We have already…

Thanks raemit, that's great! Very helpful!