Thanks all, We are going to get them to do it. Less hassle for us *crosses fingers*

Land update : We now have curb and guttering. Will take some pictures this weekend!

We are in process of doing our final plan and hickinbotham state they can do cat6 cabling for $39 per point per room. how does that sound? thats including the…

We are also in the process of signing up with hickinbotham, thus far they have been fantastic!
we printed out a review we found of them at productreview and drop it…

Hmm, Hickinbotham told us today that it would be at least Jan 2009 before they could pour the slab and maybe around Dec 2009 before the house would be finished.…

Bank said yes
Hi Sean, we have bumped the…

Off to bank today to see how we go. I think we have gotten everything we kind of need.

Hi sdabel,
The homes picture above are not fairmont homes. we decided to give them the flick. even though they offered free soil tests on the land, the level of finish…

Yep lots of pictures to get all those extra cupboards and drawers. we have been quoted $1,950 which i think is fantastic.
We are…

Photos are in. Sorry about the quality. they are not the best.
First up is Tusmore,
This is a lovely home its very practical and lots of living space. The second…

Hi Dee, not sure what side of the city you are. I can only speak for the display homes out south.
Huntfield heights - http://www.paringaview.com.au/ has quite…

what a great idea about turning the house around. Will speak to statesmen about that on the weekend.
As for the extra study of the master bedroom. We changed the plans…

Quotes are in
Builder : Statesmen
House :
Size :
14.86m wide
16.44m deep

Base Cost : $126,000
Site Cost …

Hi Tina,
There very much for your detailed post. lots of great info in there. We have a house budget of about $170-$190k. The house we are looking at is about…

Thats what our thoughts are Bel.
Hopefully we get our quote from statesmen today.

We spoke to the land broker on Saturday and put a clause in our contract about 'satisfactory soil test'. he was ok with that and said that the block to…

We walked into Statesmens homes here in adelaide yesterday and they had a deal going this month for $8,000 worth of inclusions for free. however when we went to walk…

Where is out land well it's it's lot number 1037 so it's the bottom right hand corner

Sharee,
Thanks for that. good to know we are not too far off base! this will be our first home as well so it's all new to us. Expect lots and…

Will get some photos of the block this week and upload them. mind you it just looks like a pile of dirt but it soon will be our pile of…

Hi Sean. thanks for that advice, keep them coming
Spoke to the land guy today and told him we will buy the land onces the soil…

Hi Bel,
Thanks very much. Will take some pictures soon it looks a mess at the moment.


Hmm thats going to be the hard part lol

Just got back from buying our own piece of land. We did end up buying in Paringa View it's a flat block which…

Indeed I also like both of them. just wish the reynella was wider and the trott park was flatter but hey nothings perfect.

Hello, thanks for the warm welcome. We haven't really selected our house. those ones listed are just a general idea of what we would like. we are flexable on…

Hi Bel,
The estate does look lovely. There is also another estate which is just across the path from this it's called which which is also quite nice. So will…

Hello all,
First time posting, but have been reading for ages and ages .
Intro time.
DH and I have been looking for a new house for over…