Hey,
For your palm tree, contact Neville at:
Palm World Nursery
295 Hume Fwy, Beveridge VIC 3753, Australia
(03) 9745 2601
He specialises in transplanting palm trees and may be able to help you…

Hi,
Can anyone recommend a good real estateproperty manager in the Mernda area?
We may be relocating to Sydney and will need to rent out our home - want to make sure…

Our contract with DFH also took some time. THis was further complicated by them making numerous errors on the plans which caused significant delays

Hi Miteq,
I've recently laid Austral Clay brick pavers and need to seal them - I have approx 80m2 in total. I have a some vanadium salt staining which I plan…

Hi,
We didn';t use an inspector - really wish we had!
Most of our problems were around the finished quality of the house:
Plaster defects (particualrly ceilings)
Internal paintwork poor
Damaged front door (picked up…

Good luck with your build.
We built the Hartley 361 and had a lot of problems with Dennis.
I recommend visiting regularly and if possible, get an independent inspector.
Overall the finished house…

Hi,
We have cornerless triple stacker doors from A&L. The Flyscreen track came as standard.
We had quotes up to 5k to supply the doors we wanted (security mesh), we found…

Hi All,
We tried out Cellaroom in South Morang last night. Very unimpressed with quality of food, portion size and service.
We've been looking forward to it opening (which seems to…

Never noticed them before....
Any idea what they were for?

Hi,
We built with Dennis last year and have had issue after issue with them.
7 months after handover our home is still not finished.
The internal plastering was a mess, several walls…

Good luck with your Build
We built the Hartley 361, still waiting on some stuff to be finished from hand over (7 months ago)
Internal plastering was a mess and still causing…

Did anyone notice the two cameras on MV Drive yesterday, chained to a lamp post opposite the display homes?
I was out for a walk and noticed them, one pointing each…

Hi Mark,
Looks like we'll be neighbours....
We live on the opposite side of MV Drive, a few houses down.
Hope all goes well with VCAT and your build
Neil

We have cornerless stacker doors, we looked at panel glides but as they are either open or closed, we decided against them.
We've fitted Verticals and really happy with them, they…

We had Moon river in our rental property and lined it so much we used the haymes equivalent when we built....
Full strength gloss on architraves
Half strength gloss on doors
half strength…

We built with DFH, happy to discuss the build, PM me for more details....

Congrats - at least your build is going better than ours.
Our house may be practically complete but is far from ready to move into.
I've just spoken with the CEO of…

Hi,
Just met our SS today and he advises that completion should be within next 6-7 weeks.
Fix stage is due to be completed tomorrow and painters start next week.
I really can't…

Hi Ash,
Sorry we don;t have a blog or pics on our thread...
We've gone with the Boulevard facade, we loved the Provincial facade but in the end it came down…

Hi Ash,
We're also building the Hartley 361 with DFH.
Have you made any changes to plan?
We've enlarged the ensuite and added a double SPA, added doors to games room, study, hallway…

Drain replacement works will be starting in next two weeks at junction of Bridge Inn/Plenty Roads and works expected to last until end of year. Delays likely....
There is already enough…

Did anyone else get the letter from Stockland re the roadworks at Bridge Inn Road / Plenty Road Junction??
We currently live in Riverdale and have to drop our daughter…

Thanks for all your advice... Conduit now installed...
Rodda - do you do any work in Mernda area? I will need to arrange cabling etc at a later date

Thanks for the advice - Is it OK to cut 'checks' out of the framing or does the rigid conduit need to be drilled through noggins etc?

Hi,
I've decided to install some conduit in the walls so I can run Foxtel/AV/Network cables at a later date. Plasterboard is due to be started later this week so I…

Termite Issue sorted last week - Apparently it was missed off the plans and not picked up until I noticed it was missing
Brickies have been working very quickly and…

I spoke to our SS this morning. His initial response was 'You don't have termite barriers in your contract'. I reminded him that this was a STANDARD inclusion.He said he…

We've just realised that our Termguard Termite barrier has not been installed and the brickies have built two walls to over 1m high.... Need to discuss with our SS on…

Quite a lot of progress been made this week.
Roof is almost finished, just the ridge tiles to be fixed. Insulation completed. Electrical rough in being done today. Plumbing rough in…

AAARRRGGGHHH!!!
Another frustrating week of very little being done to our house.
We had the gutters/fascias fitted and on Friday afternoon the roof tiles were delivered.
The build next door started 1…