Help advise needed!!! Is it norm that we pay the builders the final amount before they put the appliances (like gas cooktop, water heater etc) before we move in and…

I had to go with the guys which BW insisted us to go through, and the tilers again with the guys which BW had contracts with...now much choice we were…

Hi Wizard/LittleJ,
This is just the trench and the phone points are seperatetely included. This is just the underground trench work and mine is not very far from the pit.…

Thanks Wizard, our electrical guys are asking $440 for that , I have to pay that much... nearly double

thank you Wizard, I have just shot an email across to our electrical contractor (via BW) for a quote on that,

Perhaps a late question, but do you know who is responsible for getting the telephone line inside the home ? We are building a home and we have the Telstra…

Thanks Sarbear.. but some one also told me that electrical repairs or installation of antennae for eg could be difficult later? is it true? or the benefits outweigh?

We are in our slabs now and as an after though, is sarking a good thing for a tiled roof? I have not included sarking, is anyone in the same…

Ah Man.. thanks for the info. It's too late for me to include the Sarking as we've all signed up and slab is almost on it's way

Dude.. check with Beechwood and they are bit pain the A (but who else isnt') they are very good in tendering and cheap to build as well. Some of their…

Thanks @daveinthehills, our approval finally came throug and yes the council was sitting on for about 3 months. I don't know why BW went to council instead of CDC, after…

We stuck with the old style tiles from PGH and we saw how they were in the Haywards Bay display home and were impressed. We were told that sarking is…

@daveinthehills, we too are building exactly the same with almost same measurements, just the master suite and garage are interchanged in mine. I went with the Jazz package and stuck…

yeah, right, no need to worry about the extras as it is individual families choice and they vary, for us the base price including basix, site cost , council etc…

That's right allyman. 24k extra and comes to 240k so well within my budget that includes stones in both bathroom and kitchen mixer taps, concreted Terazza, drive way ,WIP, WIR…

beechwood gives free Tender and they are very competitive too, not sure how they will be in their two storey, but do visit few display homes to get an idea

Finally after nearly 8-9 weeks the approval was through, am sure someone was sleeping over that

Haywards bay display house for the Verdelho is good, as I said earlier in my post we included the "twist" with indulgence package. With what we asked for, all fell…

checked with the council and they were sitting on it for a while and I had to call actually to "move" them. Not sure if that is the case with…

Did anyone had a look at the Verdelho Twist? Only 4 bedda though. Still could be within the budget, cant wait to start. Does anyone checked the extra's ( or…

Ally,
Building in the Shire. It's not a must to see the display home, but I did because I can get some tips for interior decoration as well as paint,…

Hi Diamond,
No, we have not but what I liked in verdelho is that once you open the front door you cannot see all the way to the rear of…

yes, I agreee beechwood were not pushing for the security deposit and also agreed for split and pay in instalments, they are pretty good so far... I am happy with…

I love Wiz's design, but we had to stick with the plan due to budget constraints. So if you take the Haywards bay verdelho display house and split into exactly…

Thank you gogo..I checked the website , it says Evaluation and it's been like that from 11/2 onwards. there is no entry on "stop the clock". I don't understand what…

We are into Verdelho "twist" 4 bedda modeled on Haywards bay one. Is any one doing the same?
Waitin for approval though

Hi,
Thank you both very much. I enquired with them and all they said is that "sometimes it will take that long" that's it I…

Hi,
I am as my name suggests a first timer as well. Lodged an application with Baulkham Hills for building and still awaiting the approval even after 7 weeks, I…