I have created a blog thread on this topic with links to several inspectors:
http://ournolan.wordpress.com/2013/01/2 ... spections/

We have almost going everyday as its on the way to/from work. We only have been getting an update from our Site Manager once a week, so going every…

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We have just received our final contract and the builder has used the HIA Victorian New Homes Contract 2008. However, it seems our builder has added a special clause…

Today we received our quote for the heating and cooling from the Habitat Group. We have a 45 square double story house and they have quoted us the following:
Heating…

Edscl, thanks for your comments.
I guess I will need to find out ahead of time prior to contract signing to find out the possibility of doing the cabling ourselves.…

We are having our electrical appointment next week.
We are thinking of having the house wired with Cat6 cables and have them connect to the space under the stairs where I…

We are having a window splashback in the Kitchen because 1) it looks nice 2) lets in more natural light and 3) we can look out to a nice garden…

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The fence boundary is not necessary put where the title boundary is. The fencing people should put fences on the title boundary, but sometimes this may not be the…

Hi all,
Reading this forum and the various building blogs there seems to be 1. different opinions and 2. different stages where people have used an independent building inspector.
As budget is…

The demolisher is arguing that they have removed the asbestos from the house before demolition. Any residual left was already on the site (eg under the house) and therefore…

Finally a Nolan Plantation display home to visit in Melbourne -

We hope so too. The builder only noticed 5 or 6 pieces and said it shouldn't be difficult to rectify. We are awaiting some quotes from some Asbestos…

Today we received a call from Metr1con to inform us about some asbestos found on our block when the construction manager inspected the site earlier in the week. Metr1con…

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Hi edscl, thanks for following. Did you build the Nolan too?

We got our preliminary contract plans today. Yes, we are excited. .
Last week we had some high winds which blew over…

We started off with little/no clue. But thanks to this forum and people like you helping, we are learning.

Hi Alpal,
Unless you work in the industry or have gone through these sort of things yourself, you don't know what happens. So thanks for letting me know. I…

Hi Kiwi,
Thanks for dropping by for a visit. We originally thought Kurrajong bricks, but we got a list of houses built with this brick and went for a virtual visit…

We just got our underground electricity pit installed by Jemena. For more details about this read our latest .

As you can see from the photo, the electricity company just…

Is anyone still maintaining the master list at the start of this thread? There are several blogs (including mine) that has not been added yet.......
Thanks

Hi OurLindrum,
Thanks for your feedback and info! This will help us alot.
Chris

Last week we received the preliminary siting from our Sales Consultant, Melissa. The siting requires some design amendments due to driveway gradient/slope, fall on site, neighboring habitable windows and…

Hi all,
I have been reading this home one forum and various people's building blog and have found them to be a valuable resource. So it's our turn now to…

Hi,
Please add our blog:
http://ournolan.wordpress.com - Paparazzi - Metr1con Nolan 45
Thanks

I am considering full height tiling into the ensuite, bathroom and powder room.
In regards to installing bathroom accessories eg towel rail, toilet paper holder onto tile, is that difficult post…