We are at 7 Lightfoot Rise (Lot 120). I personally haven't seen any snakes, but our neighbour scared one off that apparently was heading towards our house the other…

Hello all my future neighbours!
Good to see a thread on Settlers Run, when we were building there wasn't one on here and it would have been very helpful!!!!
We've just celebrated…

I think the photo is a little deceiving, it actually measures 1 metre, which for a shorty like me works ok.

Thanks Southies you have made me feel a lot better about it all....and thanks everyone else for your feedback I really appreciate it.
I better go and get busy organising the…

It is a long story but I bought this item off ebay originally although it had two huge sleepers on either side and one of the timber face panels was…

Morning all....
I would appreciate if you could please give your opinions on the letterbox that we have just installed. I'm not convinced and was hoping to get some impartial…

Hi Windee,
Yes we do have the Villa facade and eaves which I'm very happy with. My one suggestion is to make sure you keep on their backs about every…

One thing I have learnt during the process is to ignore the salesperson when they say "we put 229 in the contract but you will be finished well before that,…

We had a "builders clean" before PCI and will have another one just before handover on Thursday.

Our painter stained all sides of the frame before they were put in, well that is what he told us!

We're hoping to have handover on 1/4/10 but after thinking that the hold up might be the builder now I feel it will be the bank that jeopardises the handover.
On…

It looks like it is all going to schedule, very exciting! I'm happy to hear that your tiler has finally reappeared, it seems to be a common trait!

What stage is your house up to?
I didn't have a independent building inspection done but I did have my dad, who has a lot of knowledge in this area, and…

WOW TC your floor is beautiful I'm very envious!!!
Its really coming together quickly now.

I know someone who has lost 1/2 metre down the entire side of their home.
The builder has asked them what they want as compensation and they have asked for an…

SC,
Would you mind PM'ing the PCI list to me also, I have no idea where to start for my PCI on Friday.
Much appreciated,
Renee
BTW your house is stunning!!!!!

To give you an idea of timing this is what has happened since our plumbing fit out was done (3/3),
4/3 reticulated termite system done, mirrors installed
5/3 shower screens installed
9/3…

Hey TC,
Things are progressing nicely for you I see, except for the wretched tiler, I certainly know your pain there!
I contacted Redishades last week in QLD as I couldn't find…

Our promotion was that the developer paid the interest on our land loan for 12 months, this avoided the bank valuation issue.

We've had hundreds of these over the weekend, they've managed to make their way inside as well.
As ring09 suggested I'm going to put the snail and slug pellets down and…

It was a public holiday here yesterday Jodie so unfortunately for TC they probably wouldn't have showed up yesterday, but let's hope they arrive today.

We did have additional areas of tiling in the meals and entrance, we've been told that the plumber should be there today for fit off and that the carpet will…

When I met with our SS they said that they would be finished in 4 weeks, we would then have PCI, and then expect handover 2 weeks after that allowing…

YAY tilers!!!!
Ours hopefully will be finished today, all up it has taken them 4 days, not four days in a row, but a day here and a day…

Yes tiling has started at our place, everything is laid but not everything grouted yet.
GM is our SS, we did have someone else earlier in the build, wouldn't say we've…

Looking good TC, even though you are building a two storey we still seem to be at the same stage of the process!!!!
I love the light fitting choices you've made,…

wow chlo it looks amazing, you've done a fantastic job!
I still remember your early posts with all the frustration and now months later you're in your beautiful home.…

There is a really useful thread on this already, it may give you an indication:
viewtopic.php?f=31&t=9017&p=395299&hilit=ready+reckoner#p395299

Unfortunatley we haven't moved in, we still probably have about 4 weeks to go. Well hopefully 4 weeks as I've just ordered my POD so I can start packing.
The…

Hello fellow DFH'ers!
I definitely think you need to actually see the bricks in person because I found that the internet pictures and print outs certainly do not look the same.…