hi belandchris - congratulations on your build! Our kitchen glass splashback colour was: sandstorm (its was one of the popular one and the consultant actually picked it out for me…

You may have a case to argue if the dimensions of the pantry aren't noted in the contract...

Keep fighting for them to change the height of the door, they have to honour what's in the signed contract. Btw did you ask for a different door (other than…

Hi Courtney, yes the doors are the same height! Was busy all weekend playing with the nieces in our spa! Best decision we did

Hi Courtney I'm sure the laundry door from kitchen to laundry are same height as butlers pantry, I'll have a check again tonight. Check out my blog on my build:…

hi dan1978 It's a beautiful house... We got the Classique facade. The render is inverted (cos it's a lot cheaper like that but…

hi csrobinson, congratulations on your build! It must be exciting times. Lock up stage is the longest of all stages!!!!
We've just moved into our Lexington Q1 and I just ran…

hope things have moved along...

hi nglbuilder, your house is coming along nicely.
we had our front entrance tiled a couple of weeks ago and the tilers advice to us when picking grout/tile colours were:
If you…

And here's our lovely floors:
They look absolutely amazing, and the colours look spectacular in our house with its natural lighting.
We took the samples home to see how they really looked…

you can go to Coshum without an appointment winnie just to check things out.
Which house were you thinking of building?
We liked Boral - gypsy rose.

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Thanks Guys!
It hasnt quite sink in yet. We did have Maccas for dinner and celebrated in the house last night

We've finally got the master keys!

It's been so long now...
We actually didnt think we going to have the keys in our hands today because we visited the house last night…

wow PolkaDots - impressive house like ours!

Venturai, I voted yes. We just had our final inspection after fixing stage last week. The decision to get one (~$500) was 110% worth it.
It's the little things that he…

My gut feeling was to change the top area to yellow (as per original contract).
But maybe it should be left the way it is now.
It would make a difference…

We're at "Presentation" stage of our build and last week we went through all the defects/items that needed attention.
One of those items was the colour of the facade. I knew…

so it's fixed..(thank god!)

To this!
They've put a thin layer of paint to pop the charcoal colour and to get rid of those dot marks.

I think the whole drive 'pops' with…

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Hi Erin/Scott,
The discount was negotiated during the tender process (before the colour appointment). We also negotiated a complimentary drive way.

They installed the driveway the other day and late that night it rained for a few moments (quite hard for about 10 minutes). Anyways, the driveway doesnt look so groovey…

hi rojak1, I would have to agree with you on some of your tips there.
They have a lot of options when you get to the colour appointment. My partner…

Hi Guys,
We're almost at the end of the fixing stage, which Im so excited to be saying out loud now. It feels like forever.
Just to give you a bit of…

So we recently got our awesome and amazing bath and SPA!!!

And the tiles are finally in the wet areas:
Here are pictures - today they also put in grout
Bathroom
Ensuite Bathroom
Laundry

Note: Not…

so the house is looking smashing with its new render and its finishing colour. What do you guys think??
After this, above the eaves, it'll be painted a mustard yellow to…

And it sorta goes on a down ward spiral from here.
See, now that the plaster is in the final stages, the genius Plumber had to come in and ruin it…

sneak peak of the electrics and ducks - quack quack
Electric cables, hot water and gas are in!
The quack, quack, quackers are also in!
The battons are lovely in pink! They are…

one wall is now complete - whohoooo

hi H&M, following your thread which is awesome. You could always do-it-yourself by going to bunnings for the flyscreen. Would be a bit cheaper?
cant wait to see pics of the…