Our progress payments say 'practical completion of...' which means they do most of the job but they get away with not having to do all of it. Our SS is…

Howie, really great to see that things have actually started, the first stage moves through very quickly, you will be surprised! Homestead seem to organise their trades very well so…

Thanks! That's funny that we chose the plan and the same front as well, we must have similar taste! Rendered pillars would look very nice …

Hi everyone!
Hope you all enjoyed your chrissy and new year! Here are a few photos of our house which was at lockup for xmas, and kitchen hopefully going in this…

Thanks Howie, we had a meeting today and everything that we queried is sorted and will be fixed and this will have no impact on future progress. He was very…

Hi guys,
Quick update on our build... the tradies have been doing our bricks and roof tiles for the last couple weeks and almost finished. When I get photos off the…

Hi Lee,
They allowed $15,000 as an approx. amount originally and the final amount was $14,618 so very close.

Hi Lee,
We chose to spend more on tiling with homestead but not to the ceiling. I'm hoping that we can get a tiler to do the rest when we get…

Definitely!
Yep down south, we are building in the Bayswood Estate at Aldinga beach! I'm hoping they will have the roof frame on today, and because my partner is doing…

We have had our slab poured and sewearage done, so very similar to you danandmel!
We are having trouble with finance and getting the bank to pay the invoice on…

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Thanks s-mac,
Yes we have a gas cooktop, so we don't need it then so that's good as we don't like the look of them anyway and we requested (and paid…

Hi Vid!
My partner is an electrician and said you only need an isolator if it's an electric cooktop, if it's gas cooktop and electric oven you won't need one. If…

Howie, the soil removing company was SW & MJ Millwood, they said the $12 per tonne was for removal and dumping as well so no extra cost for that. They…

I love this laminex colour also!! I don't have any pics yet but should have some in a few months time if you can wait that long??! IMO you can…

Hi Howie,
We are building with Homestead and signed mid April. Our plans went through council real quick because we have a friend there (always helps!) but with the changes and…

Thanks danandmel!
I went to the thread and everyone seems to be really happy with Homestead! This is the first time we have built so maybe expectations are a bit high…

Hi Everyone!
I have been reading alot on this site lately as my partner and i are currently building, and thought I would share some of our experiences! It is good…