Your contract will state how many days they allow for your build - including days off for bad weather etc. If they go over the number of days, they have…

We were told at contract signing that the only thing M don’t pay during build is the water usage. Better follow this up with your SM.

Haha! So am I! You have to be - it’s the biggest investment you will ever make. Get all the info you can 😀

Congrats on getting to deposit stage. We are doing paving of outdoor room and extended concreting and paving of front portico after handover. Much cheaper.
You can make structural and…

Your bathroom is beautiful!

Oh bugger.... maybe start looking at ways you can dress up the entry to your liking - maybe something hanging on the wall to the RHS of door to hide…

Sounds like you have a good SM now! It could have been all too easy for him to ignore those issues and just continue with the build. Great to know…

I can’t believe the pace of the build! Such a great result after your admin nightmare. Did you get a resolution re the render?

It’s getting there! Will be exciting when you start to see your rooms come together inside!

It’s really coming along Drew, the garage door looks great!

Thanks! Yes, it's quite challenging doing it interstate. We are currently looking for fencing contractors and when I called them, the most common thing they will tell me is "we…

I am so frustrated that every plan and variation doc always comes back with mistakes and omissions. Then it takes weeks for them to fix it! They need…

Haha! Never been to Darwin... maybe I will 😜
Glad your build is going well 👍

We are still waiting for M to finalise last variations to sign and then it will take them 4 weeks to finalise plans!!! I feel like there is so much…

Looks great! It must be so hard building when you are in a different state! Thank goodness for inspectors 😀

There is definitely something NQR going on. No consistency among our experiences at all....

We didn’t include Brivis system at sales. It is what comes standard with house. We got a credit of $4k when taking it out for the new system.

No, the pricing seemed to depend on how many zones you got. I don’t think house size mattered - but I could def be wrong. Possibly they worked price out…

About $22k once they took out $4k for credit back for standard ducted heating. Got the action heating and refrig cooling with 2 zones for the Glendale 42.

Ha! And we paid $4140 for colorbond. What is going on with their quoting?

It’s included in bushfire pack if you have a BAL rating

Why does it take M FOUR WEEKS to update floor plans..... and 90% of the errors are from their own incompetence anyway!!!! Getting so over how slow things move…

Thank you 😊

Thanks, I think I will do that.

I don’t think I can provide plans that show distance of neighbours tree from our house build though... I would think a surveyor needs to do this and provide a…

This isn’t a quote from Metricon. It is a separate quote from a town planning company they recommend.

Yeah, I might find out from council if I can submit myself. I'm not sure if specific info has to be in there that I cannot provide - things…

We require it as the area has significant environmental overlays, with the following conditions on the build... I guess they need to ensure this is all in place before a…

Has anyone had to apply for planning permits with their council to build a single dwelling on their block? We have significant environmental overlays and need a planning permit…

We are having them do an exposed aggregate driveway. Just didn't want the mess of mud coming into the garage/house at handover. You will pay a little more,…