Wow that's great news mate, thanks! Will get straight on to them!

How's everyone settling in? Anyone had any luck with Internet connection? Telstra have told us that we are in a pair gained area and are not able to have ADSL2+,…

I hope the council start paying a bit more attention to the estate soon. The general messiness of the corner near the service road and also along the side of…

I'd rather not say, just to be careful

Yeah we are, down near the bend. Build is going ok, if a little slow for our liking. Haven't had many issues but there are a couple of little things…

Hey Tarleaf, good to see someone else building in Parkside

Is anyone else a little concerned with the fact that it seems like every second block will be units? Wondering how that will impact on parking etc, let alone the…

He was interstate on holiday and I wanted to work out what direction I wanted to go in so I had a bit of an idea when he got back.…

Thanks for the reply Pugs.
I'm not planning on DIY'ing the work, my brother-in-law is a qualified security installer/cabler and will be doing the installation. I'm just after information so that…

Thanks for the info guys, we'll check out those sites!

Hey texperts!
Our house is currently under construction and I want to get the home network set up before the plaster goes on to save hassles later.
Ideally I want to run…

Hi gang,
As our build moves further along we are starting to look at things like fencing and converting for the driveway... However, we don't really know how much we should…

G'day Matt, thanks for the reply.
Turns out that a family member is in the industry and is going to meet with me next week to discuss options!
Cheers anyway mate

Hi guys,
We are getting to the stage in our build when we are able to get in and do our data pre-wiring. I'm thinking of 3 or so Ethernet ports…

Hi Barb,
Yeah we got a letter as well but we have already cut ours. Why dont the council set an example by cutting the giant bushes in the nature strips…

Gday g.imagine
We counted driveways and compared to the Parkside estate plan on the website, then we were able to work out which block is ours!

Hi Barbgal,
We settled on Monday, we are stage 2 also. If you go to land.vic.gov.au then select 'Interactice Map', go to Wyndham shire and then zoom in on our estate…

We are lucky enough to be able to live at our inlaws while we wait for our build (or wait for it to even start). Unfortunately though, our land was…

I think this is more to do with bad customer service and a faulty product/unit that evaporative cooling specifically. A cautionary tale regarding evaporative cooling I would have thought would…

If I could find an affordable block with a decent size back yard I would be over the moon. Ideally, i want room for a vegetable garden, chooks and then…

Thats great to hear, thats what we have chosen
I love the look of them, the house behind my sisters is building with them at the…

Definately this!!
My sister just moved into her brand new home in Wyndhamvale's Manor Lakes estate and has found out that the only option they have for internet connectivity is wireless.…

The bricks look great Charlene!
Sorry if I've missed it somewhere in the thread but what brand/colour bricks are they?

Wow you finally get brickies on your site and then we are scheduled for something like 8 days of rain, that sucks
Hopefully they will get…

Some great tips here guys and gals, very useful, keep them coming