Our lease ended back in June, we have been going month to month. but the landlord served us notice for the 1st of December but I managed to renegotiate until…

Hi all, We are in a serious panic....
We have had our final inspection and all is looking great, but we are waiting on the Certificate of Occupancy, I can't get…

Brand New Palisade @ Cranbourne West....
It was opened up last weekend. thought we'd pop in and have a look. not sure of the styling on this one but gave us…

Hey Nyssa + Lachlan
Thanks we are very pleased, people say its the most stress full thing to do in your life to build.... in all honesty it's been a breeze.
We…

9th October
So we have been able to stay away for more than a week.....
anyway here's some more pic's for you to see.
Render is up....
Garage door installed - ain't seen it…

30th September....
So we had a day trip down at Philip island today and i got a text saying the building supervisor to tell us the bench tops had been installed.......
Looks…

30th September
Painting nearly done.....
master bedroom
Shower in ensuite
Hallway from entry
Living dinning and kitchen
Rumpus
Hallway to rear bedrooms
main bathroom shower
Bath
Kitchen island
Shot from Butlers pantry towards front door
entry
Still waiting on the render
Looking great
Left side…

27th September
STALKING THE HOUSE ONCE AGAIN.....
Painting started.
We asked for 3 coats of paint so glad we did... Looking great.
Family room
From family room looking into kitchen.
Master bedroom

Kitchen looks great even…

24th September
We just can't stay away....
And rightly so... The Kitchen was started today.

23rd September
arrived to find bathroom cabinetry in today.
Doors had a prime....

16th September
Chippies have been in.

FRONT DOOR - we love it....
Can't wait to see it stained.
Doorway to garage
NBN box and garage rear door.
Started building next door... (on the right)
were so…

11th September
Plaster is up!!!
I really am in ore of how smooth this whole process has been.
Simonds have been incredibly professional.
Kitchen living Dinning
One of the bedrooms at the rear.
Shower in…

8th September
High ceiling with insulation installed.

Main bathroom shower
Family room from pantry
Sound proofing between bedroom and family room
Power channel for island bench
Sound proofing from ensuite and WIR with Rumpus behind.

5th September
Brick work almost finished.
Wiring started
Bath tub frame in.
Entry looking more like an entry.....

31st August
Can't believe how quick it's been. they started the brick work.
Solar panel for the hot water up as well
Ducting heating into.

25th August
ROOF!!!
oh and gutters...
so happy seeing things coming together, really getting an idea of how it will look.

21st August
Facias and wrapping on....
Master bedroom and entry.
Six panel door and high ceiling area.

Rear of house
Looking good

We are nearly there sparky's where in last Friday and all lighting and power is sorted. I recon a month before we are in.
I'll post more later today so…

19th of August
Roof trusses fully installed - Really taking shape now.
We were worried it was quiet small when looking at it from this day, but we didn't need to be,…

18th of August
Roof trusses started today.
Frame for the six panel door and high ceiling installed.

16th of August
Arrived to find half the frame installed.....

Rear of property - two bedroom windows at the rear with the slider to the family room.
Six panel doorway.
Retaining wall…

12th of August
at this point i started to realise that i was stalking my build........
The slab was poured today...

11th of August
Slab prep
Bedroom 2 and garage.
Front door and master bedroom
Family visit.
Whole site view.

8th of August
Plumbing Installed (drains) - seems to happen all so quick......

4th of August
The cut in happened - they levelled the land. we were so excited it was all finally beginning.
Looking towards the road from the bottom right of the garden…

On the 1st of August 2015 the whole process started
The temp fencing was installed - Was told by a builder friend that as soon as you see a port-a-loo…

Hey, no we changed things round quite a bit...
I started a thread tonight so take a look, I've put one of our drafts up so people can see what we…

So here you go a comparison of our modified Simonds Palisade and the original.
Original:

And one of the drafts of ours:

So we moved the Laundry and bedroom two, giving us…

Yeah it's great, this display is the main reason we built the palisade.
Been reading your thread, love following everyones builds.
Steve.

Here are a few pics of our colour choices -
The Simonds Gallery day was so draining, we felt very overwhelmed from the whole experience. the staff where fantastic and so…