I wouldn't have to pay because its included in the house price.

Hi All,
We recently moved into our brand new house and on the first weekend there was rain (YES! there was rain in Melbourne).
We noticed that the water ran from…

Hello
We just finished building an aspiration series house with DFH.
This is our first home and we were really nervous prior to the build given all the horror stories that…

Hi everyone,
Can ppl please advise us for different types of cooling we can get for our new house.
Its a 4 bedroom 25 sq house. I started looking into…

Hello Everyone
We are building Princeton 25 with DFH in Berwick. Although our paperwork stage took approx 4 months (due to high volume of…

Hi Guys,
We're gonna finish building soon and as with most new houses, most of our land surrounding the house is clay that has been flattened with an excavator.
What is…

Hi guys
We're considering upgrading our standard thermostat to a timer programmable one before the contractors put the heating unit in to our DFH home.
After chatting with them, they are…

guys
what is the most cost efficient way of doing timber/ floating floor and carpets to a new home?
any ideas or suggestions?
thanks.

This is how it ended:
- at first contact, the builder tried to bluff their way out by trying to tell us that we had read the clause in correctly.
-…

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We're building with D_F_H and its been 4 1/2 months since initial deposit was paid and we're just about to start with the actual building (for those of you who…

Guys
We listed our house for sale with an agent two weeks ago and haven't been getting much of a response.
However, in the mean time, a family friend, i.e. a…

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we are going to do some of the work ourselves after handover such as concreting driveway, flooring, cooling, etc.
With flooring, does anyone know the cheapest way to get it done…

DFH is good with site costs in our experience. Watch out for NBG, they exagerate on site costs to make a profit.
- if they claim rock removal do two…

g'day guys
I was wondering how to get extra money through my home loan???
I have a building contract for $162,000 but I need about…

Our land was already titled when we bought it?
but technically, what does titled mean?
does it mean its been surveyed? given ownership? ?

thank you for the replies but i am still confused.
i've paid deposit on the land but haven't settled.
i rang the developer and he said it was pegged (6 years ago).
i…

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For those who have bought lots in new estates or just a new block of land:
1) was your land pegged?
2) who's responsibility is it?
3) if its not pegged,…

Hello again,
I have bought land on a new sub division (not part of an estate) and sold by a developer (not a builder).
There are NO pegs on the land to…

ok.
I will ask the builder of these things and will let you guys know.
verbally they have told me that they are responsible for the fence during construction phase.
i am…

Hi
we face another cross road:
builder says we can save $1400 from temp site fencing if we get permanent fencing prior to start of construction.
any views or comments appreciated.
one worry i…

G'day guys,
Is it better to get alfresco upfront as part of the house price or is it more value for money to just get the house built and then put…

Has anyone heard/seen/ visited these builders?
they seem to have incredible offers in the ads such as a 31sq house for $135k.
however, looking more closely, their address contact details…

We attended a meeting with NBG yesterday and since have decided not to build with them.
They sent in the sales reps' boss to discuss our plans (maybe cause the…

Has anyone built with master_line homes or they're also known as in-style living. its a builder from mornington?
another question I have is: are we given a set of keys for…

Hello everyone. We are almost ready to put down our first few dollars and have negotiated with National builders group and with master*line homes.
the latter is building a larger…