Congrats to everyone building or who has built their new home in Baldivis! Sure has been an exciting journey!

Looking great Leanne great to see things have finally moved along nicely for you!

Thanks Belle22 The nbn.gov.au website lets you know, Intelligent Homes also notified me, and the NBN company also sent me a letter in the mail…

We moved in finally!!! Happy to be residents of Baldivis!

We've moved in!!! its been a busy past few weeks but we got the keys on May 30th and moved in the very same evening.…

Conslabulations!!! I drive past your estate on the way to work in Fremantle now each day. Looks like a lovely part of Baldivis

True Value Solar are doing a deal in the month of May its a 2.0kW system.with a 4.2kW inverter (meaning you can easily have panels added up to 4.2kW without…

Insurance done!
Submitted final stage payment request to the bank, awaiting valuation inspection. Fingers crossed for Keys on 30 May!
Just purchased a 2.0kW solar package with True Value Solar so that…

Congrats on scheduling Leanne! Hopefully things move along nicely for you now. We all know it's all pretty quick after that!

PCI went great!!! Sorry I couldn't get on here earlier ...
I should have taken some photos from the inside but I was too excited with checking everything out. I…

PCI meeting tomorrow with the site manager. I took a sneak peak of the front a few days ago ...

Excitement!

Bushland Its a nice light colour actually - we love the look of it

Tiles meeting with Site Manager on Tuesday Should have an estimated handover date shortly! Exciting times

The house is all locked up and work has already started on the inside of the house! Solar hot water installed, internal kitchen cabinets, doors, shelvings, etc all installed. Tiles…

The house is locked up! 6-8 weeks until handover hopefully

Colorbond roof has been installed and front and internal brick rendering completed. Things are moving along nicely now
A few pics for those interested:
Front:
Back:
(Note: Bricks…

Hi Nicci the cream bricks are Brikmakers Loongana Limestone (2 Course)

Roof Frame complete! And also a lot of internal piping, electrics, data cabling, etc has all been done too. Was very impressed today when I looked around. Even the outside…

Internal brickwork is complete! Bricks all done. Went in all the rooms today and got a feel for the home. Very exciting!
Some more pics:
Hallway:
Master Bedroom from Alfresco:
Living/Dining from Alfresco:
Kitchen View:
Enjoy…

External Bricks done! Some photos below all courtesy of LeanneR who was kind enough to go down for us over the last few days and take some photos to keep…

Cheers Mike! 1 month does sound lucky I just had a call from my building company this morning (First Home Buyers Direct) confirming that the…

Thank you! Will continue posting more pics as they come

Slab is COMPLETE! Yippee!!!
Next stage will be bricks! Can't wait! Once again photographs below:
Front View:
Front 45deg:

Update:
Footings have been completed, along with plumbing structures and plastic cover with mesh. Thanks to LeanneR for letting me know of the developments as she lives close by. Slab should…

Nice thread LeanneR!
I love the house design and edits you made to the original. Interesting choice to situate the master bedroom in the centre of the home, but I think…

Thanks everyone. Two small updates:
1.) I heard that the worker's dunny is on site
2.) Also works are in progress and slab is being poured on…

I go once a week (Saturday) or whenever I am told a major update has taken place.

Hello everyone!
I am new to this thread. Currently building in "The Dales" in Southern Baldivis on a 462sq m block of land with 15m frontage. Our builder is First Home…

Thanks donna61 and fmac! Yup Baldivis is absolutely beautiful. We are located less than a km behind Highbury Park Estate which is simply stunning and still makes my jaw drop…

Greetings all!
I just came across this wonderful website and thought I would share my current experiences with building a house as we are just about to begin the exciting construction…