Hello. Is this the Alfresco sliding door?
My sliding door is directly attached to the adjacent brick wall.

Hi HarryWinston.
Yes you can remove all flooring (besides wet areas such as bathroom, toilet, ensuite, laundry) and they will give you credit. I got $7500 credit for a 30sq…

PetaJ - I'm in agreement with you regarding the quality of Boutique over my family members' builds with Henley as well as Urban Edge (who charge much more than Boutique…

Hi donovansdaily!
Congrats on going to Construction stage - I remember it was a very exciting time to be handed over to construction and it wasn't long (about a week) until…

Loving your house and the furnishings PetaJ.
I too would not accept that bad patch job on the wall there. Good on you for telling them to fix it.
I found some…

Szep sorry to hear that your supervisor has left. I'm on my third one and thank god he's been a breeze of fresh air. The first 2 just did not…

Hi donovansdaily,
The paperwork is a little painful but I have experienced a great build stage.
My build started within a week of being handed to Construction so hopefully your site cut…

Thanks for your reply Shalee!
Our cornices are now painted and it doesn't look too bad actually.
Coming close to handover in the coming weeks and it's all very exciting.
Our current and…

Hi everyone.
Just wondering whether Boutique installed Scotia cornices (same ones used inside house) or those square trims around the ceiling edging for your front porch and alfresco areas?
I thought it…

Hi everyone.
Just wondering whether Boutique installed Scotia cornices (same ones used inside house) or those square trims around the ceiling edging for your front porch and alfresco areas?
I thought it…

Hi Szep
We had about 4 site cleans to date and one was a little after lock-up stage then about a month later they remove the temp fencing and scraped the…

Petaj I am so sorry to hear that the trades have done such a sh** job of the flooring and other items in general.
I really feel for you as you…

Donaldouk I didn't change the shower door at all. Pretty much just whacked in the shower niche.
Because the shower door sits in the middle of the shower, you'd have to…

Our Oslo shower door was also close to the vanity and we had no issue adding the niche so good luck. You should be fine.

I was initially in Bush Fire prone area until it got rezoned and then I saved $5k.
This could well happen to you as well by the time you build which…

Donaldouk - you will lose 90mm from the room, not the shower itself if that helps.
The shower will get shifted outwards away from the wall to accommodate for the extra…

They do stipulate that there cannot be any structural changes but if you really want it then you can just push for it to see how far you can go…

A 325 x 1025mm shower niche will set you back roughly $450 because they have to use extra timber to build the wall up to 180mm as well as extra…

Hi Donaldouk and welcome to the forum.
You mean the shower niche where you put all your shampoo bottles etc?
That's a structural change as they need to increase the wall to…

The boards expand and that's normal but that's what the expansion gaps along the wall are for, so that they can expand to fill some of that gap and not…

I installed floorboards for my brother after handover and they shouldn't creek unless the floor is not even?
All boards should sit flush and flat with some rare boards having maybe…

Wow congrats PetaJ, Shellzmac and Ashoka!!!
All looking stunning indeed. Love how good it's turned out to be.
Just love your driveway PetaJ - nice aggregate colour choice. What's it called?
I've had…

Szep your house is very beautiful and super spacious!
Such lovely views you have there.
I forgot to mention that I receive progress payment claims quite early even before the stage has…

Hi Szep
I actually found that our updates were slower than what was happening maybe because the Supervisor was meeting much earlier than when they send out the updates.
For instance I…

Stunning home Petaj!
I'm VERY impressed with Boutique and how your home has turned out.
I knew they were excellent but seeing your pictures confirms my thoughts.
Thanks for posting photos for us…

Shellzmac - we got told before our site start that they have changed the installation timing for the appliances and they will all be installed before handover so that they…

OH MY GOODNESS Petaj - I absolutely love your shower tiles.
They look lighter now with lighting. I loved them last time I saw the pics and even more so now.
You…

Looking amazing Shellzmac.
I can see the light blue colour too though I'll have to agree with Petaj that it doesn't look bad at all.
It'll even look even more stunning once…

Ashoka - We probably got the same email hehe
Did you have to return it to them by COB tomorrow as well even though it's a Saturday?

Your house is looking stunning Petaj!