I'm in north west of Sydney and currently building a pool, here the pool fence should be a minimum 1 meter distance from the waterline and due to the limited…

Welcome Feenix,
Nice choice of house, I just love the layout of Nolan. Anyway, we just had plantation shutters and venetians blinds installed early this week and I love them. We…

We have 4 in total, all externals. One in front of the garage which will activate the facade lights, one on the porch so we can easily recognize the…

I was able to get off a stubborn rust stain on my cs osprey by using vinegar and bicarb soda. Just left it overnight and scrubbed off the following day…

Hi! I just want to pop in and say welcome to all the new people here! Haven't logged in for awhile as I was busy at work but it's really…

hi min,
glad to hear that they've started working on your land, congrats! hope it would be smooth sailing for you from now on.
i just…

Hi again neighbour! We are very close to you as we are just in Jezebel Street. I remember last year when we were choosing the land, we're picking between an…

Welcome ydnew! Nice to know that there's another one from Lorius here. Which street are you in? Just wondering which one is yours coz a lot of houses are going…

This wil be our 2nd home but first time build. We're seeing ourselves living here for the next 8 years...... well until we feel the need to upgrade to a…

Andy_min, well done for putting up the blog list on this thread, it's very handy when checking out other builds in the area. We drove past your street on Saturday…

You poor thing . I know you're getting tired of waiting but just hang in there! Once your builder get their act together,…

Thanks Min! They must have been really busy as there are another two M's house going up in our area and more along Stanhope Parkway. How's your build going anyway?…

Hi Everyone!
Nice to see that the list of Pondies is growing... and really, really fast! How everyone's building going? There's nothing really to report on ours since they poured the…

Wow, you guys chose almost the exact same colour scheme/tiles as my wife and I. Sounds like we're virtually in sync, in terms of the build process as well. Best…

Hi,
We are building Big M's Tribeca 36 and our blog is http://thepondsies.blogspot.com.
Can you please add it on your list.
Thanks!

Well, our situation was a bit different, we paid the initial deposit of $1000 back in August. The sales consultant in the display home has convinced (or more like manipulated)…

You can't really negotiate on price but we had a few extras thrown in like the concrete slab in the alfresco which costs $4000+ and we also got the momentum…

after re-reading the post, i realized that i've misunderstood the question.
we didn't get a deposit sticker at all nor the board to stick it into, coz the land…

Hi Dreamz,
Yes, we put the red sticker on the board right after paying the deposit. Pity, we forgot to take some photos, it would've nice to capture that moment.…

hi mickve, thanks for the photos.
we're planning to have pre-finished solid kempas installed after handover. what's your opinion on the timber?
we're also going to have the stairs surfaced with the…

Geez! I just wrote my first ever post after lurking here for the last nine months and then lost it!

Anyway, Hi fellow Pondsies!…