Hi guys,
We also built and currently living in aspect. We are quite disappointed at the number of townhouses and cheap rental properties there are in our street. I did call…

http://bigrivergroup.com.au/products/flooring/
We baught it direct from them and then found someone to lay it.

Hi thanks yeh they turned out realy good! They do dint easier then the cheaper laminate stuff which we had at our old house. But these ones you can always…

Looks better in real life

Hi Conifers,
Just saw your post and wanted to add to the convo..
We got engineered raw oak from big river. We got a discounted price so cant realy share the price.…

No fees for delaying payment.. our house was completed end of july we didnt agre to having nhp and settle untill september.

Ho row,
I cant realy offer any help because you have already settled. But just wanted to write for future people who are going to be in this stage.
I understand your…

Hey, it looks nice and big! if you dont mind can i ask what timber they are using and how much its costing?

No worries, they give you a copy of everything that is written anyway

Hi Row,
During NHP, your supervisor or house presentor (we had a different presentor) goes through the whole house together with you explaining and checking everything. What ever you find will…

Hi everyone,
Just to add to this conversation...
Our house was completed in July however we just moved in 2 weeks ago! We weren't happy with the bricks (they were not aligned…

Good luck fingers crossed it all goes smoothly for you, so close now

Oh yes i can't imagine packing a double storey house goodluck! Yeh tell me about it even though we have the keys it still doesnt feel like its our house,…

Hope it all goes according to plan, it must be stressful. Our blinds were installed yesterday, flooring today and then it will be polished on sunday then we cant step…

Oh no what timing! We waited exactly 7 days for the bank to do wvaluation then get the funds available.. so annoying and waste of time!

Thats exciting Megan and im glad nothing major came up we will be moving on that Saturday will be easier on the weekend for us so we will wait…

Good luck with today Megan, we had our settlement yesterday finally!! Im taking bits and pieces today hubby will be painting the feature wall. We have blinds going in tomorrow…

How exciting Megan, we had our NHP last Thursday and we have our settlement on Monday so it shouldn't be too long for you after your NHP but we…

Hi Megan I'm pretty sure yours is mud pack because ours is grey pebble

However I should add that they were happy to get it rectified but the areas got re plastered like 5 times just to get it look okay.. they realy need…

Yeh im not surprised, if I knew this from before i would have never opted for it.. The disappointing thing is if you don't point it out and ask them…

Hi, im not sure if it will actually crack due to movement I didnt actualy think of that but you do have a good point.. will be interesting to see…

I know the list never ends.. especially when you start to think about landscaping for the back yard... Where do you need concreting done? The side of the house?
I'm just…

I'm glad it went well, nothing major yeh? we only have the new render at the front that needs to be complete and few minor paint touch ups which we…

Hi Megan,
How did your PCI go? We had our NHP last Thursday other than a few minor things it went well we are waiting for our final bank evaluation to…

Hi Izzyb,
I didnt actually create a thread yet.. Depending on the response by them i will be posting the photos tomorrow.
Yes its a wonderful plan.. but the quality has made…

Just to add to this convo.. we are also building with henley and also had our pre-handover inspection yesterday. The inspector has identified exactly 49 items that need to be…

Oh okay, they were changing some bricks under the front window... we'l find out about ours tomorrow morning fingers crossed for a good outcome

OMG.. how can they do such a thing and just leave it that way... they have no care for their customers at all!
We have booked the inspection with New…