So plastering was schelduled to start on the 19/11/12. Nothing happened for a whole week. I emailed them and they said that the plasterers were held up at another job…

They wanted to charge $2k+ for stormwater disposal. This was running a pipe all the way around the house to two big drainage pits. Very professional but I opted to…

$247 for just the 4 bank of drawers. I can see that you can get soft closing hinges from bunnings or ikea for about $20 a pair. Way cheaper than…

So originally we went for the single metal door frames on the single robes. For both bed 2 & 3 this cost us $583. This was part of our intial…

Do you want to be able to park a car in there as well?
Steelspan is crazy expensive.
Look at Bunnings options or local hardware stores.
This is the cheapest I can find…

Had bricks arrive on the 28th. A day late but it had been raining for the past two days.
No progress as it was a public holiday on Monday.

What projector you using? Most projectors can only throw up a 80-100" screen at that distance. Ive got a 3x4m HT as well.

So in the past two days they have put in temporary power, got rid of all the excess sand from laying the footings, added a gemmill homes construction sign on…

Window frames have arrived in the past week. Bricks should arrive on the 27th.
Drainage has been put in. When they did it they damaged the slab. I have emailed the…

Footings and Mesh went down yesterday with the slab going down this morning.

These are the Google Sketchup drawing I did.

So last week they have scrape the site with a bobcat. They also put in temporary water and a few bits of pink tape here and there.

This week they have…

Had something a bit less intense happen to a house I was living in. There was major roadworks for about 6-8 months only 50m away from the house. Quite a…

FIFO so away for 2 weeks out of 3.
Always had been living with my father. Partner always had been living with her mother.
Could not justify the money spent on renting,…

They were $250 for a bank of drawers and $250 for every cabinet. Seemed a bit excessive for cabinets so we just got them for the drawers. Might be able…

Yes I have had Prestart. They wanted me to have the colour meeting and prestart on different days. This was very impratical as my partner had just started a new…

Well arent I truly a First Home Buyer and arent Goodlife truly taking advantage of that. After going through numerous changes to our sales rep and getting misinformation from all…

Hello
So my partner and I of 4 years have started to build The Coventry by GoodLife Homes. We are first home buyers/builders. I have been looking at building a house…