Thanks It's a bit hard to say because we had the christmas break thrown in. I got my fixing invoice on 11/12/11. …

After 4 months of watching our home grow from the ground, we had our PCI today! It was a pretty cruisy affair really, only had some minor issues, all…

Just got our PCI and handover dates - sooo excited!! 20th and 27th of Feb
We are in love with our home, aside from a few…

It's funny, in a ridiculous way, how much prices can vary!
Thanks Tstr1a, I'll have a look into that also

for 22 blockouts and screens installed we got quoted $3000..
humble... I am so impressed by the prices you manage to score! I've had 6 quotes for far fewer blinds…

We had to make our portion of the payment at Base stage before ANZ would release anything. We used our own money, and sure enough, a week later the…

Our 24/7 hasn't worked from day one. My BC said they don't really use it a whole lot and that I'm not really missing out on anything.. I'm…

Aside from our first introduction, our SS has never called us. We are at lock up now!
He is an absolute delight though, we call whenever we have a concern…

Congrats to everyone who's home is starting!!
Our slab went down Oct 13th and today Our brickwork started (very excited.) I can't believe how quickly it all just appears!! I…

Our slab has been down since Thursday last week, is it unusual to have not received the invoice yet?? Are there little extra things that I am unaware of that…

Looks good! your colour selections are very similar to what we have selected, so it's nice to be able to see them ahead of time …

Yeah we opted for a house and land package. The estate wanted to get rid of these last four blocks of land, so reduced the price and aimed to…

Boy am I glad we had site costs included! Otherwise by the sound of the expenses, we would not be getting a house!

Ours is just a wee small house, 20 squares (whatever a square even is haha.) For the sake of sacrificing one day after hand over to get the flooring…

PS. Bolero flooring is awful if that is whats on offer. Awful!

I don't know what the flooring promo's are atm so probably not the best for figures.. Ours was $6950 or something in a similar region to tile or laminate…

Totally agree! Aside from being far more cost effective to do it yourself, it gives you a broader range of options to choose what you want to do so in…

Not yet, hopefully starting within the fortnight!! *fingers crossed* One never does know about these things...
We just got everything we wanted individually priced and worked out if it was better…

Baldwin is a nice design. Very similar to the Gordon 19 I will be building, a former Places Home, scraped when places merged with PD.
I find it impossible to…

Thankyou all for your responses, much appreciated.
Finally today I've heard back from my BC, so I will stick it out for a little while longer and if I have further…

Just wondering if anyone knows how I would go about getting a new Building co-ordinator?! I have absolutely had enough of not having my phone calls or e-mails responded to!
Has…

Estate guidelines can be hard to understand and cause undue pain. Something builders find it hard to understand take mirvac harcrest estate. Even the builders a struggling to understand the…

Hi Guys,
I've been reading this site for a while now (swear by it!) and decided it was time I put my hand up for some advice! HELP!!!
We've signed up…