Congrats on getting your keys!

We would have loved a glass splashback but couldn't justify the cost of it at the moment. Instead of standard ceramic tiles though, we chose polished porcelain. They have more…

Blueprint was originally one of our top choices, but not once we met with the rep. We basically had two plans which we wanted to merge together and make various…

Perth seems so expensive compared to some of these figures! Although I guess it's hard to compare.
Ours was $293k for 491sqm in Canning Vale WA.

That's great news! But a little worrying that they were quite happy to charge you the $6000 if they thought you wouldn't question it. Good on you for pushing it.

8 weeks is crazy! We had prestart on Monday this week and got our variations back yesterday. There's no way it should take that long.
Good point about the air con…

I've been quoted $197 for the water connection in our fridge recess. Thought this was quite reasonable and much easier to do now than later on when we may actually…

We had the road and kerbs done probably 2 months before our titles issued, but street signs and lights were only a few weeks before.

Looks great! Very similar to the colours we are going with.

This is similar to what happened to us. Initially we were quoted somewhere between $2000-$3000 for soakwells, but by the time we got our contracts, the figure had gone up…

That's great, thanks for that!

Is that for tiles or glass splash back?
I hadn't actually thought about doing it myself, so that could be an option.

Amazing thread! Thanks to everyone who has contributed - I've now added copious notes to my already long list for prestart.

I'm also building with New Generation and am very excited to get started! Our land finally settled last week, we've signed our building contract and have prestart in 3 weeks.
Does…