Can someone with an idea advise me on what "construction commenced" means in terms of the First Home Owners Boost? We signed our building contract on 7 January. The criteria…

Yep late May / early June is right on schedule for our section.

We paid $218,000 for 540m2 in Franklin ACT. Pending no one in front buildinga two story place, we should have views over Canberra and it will be max 10…

.. Waves.... We are stage 3 (section 101) and I spoke to the LDA two weeks ago and was told late May / early June for crown lease registration and…

I am surprised it isn't mandatory all around Australia to have tank water for toilets. We don't get a choice as it is mandated a minimum tank size of 5000ltr…

We will be building on a block that is deemed to be a corner even though it is not actually on a corner, it sides parkland. It has meant that…

Do you mind me asking what colour your kitchen benchtop and doors are? I really like them and are similar to what I think we might end up with. I…

In our builders general information sheet they state that they will leave 3 - 4 roof tiles, a similar amount of floor / wet area tiles and a maximum of…

That is what I was told by the ACT Revenue Office as well. I am so glad I procrastinated on a few things which has delayed us signing the contract…

This is seriously awesome! It means an extra $14K on top of what we had built into the budget in our pockets. In addition, if the Liberals get voted in…

OMG - are you serious? I read it as only $14K for first home owners but if it is $21K that is amazing!!!!! We might be able to afford timber…

We are building with a Canberra builder Renai$$ance. Given we don't even start the actual building part until probably June next year, I hope it isn't an issue but I…

I realise it will cost more - I am more concerned about the whole contract side of things. When we signed to give the go ahead to proceed to contract…

I just realised that the quantum quartz benchtop I want is from the Designer range and our builder has only quoted on a selection from the standard range. We are…

Our house will be 224.11m2 on a 540m2 block.

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Our block has a level 1 bushfire protection rating (in Canberra) and our quoted costs to meet the requirements are as follows:
Heavy duty sarking under the roof tiles $1610
Aluminium mesh…

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Hubby and I are in negotiation with a builder at the moment to finalise pricing etc for a house. I am doing up a spreadsheet to try and capture as…

I saw that Ad in today's paper as well and for some reason I had it in my head that they went under elsewhere in Australia - or am I…

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Hubby and I are looking to build in Canberra in a new estate. Yesterday we received from the builder a pricing proposal to build the house we like. I…

I honestly have no idea as yet if our builder provides a colour consultant as we still haven't received our final pricing proposal. We are still very early stages but…

Help - I need help! Where do you start with colours for kitchen / family / meals rooms? Do we need to think of kitchen colours first, followed by floor,…

Hmmmm - I must confess - I don't know what the difference is between a private builder and a volume builder....
I know that…

We are at the very beginning of the home building process and are scheduled to meet with our builder this weekend to discuss final pricing before we pay a 10%…

Heck I will offer to shovel dirt and dig holes if it means we can get our block quicker. Thanks for the welcome. I look forward to sharing this journey…

The builder said 6 months was worst case and was the fault of the Land Development Agency. I really hope there is no delay for us in Franklin!

Who are you hoping to build with? We are (fingers crossed everything goes OK with the house pricing) will be building with Renaissance.

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We are also building in stage 3 Franklin but on the other side of the Gubur Dhaura reserve thing (closer to the town centre). We have been told by…

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I am so pleased I finally found a home / building / decorating forum! I have been searching the net for over a week for somewhere where my husband…