Its the process of getting a quote from a builder. Some do free tenders. Some charge a fee. You pick a design, discuss specifications, they check your lot and then…

Our garage access door has matching door handles to the other internal doors.

No, not kidding. Such a spin out!.
I went past last Friday and caught a tradie on site so I took the opportunity to have a sticky beak…

PS_Sirocco7: Congrats mate on PCI. Not long now to having those shiny keys in your hands!
To everyone else, well done on the progress. It looks like most…

Sigh...
We've had a bit of a set back this week Our architraves remain unfinished cos of materials issues. They ran short of materials and had…

Totally worth it. I paid $550 and I feel its already paid itself off with what he has found. Also, when I sent the report to M head…

LOL at dinner and a show.
I dont remember having a choice with glass but we got obscured glass to all 'private' rooms. We were given a choice when it…

Excellent! It won't be long now till electrical rough-ins

Congrats! the downs side is that its harder to follow the progress of your build
Our place is buttoned up tight every evening so…

Completely agree. Its such a small price to pay for such a big investment. I had one done by hkryan in Sydney and the things he found made it so…

Very nice dsa39.

YES!
We are now at lock up
Waterproofing has been done to the wet areas. Internal doors hung and some architraves.
Kitchen will be started on the…

WHOA!!! That certainly is "ABIGGERHOUSE"!!!

Yep. Signed off. I'll send my CC an email and see what happens. Hopefully they will accept a tint change.

Funny you say that because thats also my concern. I was hoping that we could tone down the colour to 1/2 or even 1/4 strength to brighten up the walls.

For the home theatre we went with Taubmans Shale Grey on walls and ceiling. The rest of the house is Taubmans Frosted Ice. We hope it works out. We too…

Well done on the progress Vatche! Especially being a 2 storey!

Nice!
Similar to what we are using in the home theatre too (to match the darker walls). We went with a lighter grey in the bedrooms. Limed…

I can believe how much can change in a day!
Yesterday afternoon, it looked like this...

And today, it looks like this!!!

All that's left to do is the master bedroom, laundry and…

My SS simply slipped sheets of fibre board between the enviroseal and copper plumbing and this was acceptable to the inspector.

Its more to do with copper having a reaction to other metals and degrading. This leads to leaks in the future.

For the guys in construction, I just want to share a tip.
I've had my independent inspection done and if you have opted for enviroseal wrap, ensure that any copper plumbing…

Our guys are back and powering through. We had all electrical and sentinel done as well as air con done the other day. Insulation is going in then gyprock starts…

Hi All.
Im looking for advise on soil. Im starting to put thought into prepping for landscaping on a new house. We are left with a clayish sub soil that I…

We had the roofers come back on Monday to finish off the ridge capping and someone came to shave down the frame work internally and remove the bracing.
I also noticed…

Fingers crossed... I really hope so. SS tells me thats what he's shooting for.
The Metr!c0n build next door smashed it out in 2 days!
BTW, I've been stalking your…

Great to see that things are progressing with everyones builds!!!
I went past the block today to check out the progress and they have delivered the roof tiles

A vid would be awesome!

This is part of the Home Builders Bonus (HBB), an incentive for new home builders. It applies to new homes not exceeding $600k and vacant lots not exceeding $400k.
Your…

ROCK ON! Good to see things are working out for everyone.