Our builder advised us to contact Boral for an inspection, which we did. Someone came out and replaced a number of tiles in addition to the ones replaced by the…

The bench with all the appliances on it seems quite crowded. Would you consider moving the sink to the island? If there is room you could increase the depth of…

Thanks Stewie, we’ll see what Boral and the home builder say.

Thanks SaveH2O and Stewie. We had a lot of spare tiles and the cracked/broken ones have been replaced. The photos were taken by the head of the team when he…

Our house is 4 years old, and nobody has been on the roof in that time. I can remember two short hailstorms since we’ve been here, with small hailstones, around…

Because of the island alignment though, I'd still favour a door that matches the cabinetry over glass

The symmetry would be lovely but your pantry would be on perpetual display - if that's something you can cope with then go for it. You could leave the door…

I don't know if this is of any use to you now, but we've used Ageless and while I like it a lot, our tiles are a bit cream. Ageless…

When our neighbours were in the same position, they had a real estate agent come out to assess their place. Based on their property and market conditions, he recommended selling…

I should say most DC fans would suit except for the nest feature!

We ended up with a mix of DC and AC fans. Both DC models are quite, move lots of air on the highest speed setting, and have a very slow…

We were considering the Haiku and probably would have bought them but at the time we were ready to buy they were running down existing stock for the new model…

Many builders still have contracts with standard construction times of 9/10 months but many seem to take longer to actually build, judging by the homes going up around us. I've…

I did what you did, that's were my drama started.
I originally requested M to quote and install Qasair and Vzug in place of the standard. It was so expensive…

Building a new house is exciting but can be stressful, so do your research before you commit. Visit as many display homes by as many different builders as you can…

Have you seen other homes around you being built by the same company? Might give you an idea if Newstart is beset by the same problems. Huxley homes in Sydney…

We have ceilings of a similar height and were advised to use a rod to have the fan sit 2.4-2.5m above the floor. Our electrician installed them at 2.4m, he…

We have 4000K throughout and think they look great, I find the 3000K lights too yellow and 5000/6000K too blue. There are differences in light from one brand of downlight…

Montgomery homes have a split display at Homeworld in Kellyville. I don't know if there are others closer to home for you

We have a whole slab, although I think it's 1400 rather than 1500mm. We're looking forward to all that bench space! It doesn't look too big but there was room…

Just caught up with your thread - congratulations! It looks great

Huxley started building my neighbour's house 19 months ago, and they are still not finished. The house isn't even locked up, although it should be. I'm with Matt, I think…

I have seen Montgomery homes in the Ryde area built on a downslope, and also Huxley. Definitely do your research about the builders. We are building with Binet on a…

It's progressing nicely TheBigHouse, looks great

What are the dimensions of the room? If a couch would fit comfortably under the window, I'd go with mounting it on the opposite wall

Looks fabulous deluded! Lovely work by you and Alkira

I would only have sliding doors if space were an issue. I find it annoying when putting laundry away to have only part of the wardrobe accessible.

In plan 2 I'd swap the oven and fridge from what is currently shown. In plan 3 the fridge could go on the end of the bench on the side,…

I'd love some feedback on our kitchen design. This is what is currently planned:
I'm concerned about the functionality, with the fridge tucked into the corner, so anyone wanting a drink…

It looks great deluded! Looking forward to seeing it with all scaffolding gone. I think your "plain jane" wall looks fine - adds a bit of contrast/interest to all the…