I think it's time to update this thread.
I have settled finally on builder and chose Redink as their sales guy was probably the best I have met and spoken…

Love your floorboards and your splash back looks great too.

Thanks everyone.
Asj25 I see where you are coming from. Oh, the complexities. I thought the location and price is good $ for 329m excluding driveway. It's about 5km from CBD…

I have not been to any display homes as I feel they are just that display and would probably be very different to actual build. I have not found any…

Just wanted to say your house looks great and from your thread I see it's been a steady build. I am gonna check your builder. Are you happy so far…

I was quoted $1000 per sm for standard and $1500 for high end stone etc from a private builder and that
hi hopeful78, i too would be interested to hear…

Congrats. Posting to follow up when you upload some pics

Land settled, builder doing initial survey and I am hoping to finalise house plans in next 2 weeks.
I thought I'd celebrate and then I looked at my bank account…

please don't scare me, its all daunting already. I wish I could fast forward time to complete build and I have not even finalized my plans... land settlement in 6…

Thanks justy, I have not visited one display home and almost finalizing my plans... oops. I have 50% site coverage so there is not much I can do so I…

Thanks JB, still in planning stages so have not been looking at floors though was considering bamboo or other wooden floors...

i just wanted to stop by and say I like a lot of your choices and colour scheme. did not read through the whole 8 pages, though wondering why did…

Thanks PR, not much can be done with the space, though I have tweaked it already. No bath in the house, that was first thing I wanted out, there will…

thanks, I am trying to increase the size of living room and kitchen, so will have to make some changes

Thanks, I totally agree with WIR provided you have space otherwise BIR would make more sense and I suspect would be much cheaper as less bricks would be required?

Newbie here...
Been looking for a villa/ small house or apartment with courtyard in and around Maylands and can't find anything that fits, or we lost on offer and or pets…

Ok trying to use this tapatalk see if it works

Thanks NOR-TTJ, we are currently in Wilson and so I think Bedford is just a tad bit better for what we are after
Thanks asj -…

clearly my drawing skills did not impress anyone. I suppose you would not know what is where. I am quite happy as I have finally got the builders designer to…

I just spent three hours trying to figure out best layout and I do not think this flows well...grrr..
I know what I want - simple 3x2x2 with 2 main bedrooms…

I would be interested to hear what do you prefer WIR or BIR and why.
To be honest looking at some plans it looks like BIR would be a better option…

I am also building on rear strata lot and was considering 101 with a pod, I think I need to rad up on it a bit more... Look forward to…

I'm confused... what makes you think building with a big builder means you will deal with lots of different people?
Somehow seems to be the consensus here... I'd be happy to…

Thanks Melsie, the block is a rear strata lot and I am only looking at 3x2x2 without a theatre I will need to modify plans.
I have seen a lot of…

So my loan has been approved and settlement set for 6th of August. Land valuation exactly what I offered so no issues with my mortgage/deposit etc. Yay!
Now I got to…