I spent some quality time with the user manuals today. These Ilve appliances are actually pretty good,

Dishwasher.

The pool was non negotiable. The kids insisted!
Here's some pics of the additional work in progress.

We moved in on Saturday. The house is fantastic. So much room. Now all the after handover work is underway. We've had additional pendant lights put in, tiled splashbacks fitted,…

Had our final inspection today. About a dozen items to be fixed. Planning on picking up keys on Tuesday and moving in next Saturday.
Here are some pics.

You're not alone Shellzmac. Our build has had an endless series of stupid building errors. I don't care whose fault these are, and mistakes have to be expected in any…

Perhaps they prepare them to size and just lighty fix them to the wall so you can easily remove them and finish them yourself? I wish we had known of…

Oops. double post!

We only found out about the quad finish to timber floorboards after signing the contract. There is apparently no way around it with Boutique so we ended up switching to…

@JP79 that sounds like an outrageous breach of trust.
I can verify that it is extremely important to check and re-check the drawings and the addendas particularly for a change…

And you can always install one or two smaller reverse cycle units later on.

Ours is refrigerated not evaporative. We have two zones: upstairs and downstairs.
Evaporative is good as long as the outside temperature isn't too high and it doesn't work so well on…

It's probably too late but I would recommend upgrading to combined heating/cooling.

Probably not such a problem on the new estates but we're building in an existing residential area. We also get complaints about the smelly loo!

We've had a few comments, from neighbours and other tradies in the area, about how messy our site is. Has anyone else noticed this for BH?

Thank you Szep. I'm glad to hear you got on the job and sorted them out. Sometimes that's what it takes! The build process has been slower than we would…

I wish, Bandha! I don't think we'll be in before Feb.

Scaffold was removed today. Really starting to look like a house now.

Unfortunately it does happen. All too often, QuarumNibblet. Don't just sit back. If these changes are important to you then send an email off to your pre-start consultant and follow…

For future reference can you describe what the flashing should look like? I'm not sure we have it either. We certainly have "embossed polythene dampcourse + flashing" inserted between the…

I was surprised by lack of sarking too. I did more research here on Home One and elsewhere and it seems that sarking is more to do with moisture control…

I hear ya @QuarumNibblet. Our initial discussions were all very optimistic re: start dates and build times. The reality is that it's taking way longer than we had hoped but…

@QuarumNibblet You'll find the contracted build time will be very generous and allowing about a year is probably a good idea.

@Suranga: Congratulations. It takes off pretty quickly from here!

No doubt those piles are in direct response to the "slab heave" issue which has affected hundreds or thousands of homes across Victoria on reactive clay soils.

Snap!
Bandha, we had clay soil in my old place in Clifton Hill. While we were renovating the clay was so thick and sticky it would cling to the bottom of…

We specified double glazing on almost all our doors and windows, mainly to keep out road noise. We paid extra for it. However, I think they will include double glazing…

We pretty much knew what we wanted when we went in for the pre-start meeting but we saw other home buyers who were clearly having to make decisions on the…