Yes, for anyone looking at a project home, should allow at least 100k for extras with the building company when looking at finances etc. Then another 100k for all the…

Good to hear, you must be excited! All smooth sailing in the final stages and inspections? I cant wait for ours, we have about 6 weeks to go

Our house is coming along .Painting, patching and tiling now. There was more patching then i would of liked to be honest, will have a keen eye to see…

Ok, i thought cornices would go on with gyrock. Yes i was happy with the plumbing roughin. It doesnt matter about the wires really, once it all gyprocked won't see…

I threw a few questions and concerns at supervisor. Always had good answers as to why and how things are the way they are done or what will be done.…

I wasnt happy with the electrical rough in, especially the data and security. But im probably alittle bias in that regard. Houspect done inspection and picked up a few things,…

So today we had the gyprock put in. They had a big crew and looks like it was nearly all finished in the 1 day. Not sure about cornices though.
Last…

They finished bricking our house yesterday, last bit was the balcony. From what I could see, it looks good.
I'm happy with the plumbing, looks like it was done neatly, piping…

Good to hear progress is happening. Plumbing was done on ours last week. I think the brickies would of finished last week, now the scaffolding is up, but the rain…

They had a big crew of brickies come through this week, and bricked up most of the ground level, now waiting for scaffolding. Suprise how quick it happened.
Ymiao, did…

Hi All,
Our frames were completed last week, bricks delivered, should start laying them tomorrow.
Houspect done inspection, found everything was satisfactory. We checked it out too with builder and great…

Good that the brick laying has started. Yeah single skin brick wall on garage is very common with home building, just need to be careful if drilling a hole later…

Yeah, they said the hold up is only affecting certain houses. Dont know why, it is standard grandworth 35. Have to further chase them on Monday. Promises made and…

No- just standard type frame, hybrid timber trusses on steel wall frames, their all going that way now.
Its in the blacktown area.
Have no concerns about bank valuations. I bought and…

Hi Ymiao,
Glad to hear your having success with the build. For us unfortunately had the slab completed last week of May, and still the frame has yet to be delivered!…

For tiles selection, we were originally told beautiful tiles also, but that has now been changed to colour tiles in wenty. They seem good as well. I guess price…

A few of the people at Allcastle have told us the work has slowed down, the backlog is easing off, th ey are pushing now for completions in about 7…

One thing I have realized, they hadnt installed electrical conduit on the slab to come into cavity where meterboard goes- this leads me to think the board won't be recessed…

Ok, we are doing driveway ourselves afterwards. Im budgeting for another 100k once house is done, and everything always ends up costing more!

Hi LevaneT,
Ours included sewer and stormwater, all the way to the street, im suprised to hear that a few of you had to organise separately

Yeah for us, the slab was done a few weeks back, then sewer and stormwater plumbing was completed not long after that. Big team of plumbers, got the whole…

I had the data installed in garage, after was told it HAD to be, no other option given. Would of loved to of got it upstairs instead. I'll put my…

Hey, an update from me with the build.
Met supervisor onsite wednesday, Piering was done yesterday, slab should be in within a week or 2 hopefully.
I'll post a pic later.
Glad…

Sorry, im organising it seperate after the build

Hello, regarding inspections, I have have only given it a little thought, but realize its likely a worthwhile expense to ensure the build quality is upto scratch. I have a…

I agree, Mojitostan, they dont try to hard sell anything extra to you and very accomodative to modifications and customisation. I was suprised by that- always thought project homes to…

Hi,
We are also building with All Castle in Blacktown area too. DA and CC done, just waiting for final construction plans (15 days) and then another 4 weeks after…

That's the way to do it! Every little bit you can save counts. I will likely choose a similar path for my build, proberly pay a builder to get…

Thanks Joker,
That seems like good pricing, I believe proberly need to expect about $1200/ m2 to get it done.

Hi All,
Just wondering if anyone has had any experience with building a split level home with a basement/ garage. Just trying to get prices from builders in western Sydney,…