Sho0dy work, to say the least. The concreters really messed it up. What's Arden doing about it.

Wow that’s a big fat jump for site costs!

List out all the errors and email them. They will fix it and send it back. We also had many many many errors and lots of corrections. Changes asked for…

Hi gags
We were given site costs at tender. Make it clear to them that you want that before you sign on.

Nice. Were all the problems fixed prior to pour?

pEast Email the report to your SS and make sure they actually follow up first thing in he morning. Mention in the…

Our SS preferred Independent inspector comes when concreters are there. So if any rectifications are there they can fix straight away and pouring can start first thing in…

Was around 45 minutes for us

Frame started 3 days after slab pour. The entire frame with roof trusses was done in 4 weeks

They started to pour in the morning and did the polish right after for us. We saw them walking on it that evening. We did the next day. It sets…

Yeah, you can. We felt the rooms were small too at first. But now happy with the size after the plaster was done.
Even with frames it appears small.

You can probably walk on it this evening to get a feel of the house. Nice big porch.

yeah. They did

Lol... funny!
But we have black wenge too

Talk to your SS. They are flexible with that stuff for home theater

We have sliding door from master to balcony - can’t find a charge in ours specs
We have sound insulation batts for home theatre. $430 for ceiling and $451 for…

Hi, we are building in the western suburbs

It cost $600/sqmt extra for the balcony

Yeah. The cost is included in builders square but additional for water proofing, Steel support beams, etc.

Hi richaley We got The Audio Experts to do our prewiring. Not a problem with Arden to bring them in. We also got…

Yes, above the alfresco

Hi, I heard it is TJ. We had him for the first part of our Home build and heard he moved to northern suburbs. He is calm and easy to…

Our SS has been good. We are building in the western suburbs and our SS is MF. On our 1st meeting he was dismissive of independent inspectors. But when he…

Hi Folks, thoughts on wall paper. Any cons?

gags we are getting electron EVS2808 1600w ducted vacuum unit with 2No. hide-a-hose points each including 15 meter hose, wand and cleaning tool…

Ours came with the translucent glass sidelights.

We too got one after reading his blog. Our SS was good and took the report seriously and rectified. Now mid build our SS has changed, and the new one…

Jeeta, your house looks great. Gives me hope for our house and the end product.

Hi pEast, we are past frame stage, just before lock up. There's been a lull in activity for the last 3 weeks. Went pretty quick from slab to frame, but…

Did you have a walk through with the sparky prior to electrical rough in?