Hi, we have insulation (standard not sound) between the floors (at least we paid for it so hope it is in there). It makes no difference to the creaky floors.…

MGardz, ours is like that too. The man from Don's was rude and wouldn't do anything (just the guy we had not all of them). Now we are back in…

Don't want to be cynical but we did PCI before it was ready because we were pushing to be in before start if school year, on the understanding that the…

In terms of finances, we worked out what we needed for all the extras post build and included it in the requested loan amount. As long as the LVR and…

We were told we needed insurance from PCI which we got with GIO. Not sure they realised we didn't have keys yet though.

They will push for PCI so they don't have to pay liquidated damages. Don't think they are too fussed about finishing the house after that.

Benchtop about 700mm. Inside drawers 480mm.

We pushed for PCI and keys to get in before school started. Four months later we are still waiting for things to be resolved and we never had the M…

We spent hours and still missed loads. Our place was pretty dirty which didn't help. Check for scratches on windows, floors, benchtops, glazing. Check in all cabinets for water…

Brickwork

Had some Brickies around to build a retaining wall. They said our brick work was s@@t and we should fight M to rectify or take them to fair trading

We got charged that as well but they never provided one. When I asked our SS where the bin was he just pointed to the pile of rubbish in our…

Hi Gibson,
M told us we would get single phase coz our aircon was single phase. Had to keep sending them proof that the aircon we selected was 3 phase. I…

Hi guys, good luck with your builds. We went to our council who have a department that does CDC and did the paperwork ourselves. Some of the information on the…

They were happy to give us a quote so maybe the built ins vary depending on the house design.

Thanks Gilly!
We had the fixer in today to do our skirting and door handles and whatnot. Mustn't be much left to do.
Though we did pick up something that had…

Not a study, half the WIR, the rest is hanging space.

Cost about $3500 for 3 built ins and 1 WIR. Roughly the same price for all 3 quotes we got. We sketched out what elements we wanted and they adjusted…

Wardrobe pics - sorry very messy. Each built in has 3 doors: 1 has 2 sets of shelves, 1 has split hanging and 3rd has small long hanging and set…

Think it took nearly 2 months between signing contract and submission to CDC for us. I think there are a lot of docs to prepare so a month of prep…

We upgraded our network to cat6 but the phone line was still cat5e - didn't find that out til I checked the cables. Not a network expert but would think…

From memory it means a double powerpoint in each bedroom, bathroom and living area (not hallways). May have got 2 in the master bedroom, lounge and kitchen. We added lots.

Thanks Villinaeliters - my sister figured out the clock . Haven't worked out what you would use the big middle burner for but I'm not much…

Think it was about $2800 for additional tiling to main, ensuite, powder and laundry. Our main bathroom was quite big though. Was about $2500 to upgrade powder room and laundry…

Powder
Main bathroom
Laundry
Kitchen
Still trying to sort out driveway, jungle and swamp pool

Similar price to ours. Rang around and could have done it a few hundred cheaper but decided we didn't want to have any coordination issues with M so went with…

I think M pay for 1 certification - either IOC or OC if you don't get the interim. We need retaining walls and driveway for OC so we went with…

We weren't expecting to spend much at kitchen upgrade but did. Increased height, increased beach width to handle inbuilt oven, change to cabinets to handle doe lights under cupboards, drawer…

Has anyone who has moved in noticed the sink seems to get rust marks on the rim? Seems strange for a brand new sink.

Thanks Gilly. We pushed for keys same day as PCI. Don't think an inspector has been through - just the Certifier.