Have you considered building a split level type home? This would work with the slope of your land, and you'd get more house but with a smaller footprint on your…

We also had a steep driveway..... our quotes ranged from about $6000 to $20,000! I think the $20k guy just didn't want to do it, but figured if we were…

For us, it was about 7 weeks after gyprock (6 weeks after skirtings)...... our doors weren't put on till after they were painted, which was about 3 weeks before pci.

If it was just a matter of turning the doors, it sounds simple enough! Hopefully that’s all it takes!!

jol0 ...... this was the post from martinsharmony about their kitchen...... hope it helps!

I would want the grain to match up ..... it would do my head in if they didn’t!! 😳😳😳

We had Luna white bench tops .... love it !!

The original design of our house didn't have high ceilings, but due to the slope of the land and putting a split level into the design, we ended up with…

#1 ..... generally yes, but they didn't/couldn't with ours. We were getting a deck on after handover, and until the deck was done, there was a sliding door that opened…

we were quite happy with the included tiles so didn't need to upgrade at all. with air-con, the system on offer could only cool/heat one zone at a time, so…

Hi SK ...... looking back through my blog, I discovered that our stacker doors were actually only increased from 2.1m to 2.4m. Sorry for misleading you! As we no longer…

I've fixed my blog so that the pics are all there again. Re-doing the pics was like re-living the whole experience!!
Our site supervisor had his good and bad points.…

Exciting times ahead!! Take lots of pics at your colour appt..... great to look back on while you're waiting to see it all come together!

Not Calderwood Valley, but not too far away! We built in Gerringong...... are building in Calderwood? If so, you'll probably have the same Site Supervisor we had..... if his initials…

Things may have changed since we built our house..... back then our house design included two pot drawers, but the kitchen was mostly cupboards. We changed two sets of cupboards…

we had the yes/mansion packages, but what's included depends on the design of the kitchen of each individual house. and yes, pull out bins are certainly available from bunnings/ikea/etc. We…

Maybe sliding door heights are different to stacker door height options? Maybe that's why they said they could only do 2.4m?
Each set of pot drawers was $525. We also…

We didn't experience them trying to talk us in to anything, so hopefully that won't happen for you either. We built a bit over three years ago so prices will…

We built with Masterton in 2014, in a new estate in the same town that we already lived. But with new estates come many other factors..... way too many neighbours,…

Hi sparrowsnest! I was reading your journey and thought I would post a couple of pics, in case you are still concerned about changing your bathroom windows and the privacy…

Cliveas do well in shady spots. I've had them under trees in a previous house, and I rarely watered them and they did really well.

i expect its fairly standard practice. Plus, you're looking at worst case scenario..... we only had the one ss, they claimed about 6 weeks in rain delays (and they were…

Our rain days were calculated as they occurred..... we received a letter every time the rain (or when they were roofing, the wind affected them as well) letting us know…

yep, we're the same with towels..... we always buy super soft bath sheets, and I doubt the ones M were giving would have been ones I would use anyway.

woohoo!!!!! happy days! its nice when you can finally say that its all done!!

Gorgeous!! Been in for 3 months and nearly finished painting....... and getting the plantation shutters installed today. Love living on acreage!!

I've seen a lot of peeps here get towels..... but we also got zip! I figured that our SS was/is just getting himself a nice collection by not handing them…

Hi Pommie..... you are quite right in saying that the SS is crucial to getting the build done. We only had the one SS during our build, but he was…

That looks soooooo much better!!!! It would have done my head in the way they originally installed it!!! 🤗🤗🤗

Not sure if it's the same for every job, but I know the guy who did ours also did all the skirtings and architraves. Only know this as I had…