The final 'valuation' has absolutely nothing to do with a valuation amount or worth but whether all the items have been completed as per contract and variations, speak to them…

We were quoted over $20k for our WIR, ended up spending $2700 on Ikea robes. Still have to have mirrors to have fitted and need to finish up some of…

We went with wooden stairs with white risers and couldn't be happier, they bring a certain quality to your home that is hard to match with carpet. As for safety…

Hi Lizzy, its Charcoal Heather.

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I haven't gotten a quote for carpeting the stairs yet but am told it would be a lot cheaper. I've always wanted a timber staircase with the white risers…

We upgraded from gas cooktop to Smeg induction for $1600 which was pretty good as they retail for over $3k. Also when they came to install it, it was no…

The additional cost is in the steel beam required to hold the bricks, the actual cladding does work out more depending on type.....I paid over $2k to upgrade to cladding…

We had to get them to redo it a number of times.....it was like they had never done it before.....still not entirely happy with the result but after that many…

15mins? That doesn't sound right, we live down the road from your place and Rouse Hill shopiing centre is 5mins drive

This just indicates the cut required due to the slope of the land and perhaps a drop edge beam, as in our case.

Thanks....would be great if they gave us the champagne but it was ours....we did get the towel set & tool trolley which was great. They do however expect you to…

Got our keys yesterday.....great milestone to finally achieve after 2 years. Still a few things for Clarendon to fix up next week though but happy to be able to start…

Handover scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.....exciting times

We looked at a battle axe property in Kellyville that was 1000m2, we didn't like the caged in feeling and the fact you share your boundary with many more neighbours.…

We had bricks 100% complete before roof went on.

PCI was scheduled for Fri but stairs guy had to complete last coat of French polish on stairs, didn't want to reschedule so SS met me onsite at 6:30am to…

Hey SB, I notice you don't have oven, hob and extractor installed, is this something they still have to do after they've handed over?

Yeah I had a similar experience with him, did not sound all there when I spoke to him.

Hey light, banks do not generally do milestone inspections at all, not unless you're an owner builder. Every bank will however need to have a final valuation done which is…

Can you believe it......1 day out from final bank valuation which us required for final payment and our main bathroom door is missing.....SS said that this is not unusual as…

Final walk through scheduled for next Wednesday then keys a week later......that will make it 32 weeks including Xmas which is quite good considering it took over 2 months to…

Hansen, an all-white kitchen looks good too! What type of splashback are you getting?
We supposed to be getting a Starphire glass splashback but still to decide on the colour......have recently…

Thanks mate....once you get to internals things will definitely speed up considerably.

Thanks, its Charcoal Heather...not too sure about it but hopefully when the floor is on it looks better.

Less than 2 weeks before PCI, it has been over 2 years since we moved into the rental and will be so glad to move!
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If you have capacity on the electrical curcuit then it makes sense to upgrade to double power points during the build, from recollection it only cost around $10 to upgrade…

We're going with the Karndean vinyl planks for our downstairs, is costing same price as hardwood flooring so hope it doesn't look cheap . We went for the vinyl…

We got over $400 back from our main walk in robe.

We've gone for middle ground......30mm. Works out quite pricey as the 30mm has no edging.