Looks like they are clearing your block today ready for footings Mon445!
Shouldn't be long now!!

Hi Mon,
Yes despite my slackness in upgrading progress shots, our handover date is Jan 22nd! Looking forward to it - pre handover inspection brought up a couple of minor issues…

No this is the last time we saw him. However it was the first time it was without his car which was odd.

We had our tiler meeting this morning. On track for PCI on December 18th.
The only issue that popped up is we have spoon drains included not soakwells, despite having the…

So, sorry for the whole 2 months of no updates and all...we have been flat out and forgot to keep this up to date!
We are now in lock up, and…

Hi, just want to bump this and see if anyone has this issue, and has any tips and tricks. Our numbers are increasing throughout construction, and there is now thousands…

Hi Mon,
I saw your block today - great location - who did you go with for the build? There is a Home Group WA slab about to go down 2…

Anyone had/having issues with Portugese Millipedes in Burns Beach. Our home under construction is covered in them and worried we will be plagued by them when we move in
Thanks

Hi Bob,
I am an investor myself, as well as working for a home builder (I specialise in Ellenbrook/Aveley areas).
$312k sounds a lot for an Ellenbrook build and there is a…

Fridge recess is 900mm standard - we increased to 1200 then realised that was massive and went down to 1000mm - plenty of room for a double door

No I think ours were $130 per square metre but we negotiated a better price. Total area was 71.20 square metres. Skirting was around $1600 so got it around $105…

No we have left carpet in bedrooms, games and theatre. $9000 is for timber to the remaining rooms, and skirting to all rooms (including carpeted areas)

We went through Touch of Class Flooring and got Spotted Gum Engineered Timber Floorboards, as opposed to Dales Timber Laminate. Overall it's costing us $9000 including skirting to ALL rooms…

So, despite a 2 - 3 week wait quoted, we have brickies on site only 3 days after the bricks were delivered. They have been working Tuesday - Friday so…

Thanks all - direct stick seems to be the verdict, although all people at timber shops say the opposite - more profitable in labour perhaps to float them?
Anyway - bricks…

Thanks for the help!
Our bricks are due to arrive on Friday, and brickies to start within a week of that, so considering current delays that isn't too bad I don't…

Hi ReenReen, congratulations on handover and good luck with the trades all working out on time!
I have a question regarding the render colours - how has it turned out with…

I have a question for people following the thread that have gone for engineered timber floorboards in your homes.
We have ordered ours and at this point have opted for a…

OK so, as of last Thursday WE HAVEA SLAB!
Not bad since we only signed building contracts in March!
Looking forward to the rest of the journey. Completion date is currently…

Hi Ajoncs,
Yes we went with them, saw them in a few displays and loved them. The cost for 2 showers was $1929. Because we eliminated tiling it also reduced the…

Thanks for the tip!
The only problem With that is then the TV will be out of whack with the dining room table and more importantly…

We now have a tap!!!!!
And also, final drawings are back for the house. We are stoked with everything, however we have a problem. We are ubsure where to place our…

OK - looking like pre start is going to be finalised tomorrow and our land has also settled on Monday meaning things are really motoring along!
We have changed our kitchen…

It's about 5.5 x 4m - not huge but the pool itself is $22k and then the fencing and paving another 5-7k

So, I drove past our block today and....we have a sign!!
Very quick progression since we only sign building contracts around 4 weeks ago, and we haven't settled on the block…

Thanks for the replies.
We have had the letterbox design re modified to be 4 courses higher and not quite as long - it has come in just under $3000…

It is a fairly large letter box - painted, rendered and including faceplate and engraving. See picture attached
http://www.dalealcock.com.au/sites/defa ... k-042W.jpg

We are getting the pre finished Skirting Boards so they don't require painting. Yes because we are doing the timber floors after we would have to do the skirting after…

Also, who has Foxtel in Burns Beach? If so, is yours cable or Satellite? I thought the area was all cable but have seen a few Satellite Dishes on the…

Well we have our costings back!
Only $5000 over budget too - much better than we thought!
Only downside is they wont let us do…