Congrats to Loks and Bigmama on getting keys. Especially Bigmama, yours was a looong process.
I hope your appliances are lovely. I tried my oven for the first time last night…

Loks, not that much room on survey, actually. We intend to write a longer review somewhere to highlight what was good and what was not.
Ses, no gift as far…

Thanks everyone. It is good to have the keys but we still have a fair bit to do before it feels like a home. Our SS suggested the pics would…

We had handover yesterday! The bank sent valuer the same day so we ended up paying our PCI and other final amounts from our money rather than hoping the bank…

Big Mama, sorry to hear you still have incomplete items and delays. I know some earlier posters moved in with some things unfinished (driveway is one I recall) but it…

Ses, frame inspections usually occur after bricks and roof. Ours was after these and my notes for other posters suggests theirs were too. So hopefully you haven't missed it but…

Hi All,
Good to see your bricks are on the way, Ses.
Woo, driveway! Congrats Big Mama.
EK, another 2 weeks? That's a bit sad. Hope it goes quickly.
Loks, sounds like…

Loks, we are doing ok. We have kitchen benchtop. Unsure if we have vanitites/shower screens or baths yet as we have just peeked in windows.
Good to see everyone's updates,…

Quach, our contract said that the builder takes any unused materials (clause 11.4). I asked at contract if they could modify contract to let us keep some extra roof tiles…

Hi guys,
EK1976, exciting to have handover! Nice kitchen. I hope you can organise fencing quickly so you can plan the move.
Hills_build, so sorry to hear things aren't up to…

Loks, we finally got our front door on Yesterday and there are lots of internal doors in one of the rooms so I am hoping they're fitting those today. They…

Loks, we have the exact same staircase! I loved climbing our ladder to go upstairs on our inspection. We're on a very similar time frame to you, same estimated lock…

Banka, some of the extra costs can be lessened by investigating site costs and cutting back on variations. Some people pay for tenders from different builders to decide what is…

EK, we're near the forest on Bluestone.
Ses, while we were waiting our build to start I kept saying 'let's just live in a tent on our land!'. Now it…

Bricks are in high demand! Well... brickies are anyway. We have had bricks sitting by our frame for a few weeks but have been assured the bricklayers will start soon.…

Our slab prep is done and we're hoping they pour it early next week. I agree that it is great to see things happening on site (as opposed to less…

Huge congratulations Big Mama! You have been waiting for so long to get council sorted so I am really happy for you!
We've been in council for almost 8 weeks now…

So exciting to see a few of you have moved in! Congratulations! Your houses all look great!
Mckz, your kitchen is so shiny! I am thinking black and white too but…

Also with corner lots the fencing has to start 10m behind front of house so a lot of the side yard becomes front yard. The design guidelines that MR can…

Wow Upsize, it looks amazing. Also yay for Mars and Bazinga. I love seeing the progress!
We have our first tender and version B plans now. Getting there. Just to confirm…

Thanks AiryFairy and Rochelle and Craig. I do have mainly simple colours and my partner (in crime?) Likes light colours best. All our furniture is black and ivory and I…

Oh KJ that is really annoying! Especially since the legs were exciting. Hope it gets organised soon.
We are yet to choose colours so feel free to tell me what you…

Welcome Yogi! We too are selling (apartment, not house) and cooling off has just finished. Still waiting to finalise settlement date. Hope yours all goes smoothly!
We have sent plans back…

Dream home, so sorry to hear about the rock. I hope it isn't too bad. Got my fingers crossed for you getting in for Christmas.
Good life, colours sounds exciting. We…

I walked around about 4.30pm on Saturday and any cars I saw I wondered if they contained forum people. I am disproportionately excited that there are tufts of grass growing…

Saw your PCI update Renski. I love your bathroom colours. My partner prefers light bathroom floor though so I think we'll be doing that.
I love the name waffle pods.…

Nice frames mars!
Bazinga, we're building the aria 35.7 but with some modifications. Still looking over plans so quite a way to go.

AiryFairy, hope the land dries up soon. I am picturing one trying to dry it with some kind of industrial fan/hair dryer.
Happy birthday DreamHome! Congrats on the slab.
No kids…

I started reading a few of your blogs. They're great!
twhjc2014, We are also building a house that doesn't have a display home for us to check out. Making measurements and…

UpsizeTime, that looks amazing! It's great that they're working hard and that things are moving so quickly.
We have some preliminary plans but only the front elevation. We asked for the…