The frame guys have been working at a cracking pace and the first floor frame has gone up. The granny flat frame has also gone in and is looking great.
Trend…

We've taken the plunge and are building a Majestic 35 (almost 40 after modifications) with granny flat.
Reading the posts and blogs on this site has been really helpful so we've…

The frames arrived on Wednesday in not so little stacks on the front yard.
Treated frames, blue steel beams, roof trusses and bracing are all ready to be put together.

We came…

We're doing our door intercom post handover but pre-wiring it. $1,400 is steep for a basic intercom. Panasonic make some nice wireless ones with portable monitors for much less.

The moment we've been waiting on for so long happened this week! The concreters came and poured the slab for both the main house and granny flat!

Ausgrid came by yesterday…

Congrats kidsbuggingme! The slab looks great!
Not very happy with Wisdom Landscapes.
When we got our original quote we were quite concerned by the large number of items that were quoted as…

You finally did it kidsbuggingme! Blog looks great. We were wanting to get merbau posts for the front but were quoted something ridiculous. What did you end up paying for…

Good luck trying to get the contract changed. We found it's pretty much a take it or leave it proposition.
Your mileage may vary.
Wisdom have added many of their own clauses…

Hi all, we took a visit to the site today and piering, formwork for the slab had been done. There was activity as the plumbers were on site installing drainage…

After ages in admin we've finally got some movement on the site!!
We have the the loo, fence, silt control installed. The loo reminds us of the Tardis!
And last week the…

Thanks HomeOne for tickets! We went to the show yesterday and got lots of great tips and ideas for our new home. Fantastic to be able to talk to all…

I think most people will say most pre-build issues will be around the many admin errors and long turnaround times on changes through Estimating.
I can't speak for the build stage…

Cass - your new block looks huge! Hope it goes well with MJH. Will definitely pick your brains through the build!
Onewheel - definitely been a long time coming! We've…