We went through some of the same issues as you last year as well. We have drop edge beams on a lot that appeared flat with less than half a…

We didn’t and we regret it. We only have a hinged door to the outside and it gets really warm in there unless we open the door.
We have a heat…

We live opposite one of the storm water detention pits. It did it’s job and we had no flooding issues.
Before the storm

After the storm

We have been through this
Clothesline - not required for IOC, only FOC. We don’t have one installed yet.
Fences - not required for IOC, only FOC. We had a rear…

We started in late Feb and had handover 2 weeks ago - they claimed 25 rain days with us.

We made ours 750 deep. I think the standard is 700. It’s not the cavity depth that is the issue. It’s that the doors need to be clear of the…

The floor tiles are DCT20694 (White Matt). I can’t find a name for them although. I can’t remember the exact cost but because they’re ceramic, not porcelain they weren’t a…

The fridge is a new one from Electrolux - EHE6899SA
There is a black stainless steel version too but we felt like we had enough black happening already and it matched…

It’s been a week since handover and we’re finally making some progress towards our house being like a home. It’s felt like a never ending list of deliveries, trades, building…

Exhausting day but we got our keys yesterday
Few small issue still outstanding. Our rain tank is being checked on Monday because it’s leaking and we have a Di Lorenzo…

From what I’ve seen they’re glued to the tiles. We have a couple of them being replaced and it’s likely they will be done after handover so if I’m around…

The older contracts generally had a 30 weeks as the default build period. Most of us in construction at the moment are in the same scenario that the build period…

Wisdom do it on our behalf. They had the inspector going through this afternoon but our SS expected a few things would need to be done still before they will…

We had a really successful PCI inspection this morning. No major issues found by our private inspector or us.
Nearly everything was cosmetic - paint and plaster touch ups, redoing…

We have 1.45m setback where the water tank is. I’m not sure of the exact width. It’s about 70-80cm wide I think.
Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale

Our water tank is a slimline tank from Kingspan Water
Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale
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Is a slim water tank an upgrade??
It’s the included water tank. Here…

It’s the included water tank. Here are some pictures. The pipes have all been painted monument to match since these photos.


Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale

Our water tank is a slimline tank from Kingspan Water
Building Wisdom Aspiration 31 at Willowdale
https://ourwillowdalehome.wordpress.com/

I picked up offcuts of all our tiles from the build site when the tiling was done a few months ago. I didn’t really want to buy a box of…

I assume sewerage must be connected because the tradies are using our toilets! Or I certainly hope it’s connected.
Gas I don’t know. I was expecting that to be a…

Not at all, the neighbour has had the scaffold up since March when we our frames went up. Wisdom has never had access to install them.
We only got contact…

We got our PCI date today scheduled for 22nd October so fingers crossed for handover around 5th November.
Only real issue we are aware of is our neighbour has…

Congratulations! We were just short of that at 16 months but our delays were partially land delays. I can 100% tell you it feels better once you have something happening…

When I get an unscheduled call from our SS my heart always drops because it’s usually a heads up on a delay.
But when I get a text, it always…

I know exactly what you mean, we’ve been through 2 cycles of gyprock fixes and painting. Then we’ve had fixes to skirting etc so the painters need to come back…

I’m looking forward to seeing yours come to life. It really sounds like it’s going to be an incredible build when the admin gets across the line.
Building Wisdom Aspiration…

Another week of slow progress for us (week 30 since slab/33 since scrape) - QA team finally showed up after 2 weeks of being cancelled and delayed because they were…

We’re doing our blinds externally, the sales guy pointed it out to us.
It basically means they have to be attached on the wall above the window/door instead of within…

We have square set in the bathrooms. It was automatic with floor to ceiling tiling.
Not sure if it would incur a redraw fee. The square set sills are noted…

We did this too. Almost none of the plumbing fixtures we selected were advertised on the Reece website but they were all coded and available in their system when we…