Thanks for your replies,
I am definately past all those things and I found it in my contract and we have everything.
And I got great news today we should have hand…

Hi all,
I just recieved my fixings invoice, when is the house considered to be at fixings stage?
I still need shower screens, wardrobe doors, door handles, insulation, kitchen sink…

Wow, $17K seems like nothing to me. You want a horror story, I was quoted $75K by Adenbrook!!!!! I still ended up paying $28 with our current builder.
Cheer…

Well it took longer than we thought to get the slab laid. Because we had so much fill and were having a piered slab we had to wait 10…

Congratulations!!
It's looking good. We try to wait till Sundays to go out as I feel weird walking around the block when builders are on it.
Keep the photos coming.

Oh you poor thing. A plumbing issue is the last thing you need when moving in to a house you have waited sooooo long for. I hope they…

I don't really want to keep the tiles as I hate cleaning grout.
As for keeping stainless clean, I had a stainless steel splashback behind my hydrobaths when I was a…

Hi all,
I posted this question on my topic in building a new house but thought I would post it in here too.
I have recently been given the option of changing…

Well fingers crossed the rain stops in the next couple of days because my slab is booked in to be poured on Friday and I've waited too long for it…

Congratulations Phoenix.
Well today's Monday so ONE MORE SLEEP!!!!!! I bet tonight will be a long one.
Can't wait to see photos and hope everything goes smoothly.
Jet

Good Luck with the council, that's where all our problems started.

Who did you decide to build with Mike? I see you have pegged out an area I assume is where you are putting your house?

Thanks Guys, you've made me feel really welcome.
Now I just have to stop myself driving out there EVERY day. Petrol is too expensive. Maybe twice a week won't…

Beautiful house, I am sure I'm not going to be the only one taking ideas from what you've done.
I love colour framed in white!!!

It is a personal choice, land size is a big problem these days and if you want enough rooms for the family you sometimes have to go with a two…

Hello all,
It has been a while since I have been on to the forum as we had sooooo many problems up until now. We even entertained the idea of…

Thanks Blackmax that's good advice.
I actually went in to the council today to fix a bungle the builder and council had made and was really happy with their response.…

Hey, what's been happening with the build? Have they fixed your roof yet?

Ok, so it might not be simple to move the files to a different system but I know that there are some staff in this department that moved to Logan.…

Ok, bear with me I need to vent.
Due to our builder taking their sweet time getting our plans into council we found our application got stuck in the middle of…

Stratco sell everything for the wire and glass rails and fences. A lot more reasonably priced than what the builders want to charge. As long as you or…

Your house is looking awesome Ricci. Won't be long now.
Please post photos when your floors are in, we are thinking dark wood as well and would love to see…

Sounds like you've caused a bit of a headache for building companies everywhere Ladyice!!
Everyone's…

Wow, I must have missed your last post. Your house is looking great. Keep the updates coming.

Wow your house is looking great.
We are building at Spring Mountain on 1.5 acres, so just around the corner.
Keep the photos coming.
Jet

Congratulations Sue, that's so exciting. It's looking good.

Your brickies have done a nice job Phoenix. It's really coming along and looking great. Lets hope the rain your predicting won't put them too far behind.

Oh Yvette, you have had nothing but problems getting this build done in a reasonable time, haven't you?
Post some photos and that might make you feel better.... Maybe I…

Now if you could just knock down that power pole your view would be perfect

Those other photos of the land had amazing views but you said the building area was flatter?
Get the builder to come out and give you an estimate on what they…