Personally, I would add two way switch for the entry, so you have opportunity to turn lights on/off at either end, if also add PowerPoint somewhere in the hall, so…

Take off like 30% and give them that figure, if they can’t do irk with that then it won’t work, as there’s always upgrades and additions that will happen regardless

That will all depend on how well your builder laid out your slab, they could be off by as much as 100mm at times

When you say the boundary peg was moved, do you mean the one that sticks up that you can see, or the one that is buried in the ground nearby…

We have fibre to the premises, which means it is fibre optic cable all the way to the box in your garage, where you then get a copper port to…

Our electricity box is recessed into the wall of our WIR, probably about 2-3m from our heads when we are sleeping.
Regarding how close the gas meter is, see this picture

We did ours with about 2-3 weeks remaining of the three months. You’ve still got nobody behind you do you, can the Machinery not come through the back?

I think we were in council for 5-6 weeks maybe

Did you notice that on the initial plan it says 1.5m high and the second says 1.0m high. Even with the extra length, it should cost less to do the…

Pinnyanddee are getting their driveway done this morning, I’m looking at doing turf out the back this weekend, and I think igzz said they were looking at around 4 weeks…

There’s a meat and greet bbq this Friday night at the Sales office. See you there

Also depends on the size of the house, our Eden Brae Drysdale 27 has a 32 week contract, which included the 3 week Christmas closedown
Last time we built it was…

Simply have your inspector call the builder and arrange a time for them to go through the house, after they have provided you with the report ton u can hen…

We spent $370k on our 27sq single storey house. Given that you would also need stairs, have additional wet areas and other two storey structural needs, I don’t think what…

On new builds the upstairs plumbing is generally run between the joists supporting the upstairs floor. That is within the framing of the upstairs floor/downstairs ceiling. Are you in an…

That’s us, sandwiched between construction sites on either side at the moment

Hi there, peeps across the road here. I can confirm that the the builder on the left did do the left hand pile, watched then doing it while cutting driveway…

We put in our tender Dec 2016
Land registered Jan 2017
Started on site Jun 2017
Handover Dec 2017

Brickwork begins in the slab, with where the slab is sitting on the ground where it has been formed up, this is anywhere from 100-250mm above the ground level. When…

We got it done by a guy we have used before, we can pass his details on to you if you like. Got it rendered by someone he works with…

Saw you there on Saturday while I was laying turf. Out at the moment, but when I get back I’ll take a shot of the work they’ve done.

Hey bugslife,you’re powering along. After being pegged out on Saturday, they’re now scraping your block today

Typically the builder will give you an interim occupancy certificate, which will enable you to move in and inhabit the building. You can then get additional floor coverings and driveway…

The easement is ONLY for access to your property for construction/maintenance of the wall built on the zero lot. If they want access to do any landscaping or concreting, they…

At the last place we owned we had a master suite downstairs, with a second master upstairs, and we had no end of trouble in trying to sell it. Nobody…

Site scrape on June 5th, PCI next Wednesday with handover a couple of weeks after that. 27sq single storey

Looks good, no steps is awesome
They also ended up doing a screed on the Alfresco as well, so basically no step when going outside either

They aren’t in breach of contract, as you haven’t satisfied all your items as per the contract (meaning you haven’t signed the final building contract and given it back to…

Yeah, we got ours thru the builder as well, cost about $450 or so

Ok, so had a meeting with the supervisor on Wednesday, and surprisingly he has pretty much guaranteed we’ll be in for Christmas
After last week when he said we’d be…