Hi all,
We've been in our house for about a month now and finding that the paint used is really bad and thin.
Everyday I'm finding new marks on walls and…

Hi all,
My partner and I will hopefully finally sign off on our new home this Monday and have been contemplating painting the internal wall that runs down the full lhs…

We had our most recent NHP on the 30th June and we still havnt been given the date of our next and hopefully last one will be. SS initially hoped…

Tell me about it! I thought part of his role was to make sure these issues were done and HBC were the ones that asked to delay the 2nd NHP…

We had our 2nd NHP yesterday and so frustrating to see that issues since our pre plaster inspection still haven't been fixed.
Sigh, I was kinda hoping to be moving…

tarajbrown I forgot to mention in my list of upgrades - the front door, driveway (standard is colored concrete) upgrading to exposed aggregate…

tarajbrown we built the 3 bedroom (23sq) version although we debated and kept changing our minds whether to go for the 3 or…

So we had our new home presentation yesterday. Darbecca were fantastic and very thorough. Overall 29 defects were picked up however most were minor cosmetic things such as paint finishes…

tarajbrown have you had your colour selection appointment? I've read somewhere that hbc have hanged their colour schemes. Not sure what the new…

puglover how is the quality of the blinds?
Initially we were going to delete them but in the end decided to keep them. We…

Hi all,
We've been advised our new home presentation is in 2 weeks time.
My partner and I purchased our land feb last year and it's exciting it's all coming to…

Went past the house yesterday and was pleasant surprised to see cabinets have been installed
Not happy though because they mixed up our laminate colors. The microwave tower etc was supposed…

For those who've had an independent inspection done, is it worth to have them come out to do a reinspection. My partner and I had Darbecca out to do a…

Bit of an update/vent
After about 2-3 weeks with nothing happening onsite bricking/lockup appears to now be finished. Gotta give the. Rockies a lot of credit as they worked right through…

My partner and I are annoyed with ourselves - we were looking over the final plans last night and realized the alfresco pillar is to be left as is. For…

@puglover To be honest I cant remember all of them but the ones I can have been Plum heating and cooling in Point Cook - they were the 2nd cheapest…

Drove past the block yesterday and found plumbing, gas and electrical wiring have been completed (forgot to bring my phone to take photos).Bricks have been delivered with the brickie to…

After months and months and months of waiting we finally have a slab!!! * Happy Dance
How long till HBC send us the invoice?

Our land settled yesterday!!
Our pre construction consultant has advised soil reports and survey have already been completed, just waiting on a few more reports then final drawings.
How long does…

Finally 8 months after we signed our contract we got an email from the developer to say that titles for our lot is expected to be released this week *…

@anyone92
Looking great.
Did you choose your color schemes from the set themes or did you go the custom route?
It seems like eons ago we chose our colors and I actually…

Hi Rooroo.
My partner and I are building there. We purchased a block in stage 9 with titling expected around September/October.
What about you?
I drove past the place last night and we…

After many back and forth emails HBC have agreed to change our facade #happydance
We of course have to pay the price difference between the facades but also an additional…

Ive read on here that HBC is pretty strict with post contract changes but has anyone actually had any luck changing anything?
My partner and I want to change our…

@Joelgia Thats what we will be doing as well once our land titles.
Our broker said we can look at getting conditional approval for the building component prior to settlement…

Were building in Truganina and ours was about 15k however add another 3k on top for temp fencing etc, which I would have thought would be included as part of…

We removed our heating too. My partner has a friend who can install ours after handover. May I ask how much credit you got back. After reading an earlier post…

impish73 Thanks for the photos. Your floors look amazing!!!
We were originally going to go with Coffee Oak but thought they would be too dark considering the Flinders exterior theme we…

To be honest they didn't really have much of a selection of anything, or at least thats what our consultant told us. You can swap between the different themes…

Yea the stacker doors are heaps cheaper than we thought. We originally thought they would come in at abt 800-1000! So we're pretty rapped with that!
We had our color consultation…