Congratulations, all the best!

We put an interest of purchase deposit on our land July 1st 2017, our conveyancer was sent the contract and above documents on July 7th 2017, you have 2 weeks…

Hi there,
Before you sign your contract you should receive documents such as sewer plan, 88B, design guidelines, bushfire BAL etc.
We are on Honeymyrtle Ave in 16A as well, and we…

Hey Angeliech & Gerald, fancy finding you on here
Will send you a pm!

Thank you, we'll be sharing our fence with 4 neighbours:
1 on left side
1 on rear
2 on right side (the properties back on to the side of ours)(one of them fell…

I see at the bottom of a lot of people's fences they have wood supporting it, is that a new thing now? Does everyone do it? I'd prefer not to...

Purchased in July 2017 for $350K
Bank valued at $350K when registered (June 2018)
Bank valued at $420K when applying for construction (September 2018)

Good idea, could open up a business!
Natural therapeutics!
Tony - chlorine would go against the organic side of the business

Hey ClaireBell,
We visited our land last night to scope out the damage, turns out we got a new pool and island, free of charge!

Hi everyone,
We attended our Walk Your Lot event day and noticed that only our front boundary was pegged out, not the rear... Was this the same for anyone else and…

Hi kandaan,
Our walk on land is next Sunday hopefully see you then! All the best to you

Hi kandaan,
My partner and I purchased lot 4030 on honeymyrtle Ave.
Cheers,
Shannon

Hi bucksaver, do you have a list of things which are additional on top of construction base price?
230k gets us a basic house with not too much inclusive, aircon, no…

How do you find the DP numbers? Any idea what this is for Stage 16A?

Following, I would also like to find out about Elderton as we are currently deciding between them and Simonds

Hi future neighbours,
My partner and I are in Stage 16A and will be building our first home here.
Just looking for recommendations for a builder, our budget is 230K.
We visited the…

Does anyone else's land have to comply with The Building Envelope Restriction? I'm unable to locate it to determine what exactly our land has to comply with as we didn't…

Thank you Akon5!
Congrats to you too! All good, ours didn't state on the price list that it was all rated, and when I looked at…

Hi Willowdale'rs,
My partner & I (finally) secured a lot in Stage 16A, 250m2.
It doesn't have any easements on it, 10x25m - 10m frontage. looks good from an overview. The sewer…

Hi CD12JD,
Thank you for your response.
I'll make sure we get some comfy camping chairs and sleeping blankets to make camp at the doors. Do they start to line up at…

Hi all,
My partner and I have received a pre-approval from our lender of $350K with our $35K deposit.
So the next land release that comes out we'll likely be purchasing a…

Hi all,
My partner and I checked out the display home in Willowdale for Elderton Homes. We liked their Acacia design, costs are 230K with standard inclusions to fit on a…

Update: I just spoke with a couple builders today: Elderton homes and Travelle homes:
* Elderton homes have a house which can fit on 300m2 block for 230K with standard inclusions…

Wow sounds hefty, so far it looks like the final costs to construct is around the 280k mark even for the basic options... A lot more than I was expecting
Jenifermarie…

Thanks Jenifermarie, how much did your house come to in total with the BAL rating? I think we might need to get land with BAL to find something in…

Oh okay, I guess we may have to consider 2 story as well depending on the depth, is a 2 story same pricing as single? Otherwise how much more would…

Thanks for your reply whitey22
What would we be looking at for a nice place but not over the top, hoping to keep the extras to a minimum...

Hi all,
I'm new to this forum - I saw a post on Whirlpool which recommended signing up with this if you're looking to build a house.
My partner and I are…