oh wow I LOVE all the finishing touches. It has come together so beautifully what an ultimate entertainers house that is! My favourite part has to be the dog portrait…

We originally had a glass splash back behind our sink but changed this over to stone (so we essentially would have had two separate glass splash backs). Our laundry splash…

Hi we have glass/window splash back I thought that was standard of most of their plans? We just extended the length of ours and moved it to where the stovetop…

We did our range hood through TA and all other appliances post handover (including induction) if that helps put your mind at ease too. The risk to do the induction…

Hi Everyone

I’ve had quite a few people ask me about some post handover expenses so here is a rough guide based on my own experience to help those:

Landscaping:…

Just had a look at the receipt
Ball - 50cm
Pear - 45cm
Cigar (Long) - 60cm
I think the Ball in a 60cm size or even a cluster of a couple of different…

Are you looking for more fabric, glass, structured, rattan etc?
Some recommendations - Toledo from About Space, there's a few nice ones at Lucretia, Hub Furniture for the Paris Au mis…

Total spend was $74k for landscaping (although we got a discount on the pavers).
This includes - site clear, garden beds, plants, lawn, irrigation system, driveway and concreting down side of…

We provisioned a bit - just remember anything upstairs can always be done post handover as the electricians will be able to access the manhole we just had to make…

Hi sorry I just updated the post as I realised I didn't include in the trades/suppliers we used for the pool.
We went with Narellan - Jason from the South East…

Ah yes I see what you mean now I thought you mean our neighbour's shed wall!
Yes this has been capped, sorry that was an old photo I put up -…

Do you mean that piece of white cardboard next to the door? We're waiting on a plantation shutter for there - we just put that there in the mean time…

Husband cleaned the front over the weekend as a lockdown job. He's pretty proud. We are just waiting on the final render on the retaining walll and then we'll organise…

what do you mean by capping it? its our neighbours so I'm not sure what we're allowed to do.
yes our poor pooch can't wait to get up on the…

hi everyone! thought i would share with you some pictures of our landscaping and a few from around the house. we've had most of our post handover stuff complete now.
We…

looks incredible! i saw those in the lucretia showroom and thought - my tiny staircase void is definitely not magnificent enough for these beauties - but a void as grand…

wow did you render that wall yourself? i can't even get my husband to hang a painting

wow looks stunning! and the sheers have turned out magic can't wait to see the pool once its in! love globe west we got a lot of our furniture from…

We also went with Jason who TA recommended and had approval from council fairly quickly. I’d recommend going with him from our ow experience.

I would definetly recommend going with a volume builder rather than project managing yourselves. I’ve see a lot of dual occ builds in the bentleigh east / Kingston area with…

Just in time for lockdown 4.0 our new dining table arrived - we designed and commissioned our stonemason Rococo Stoneworks to create this piece of 3 meter magic for us…

We purchased lights from:
AboutSpace - showroom on St Kilda Road
Lucretia Lighting - showroom in Prahran. A lot of their online product isn't in the showroom though.
Amonson - I think a…

Hi Everyone! I know there was a lot of people asking about the wine room which has been fully installed now so thought I would share some pictures with you…

Bit of both. They might end up doing it at the PCI stage though just in case there are any more trades coming through who scratch and dent things along…

We only had two render colours - domino for the shadow clad and silkwort for the render colour. It's come up really nicely. You can ask TA for some addresses…

absolutely get TA to fix any issues you have with joinery. You are paying for a premium volume builder so there are certain standards they need to adhere to. We…

Lovely to see another TA build journey on here. It is crazy to see the difference in timeline pre and post COVID. We really only engaged TA a few months…

There was actually a TA house built on our current street about 5 years ago that was used as a display home. We were also able to visit 2 other…

Hello! I'm excited to join your neighbourhood soon!
Yes we've enjoyed the journey - there are always going to be hurdles with whatever builder you go with but overall the experience…