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We were concerned due to hearing all those horror stories including good friends of ours who built with a different builder, but we would happily recommend our builders to…

Sorry I havent posted for a while, everything happened so quickly and i have no internet so epic post today
We have a couple of issues…

Just got the invoice for lock up, never been so happy to see a bill for that much
Our SS said we can come…

We go and visit once or twice a day. We live just down the street from our build so its great after a long day at work to drive and…

Everything has happened so fast, our land settled on 19th of May, the site cut was booked in for the 30th of May, but they ended up doing it a…

Hi smokey,
All builders have pros and cons. My husband and I went to DFH and R!vergum and go to the stage of putting the deposits down, if UE wasnt…

we got lucky as we have a pretty flat block, only 300mm fall

We are so excited I have been reading the forum for some time and have been waiting for the day i could…

we got our site costs capped at $9500, with $600 allowance (the only one) to do the survey pegs again if they get stolen.
We are building in Melton. Where are…

Our court looks like this so far, we live very close so we go by every couple of days to look at our lovely dirt patch
We chose bathurst bricks, barrimundi…

We have put a deposit on a block in Arnolds Creek and are waiting almost patiently for settlement which is due around Feb/March
After…

Hi lot 306.
We are building with Urbanedge and we have just finished our colour appointment with them and due to have our tender appointment in a couple of weeks.…

My hubby has done bricklaying for a while and he said rendering is very difficult for beginner .... but you can bag it without too much difficulty. The finish isnt…

off topic a little, being a property manager I thought I would add my two cents in about the solar gas boosted hot water service.
Half the maintenance I do…

Nope, no lopsided land sales just incorrect names. I wouldn't mind the tea lady doing the job if it meant the right names were on the papers they sent out.…

Im not sure what our official titling is, I will have to ask them, but I don't have much confidence in them as they couldnt get our names right and…

hey all, just spoke to G at the land sales for an update on the timeline and he said due to all the rain we have been having they are…

Yeah thanks for that, ive got strelitzia reginae on the list along with canna lily, dracaena, tiger grass or some bamboo, assorted palms etc

thanks for the replies!
im trying to find tropical looking plants that will survive (and flourish) in melb and all its seasons and couldnt find much on bananas
when i pctured bananas…

I was wondering if someone could tell me what type of plant this is: its on this website http://www.vanleeuwengreen.com/gallery/award/ and the 14th picture down, the big…

they range, a whole lot are at 400sqm, but average at 500sqm, the larger ones are usually the corner ones
i hadnt seen the advertised anywhere but we saw the board…

i know we looked at peppermint grove across the road and the land we got in Arnolds creek was $5k more but we got an extra 200sqm

thanks everyone
Im already in the neighbourhood, we live across the road and down a bit from our block, so we can walk across and keep a keen eye on progress,…

thanks!

hey all, my hubby n I just put a deposit down on land and are looking at the generation 2600 and at the moment burbank are offering a turn key…

when we were looking at plans today we asked the builders if we can do a 28 day cure, which shouldnt be a problem, but im now wondering if the…

hey all, me and hubby paid the deposit and signed the papers for our block in Arnold's Creek today!
We were told it will…

Hi all, ive recently found this wonderful resource! So much info to take in, ive been reading for a week and only skimmed the top, lol.
My question is has anyone…