haha, no wasn't offering my services. Trying to motivate you to DIY
Interesting with the slab, with our KDR the engineers specified a waffle with…

Re the capping of the sewer, we did it ourselves. Took a full day to dig it out. Purchase a small Ozito jack hammer to break up the ground and…

Should allow $70-$100k for options which includes flooring, bricks, tile upgrade etc.
Will be closer to $100k if you opt for ducted cooling.
Allow another $30-$50k for post handover expenses and that…

Hi Mirz,
Great to hear from you and glad to hear you've settled in well.
We have our 12 month inspection in a couple of weeks and hope to have a similar…

you can mix them up in sense of having cool in your bathrooms and warm in your living areas.

Wasn't Henley's as we did our own flooring.
We used Airstep underlay, I think the yellow variant which cost an additional $1k for the first floor.
Noise from people shouting upstairs not…

No, nothing at all.
Opted for the carpet and premium underlay which I reckon would be quieter than boards with acoustic underlay.
But hey, if you don't like carpet, you'll be happy…

It's an opinion game at the end of the day.
Hope you love it.

Agree you need to be very careful as you can spend a lot of money on marginal improvements.
There are people that have spent big $ on sub floor noise…

Well done Snyde, you should end up with a lovely and more importantly, sound home.
Agree with the independent inspector and IMO allow up to 4 weeks for the items to…

yeap, love the floor.
What did you go with in the end?

That's correct they are recessed into the bottom of the overhead cupboard.
They weren't cheap from memory, around $400 a pair.
Good pick up Snyde, ours are also cool white which doesn't…

Hi Drew,
I've seen a Lucas Morris home which has also been built on stumps.
Will be interested to see how you go with pricing, heard they charge $60k+ for stumps over…

yeah its pretty chaotic at the moment. Can't even walk properly I'm that sore.
In the last month we have
-installed the evap cooling
-floorboards
-carpets
- blinds
-alarm and video intercom
- built a retaining wall…

Not far away now, looking good!!!

We're in Victoria.
Yeap they were pretty good. From memory site costs increased by about $5k as a result of 2nd soil test.
To their credit, all costs communicated during the sales…

Looking good!
If you are going to hang your TV's on the wall, might want to ask if you can install a couple of noggins if required.

We installed a Breezair unit for $4300.
Didn't really obtain a price from Mainvue as they didn't offer the Breezair.
If you purchase from the builder you'll need pay the builders margin…

Hi Neth,
Apologies as its been a while since the last update.
Handover was last Thursday and today we had the evap cooler installed.
Carpet will be the very last item to be…

Sorry Snyde,
I wouldn't be relying on any builders QA to give me peace of mind.

Greetings Mirz,
Glad to hear you're enjoying the new home...

I believe it used to be mandatory to have the step down and then they changed it.
It's only now required if your driveway slopes towards the garage.
Regardless its still a…

The plan is to do it myself. The design is pretty simple.
The hardest part for me will be installing the retaining wall which I haven't done before.
Hopefully by taking my…

Sorry, Nothing in the way of new internal pics

Forgot to ask, how did they fill the holes created when the rocks (boulders) were removed?

Yeah we have thought about the landscaping.
Given the blocks slopes about 80cm from right to left the priority is to build a retaining wall on the LHS so we can…

can't wait.
This will be the first Ultima façade we get to see......

nope not yet.
It's almost 2 weeks since the NHP and not sure when the outstanding items are expected to be completed (haven't spoken
to anyone since the NHP).
Generally, the…

Good stuff Synde, things will motor along from this point.

The Glass door to the Butler's looks great!