I felt like we were overcaptilising, especially when our site costs were about 50k but our house came in exactly what we spent on it so that was a relief.

I found the clean with Dale Alcock to be quite amazing actually. I had budgeted a day for cleaning when we moved in but the house was impeccable. Whoever they…

Having built on a battle-axe block as well I think you just can't escape the extra site costs. Ours were around that as well but we also had to pay…

Wow that's a big bathroom, I love it. We didn't do feature tiles either and I haven't regretted it either. I think they will date very quickly.

I wanted an all white kitchen but then I got worried it would look too sterile so I did a half and half. I know our white was polar white…

We were going to put pendants in but I think we went a bit crazy on the downlights and we definitely don't need them down. Also because it's open plan,…

I would double check that contract, I thought ours said the same thing but it said they have 220 working days which is 44 weeks. They don't count public holidays…

Oo keep on top of stuff like that, they were trying to tell us it was our fault that the shelf was there and I was like that's ridiculous, why…

Congratulations on slab down that is awesome!!! It took us 9.5months from slab down to key handover so I don't know if you will get in that soon but I…

If another moment doesn't happen beforehand haha

Wow nofire, good on you for going through it and I wish you a swift and pleasant build. If you upload your photo onto photobucket, you can copy and past…

Would've liked to have met our CLO but she was on leave, key handover took all of 15mins and was a bit of an anti-climax tbh but I'm excited to…

From my experience, get everything in writing - get those pool guys to guarantee it in writing and that way if it does get damaged you've got recourse. Everything verbal…

I have been lurking ever since we bought our block in November but seeing that there are not too many rear block discussions or plans I thought I'd upload mine…

It really has been a rollercoaster and a very long 20month journey since we first looked at the land but key handover today so very excited

Mine is a similar height and is behind the kitchen cabinetry so you get full fridge depth. You can move it if you don't like it.

I know it would cost a lot more and they would need to get a tiler too as they didn't tile underneath it the ss was saying so guessing it…

Progress!!! Pool looks great too. Hope your floor tiles come in under budget.

I like blue bottle. I reckon go for it. In saying that I went really safe with my colour choices so I know where you're coming from but it's only…

We haven't installed ours yet so can't comment on their quality but Westral always send us fliers and pricing looks competitive so we will probably use them.

Don't be surprised with the variations that come throughout the build. At prestart we asked for a 450mm overhang on our kitchen island bench so we could have enough legrooom.…

We actually took our prestart lady's advice and went with the same colour benchtop and cupboard so it looks like one big cupboard, we are hoping it will look more…

We (Dale and my partner and I) could not find the dome for the first few months and it was finally located in the neighbours property but all the connections…

We both cook actually but I'll write down the merits of the Kitchenaid and do a bit of research, or I could just pay for it myself as what's his…

I had a huge driveway being a battleaxe and was quoted $10k for aggregate so we went with their tiles, I think I picked the same colour as you actually…

Wow it is amazing but not cheap though. I don't know if the other half will buy me one after paying for my thermomix but I'm certainly going to mention…

I just did my PCI last week and used an independent building inspector who climbed in the roof and did the walk around with us and even though he didn't…

I've got a thermomix for about 2 years and initially I was making everything in it. Now the novelty's worn off and I've kinda gone back to how I usually…