they are on the smaller side around 20 houses a year - Total Building Development And Design. I am so gald we didn't go with someone of the volume builders…

wow I haven't had any issues we started drawing up desgins in April 2012 signed contracts end of May and we are getting brick up next week. Ours is custom…

Went for a walk today to see the house and discovered this

woo whoo coming along now.....assuming the rain stay's away

It's seems to be common issue in my area the moment, having said that we didn't have our land undervalued but we did with our build. Where abouts are you…

It feel really slow! I am so glald we aare not waiting on titles or anything like some people. I don't think I could have waited a year to see…

I would be p'd off if tradies where leaving butts and things around the house. Long as clean and no evidence after they leave I am fine with it, but…

Now it's feeling real - bricks and windows

We went with the Bendigo Bank and our manager was great. He pushed everything though so we could sign our contracts with the builder before the FHBG finished. The whole…

wow I would be going through the roof - ours took about a week and a half from start to end inculding getting the valuation done.

Bank's will always take a very conservitive approch to valuation. All up our land was valued at the price we paid but our house was $20,000 under. It's only going…

Yay went to the block and found lots of wood .....
how cool

Given the lack of finish I have seen in some display homes it's a worry The one's near me are really bad.

raining today - that is meant to be good for the slab isn't?

ours was down on the 20/07/12 and they won't start doing anything else untill at least 10/08/12 - our builder won't do it any earlier than that, which is fine…

I knew the colour scheme I wanted just not the exact colours - the guy that helped us was great I showed him a picture of what I liked plus…

we are having a very small back yard but that is way we want it (we are not gardeners and no kids etc) We do have a large under cover…

We went for our color selection today
Pretty happy now as it didn't take too long
Walls:Taubmans Martini
Ceilings: Taubmans Martini 1/4
Arch & Skirts:Taubmans Torte
Doors:Taubmans Torte
Floors:Bamboo - coffee
Kitchen
Cupboards: Wilsonart Velvet Shimmer
Bench:…

We now have a slab

more progress.....we should have concreters here today

We have discussed that with our builder stormjr, they are treating like an external door so it's going to be harder to beak in. It was one of my first…

Hopefully the rain holds off today and we see the sart of our slab

We have movement on the block today. Plumber is up laying the pipes and the we are meant to get a slab tomorrow assuming the…

I know with our council you have to have at least 3m but it depends on the council

which area of melbourne?

Mine was undervalued by $20k and we had a $100k deposit. The other thing to remember to allow for is the Mortage insurance and all thge bank fees etc it.…

Ours is 186 days for a single storey property from when we signed our contract

We found a independent small builder could do better prices for us. We tried with bigger companies but they only added in extras that looked good on paper but once…

I like your lay out. We thought about surmist too but I ended up thinking it was too light when I put it with other colours. We are now going…

Just found out the surveyor has been and checked all the pegs. Should be having the pipes put down very soon. Not long till we…

here is the closest thing I can find to the front door

and bathroom fittings/taps are all standard range from Reece