Okay I've been MIA for ages sorry but WE ARE IN!!! Yay... we got our keys on 21 June and we have just been crazy busy getting everything else done…

Just got a text to say we are nearing completion and will receive our final paperwork shortly... Getting excited now

Mandy_matt - your bag and paint looks great

Hi pnm21 - all I know is M means moderately reactive clay wherea H1 is for highly reactive clay which is subject to movement from moisture ... I'm not really…

If everything goes smoothly you might get lucky Miss Windsor!!! We have had some big delays after problems were found at excavation stage with our block of land so…

Hi Brad,
Ours was H1 also and was $3620.00 in our tender.

Got a Text to say our Painting finished today!!!
The_Griswalds - we didn't get a bracket for the recess in the activities room either and now I'm wondering the same thing....…

Thanks Lady Dragonfly I really appreciate you and Monz21 sharing your story as this will hopefully help us when we get there

Sorry to hear Monz21 - thanks for the advice I think we will def try to get it all sorted before we hand over the final payment. I have a…

Thanks Markelwel - yeah it sure will you are a little ahead so we can try and catch up with you around PCI haha

Great news mum2kids - except the camping part LOL

From what I hear a lot finish in about 5 months naiandpete. Our original Construction date was 27/6 but we had a few delays with our block so it…

Hi Fullymad - we had to get a DA ... I think it's because we are building in an established area. But MJH will advise - I think if they…

Oh no robibla - maybe get your SS to check that they are definitly the bricks you ordered. It might just look a little different in the sun/vs the…

Also I've updated my blog with lots of pics now if anyone is interested in looking :- http://buildingintheheights.blogspot.com.au
Our Ensuite and bathroom tiles and fitout are…

Hi Squeeks,
Sorry to hear that you are not happy with your bricks - I don't really have much of an idea about all that stuff so not able to offer…

looks great mandy_matt!!!!

Most say add about $100,000 on the base price if that helps too

It will give you a rough idea - we are about $15000 over what we were told as an estimate we could build ours for - we are doing a…

That's no good monz21 - hopefully they can be resolved quickly I think I could live on the takeaway but definitly not without internet!!!

Hi aaronh - I got a text to say our painting started today and our SS has told us he thinks around about mid June if that helps. Obviously…

yeah it was Nat84 - sorry I should have said that!!!

Ours was about $550 for 13 windows which was pretty reasonable compared to other quotes we got

We are a bit like you aaronh and we are doing a fair bit after handover - our main expense at colour was tiles as we wanted MJH to do…

Hi Balified
We have really enjoyed the process so far - of course there have been some stressful moments but they related to our block of land not MJH. We…

OMG Lady Dragonfly it looks amazing !!! I'm so excited for you .. Congrats for tomorrow can't wait to see more pics on your blog when you get time

Welcome Balifield
Sounds like you are going to have a lovely house - I didn't know how to post photos either so started a blog - feel free to follow my…

Markwell - you are a bit ahead so May sounds promising - we are up to painting!!
Congrats Bec_M can't wait to follow your progress exciting times!!

Looks great markelwel - we are at about the same point I think and our SS thinks about mid June for us if that helps!!!

I've updated our blog with photos of our garage door - I'm really happy with front facade now.... just waiting on the front door to be stained "Painters mix"…