Can’t complain! Some things took a little longer than expected as they had to line up their contractors, but none of these were urgent.
Pretty good and happy with what we…

Must be exciting mate! When we did ours we rented a house just up the road so I visited the site pretty much everyday...so exciting!

I went with this toilet. Does the job.
Another thing I just thought of. There’s not enough space above powder room to install an ixl tastic heater/fan/light combo. I paid…

Hey mate, I’d be putting in more like 5-10% of your house build cost on landscaping.
And for the driveway, you can expect to pay between $70 to $100 p square…

Hey LevaneT. Good luck with the build. Here is one thing I just thought about the electricals. I had the home hub option. Ask them to wire with Cat6 cables…

I thought Les was a good guy.

We upgraded the stacker doors. The top of the stacker door lines up with the top of the windows. So we did it purely for aesthetics. Likewise with internal doors.…

I used EZE as well. Got a standard plan, I suspect it was because I am at the top of a hill? EZE cost me $1,100 and the hydraulics guy…

Mate I'm not an expert in this field, but you are going to want to upgrade bits in your house. Everything in the display home is an upgrade. Facade is…

One more thing. I had the air con installed yesterday. You choose between Daikin and Actron. If any AC mechanics are on here they might be able to factually compare…

Where are you building - between the arborist report and the acoustic windows - I'm curious as to where you are.
2 years sounds like a joke! Our contract had 38…

IN your initial tender, specify all the upgrades, don't assume that the base price is what you see in the display home. Then you'll see what your actual cost is.
This…

By the way, the base price is for the minimum...you'll upgrade your facade, fittings, you'll need more powerpoints, lights, the stacker door will be higher if you do 2700mm downstairs,…

once the contract is signed and the DA approvals and demolition is certified complete, there was 20 days for AH to start. That was us mid 2016 anyway.

Sorry for the delayed response. I must admit my experience has been quite fuss free. I did go over budget - by about $1,200 due to the traffic control cost…

Hi, sorry to hear of the delays, from reading your post the explanation of the delay doesn't sound good enough. Once we had demolished and AH came to inspect they…

Hey mate, sorry I can't answer your question, but what kind of defects are you looking at pre-pour?

Hi Sodapop,
We're doing a KDR in Winston Hills. Grandworth Newbury 37 Mark II. Used to lurk on there quite a bit but when we started demolishing and getting build started…

I have to say I was sh*t scared by all the internet posts. However, I don't think we've had any issues to date. Frame is up and they are bricking…

Hi there,
I would think after?
You'll need to run power to the pool pump etc....and you don't really have power during construction.
I'm dealing with Allcastle now for a build....and I think…

Hi Scott Baulko, how is your build going? I'm going to KDR the Newbury 37 in Winsto, would love to hear more about your experiences with ACH.

Hi there, it's very nice. Can you tell me what house bricks they are and colour? Not sure I can scan through the 26 pages of this thread....

Klb, I'd love to know of your experience, can I contact you via PM?

Zc, where are you building? I'm planning KDR in Winston Hills in western Sydney.

We're going through a tender now. I was worried about all those reviews. Then I read the ones for some of the other builders, there's some choice shockers there as…

Thanks for the advice, much appreciated. I am engaging with a project builder for a specific house, so not in a competitive tender situation, am interested in anyone experience in…

Hi there, interested in hearing how you went, are you still on here?

Good morning everyone! My wife and I have just received a tender quote for a new home, and we spent a few hours last night going through with a fine…

Looking forward to hearing of your experience with Allcastle. We are doing the tender now.