FirstTimePDBuilder - our plumber guy was really great. We didn't need anything fancy - mainly levelling, some cutting in (later we will install retaining walls to perimeter garden beds) and…

Hi MichaelQ
I actually think it looks darker over a larger area than the original sample.. that's in fairly well lit rooms against 'cool' white paint. We did originally look…

Thanks MichaelQ!
Here's the final blog post for the last month of the process https://hasslingthehoff.wordpress.com/2015/09/29/the-final-home-stretch-of-the-marathon
and then the last post with pictures https://hasslingthehoff.wordpress.com/the-end-result

oh. and our floor levelling was $650 (we had been expecting around $400). I'm not 100% happy with the levelling job though. So even though floor was within tolerances, you…

Hi all, sorry for the post handover radio silence.. we are in our beautiful new house after an epic move.
We had our floors installed post hand over by F0wles…

Thanks all

Quick post from me.. we had handover on Friday and now have the keys to our beautiful house
We landscaped with an excavator over…

Quick post from me - PCI went well earlier in the week. Amazing effort from PD to tidy up and do the last little bits and pieces. No major issues…

ChrisHeli, I don't like your tone. I hear that you disagree and you personally would do things differently, but my build, my choice. Please drop it.
I am not saying…

That's some of the best news I've heard all weekend! I'd already emailed my bc this weekend to confirm it had been actioned - that's…

We'll have to agree to disagree on that ChrisHeli - given our anticipated tight turn around times I want to ensure I can communicate the most severe issues to our…

I saved our painter from a run in with our neighbour. He then took me through our house (this is weeks back) and asked what I thought of their work.…

The word 'independent' is very questionable. Isn't it a different branch of the same owning company?

Hi All,
Things are still crawling along onsite but no word about rescheduled PCI dates. Communication is virtually non existent, although our new BC seems quite good.
The temporary…

Hi All,
Two new blog posts from us
https://hasslingthehoff.wordpress.com/2015/08/21/the-on-coming-train
Pictorial progress https://hasslingthehoff.wordpress.com/2015/08/21/664
PCI has been moved back to.. ahem.. yeah, sometime between now and Christmas? Maybe a fortnight? Handover will be.. umm...…

Really pleased to hear that your PCI process sounds like it was fairly painless Knyght! We are approaching ours with a great deal of trepidation..
Also interesting to hear at…

We have our dishwasher and a sink in our butlers pantry, and a sink in the main kitchen.
We figure you need a sink next to the dishwasher (well we…

Thanks! We've bought Bashworth's PCI guide on his website - recommended by lots of people. There are lots of useful things to go through and check.
Given we go past…

Hi All,
We were all set for a rescheduled PCI next week, but we are getting the feeling it will be moved back again, so we haven't bothered to apply…

The 'alternative' solution can be seen in the PD contract documents, and is that basically you are required to always use a bathmat.
Not sufficient for our house, particularly with…

I saw our PD tiler on site last week. He had been waiting for our extra building variation waterproofing to dry - he noted that full waterproofing is now standard…

Apparently we are now looking at PCI around 20 August, and handover at the end of the month.
I think the tiler has now finished his work, with all tiles…

Hey First Time PD builder
We were really concerned about the knock down part, as we were renting elsewhere whilst the house was built.
We had a January site start…

That's awesome to hear - at the end of the day, as long as there is a quality house, we can take it in our stride. It's reassuring to hear…

That's disappointing to hear. I do have a work mate who was having issues putting in an understairs cupboard for some reason.. different medium volume builder, but they were saying…

His blog has stopped as has his posting on the forum. I was hoping he was taking a break with the school holidays.. perhaps someone else knows more? Hopefully he…

We are nearly finished building our Hoffman (Lifestyle range), having started the process mid last year, and seem to have been allowed whatever upgrades we asked for - I don't…

The first stacker doors look like the standard lifestyle range doors.. the second doors look like what we have, which is A&L stacker doors in the Boutique range (4.6m wide).…

MichaelQ - I think ours was being quoted installed from $110 per sqm in the Eastern Burbs, which I think is pretty reasonable. From what I can see, the profit…

More blog with more pictures
https://hasslingthehoff.wordpress.com/2015/07/22/lights-camera