Ours is a Glenelg... I was worried it wouldn't be big enough.... its waaaay big enough. Well for us it is. Ours seems bigger than I remember the display being.…

Just came on to have a whinge about "after care." 7 weeks I have been living in my house. Shortly after we moved in the plumber came back to fix…

@light487 - our estate was like that. Our block was completely cleared (its in the middle of the bush, so would have been a lot of trees)... but the block…

If you google "Dividing Fences Act" all your rights, etc are on there. Basically the neighbour has to pay for half the fence if there isn't one there... and they…

Cheryl - nope. we just said we wanted them there... so that's crap! Ive just looked at our build photos, and the cabling just runs around the half wall from…

@justwondering1 - I reckon your brickies are down the road from my house working on an Allworth house. Its been locked up since the start of December... but no bricks!…

Hey Shane, have PM'd you. We are in Newcastle as well, and I have a copy of the current price list as we are considering building another. Got it today!…

Rose, I think she means she has 72 lights in total.... shes paying for 72 downlights, plus you have to add an extra light point for each downlight (as standard…

LauraKG - trims & doors are gloss Illusive White - which is the ceiling colour. in NSW there is no upgrade for different colour trims. I cant imagine having the…

@DG85 - not much has changed since I posted the last lot of pics (page 185). Obviously we have furniture now.... and one side fence. But that's about it. Landscaping…

hahahaha $700 odd dollars for something you can get at Bunnings for $135? bit of a no brainer!
We were going to finish our fencing this weekend... but the house…

The Castle - not sure about the poly doors.... but drawers are about $100 each... so we got 2 x banks of 3 pot drawers and it was $600

Sydney-build makes a good point about the eves on the Traditional façade.... we originally got our tender with the traditional façade, and it was $750 to add eves... but our…

@justwondering1 - we signed under Summer of Free too - but no flooring included - so no credits. We only have the Ruby Specs though.
@first timer - walls are…

haha.... you haven't seen the outside

@firsttimer05 - we did our own flooring after handover. But we did use Tile Direct (Clarendon's tiler) for our tiles - they just gave us 20% off which is the…

@Pennodream.... I know your pain. We currently live in a complete dust bowl. The house is constantly dirty. Fencing should start next week... and then the landscaping. Driveway being laid…

@Pennodream - was 10 weeks exactly from the day they started our gyprock to the day we did the PCI

@bk84 - here is what we have had to pay for - after handover (might help you out a little):
Flooring (carpet and tiles - about $10k)
Blinds (simple rollers - $2500)
Driveway…

@bk84 - I think the general rule is about $100k on top of the base price to finish your house off including fences, drive, floor coverings, etc. Youll be amazed…

@Sydney-build the dust is just from the build... and we don't have floor coverings yet (although I don't want my carpet just soaking it up!). But as @Nelly83 said, it…

Hi, we have just completed our build with Clarendon. We used their supplier for floor tiling post handover (but wouldn't recommend as you don't know what tradie you will get…

@firsttimer05 - no, we only had the Ruby inclusions - we upgraded our kitchen benches to stone, but apart from that, and some pot drawers, our house is as basic…

we are tiling all down stairs... and carpet upstairs. tilers started this morning and said should be done by Tuesday... and carpet is being laid on Thursday. Hopefully the blinds…

Hey Cheryl, we got a call from some company that connected the electricity for us (Clarendon give them your details). They then connected the electricity... and yes, you have to…

sure was @Cheryl_2105 - full of tools. And... a set of Sheridan towels with some smelly soap and a candle.
Tiling is starting tomorrow, and carpets next week. So will…

sure was @Cheryl_2105 - full of tools. And... a set of Sheridan towels with some smelly soap and a candle.
Tiling is starting tomorrow, and carpets next week. So will…

We are at a stand still. We have our final payment in our hands... but we are at logger-heads over our shower niches. They have done an awful job tiling…

today MIGHT be the day I get my occupation certificate... but then again... Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday were also days I MIGHT have received it..... waiting waiting... watching our move-in…