Hi!
I built in stage 7 (down the back of the estate). I think we were M or H clas (can't quite remember!).
Good luck with your build! Clarendon has some nice…

Thanks for your reply! Very useful info.
Have you had to deal with any repairs with the systems? How did you find the customer service? My partner is concerned with how…

We have recently moved into our new home in Melbourne and are looking at putting in evaporative cooling. Our house is approx 255m2 living area, maybe 235m2 without laundry/bathrooms/etc. We…

Looking fantastic!!! I too love burnished wood... It's all over our house!

We are loving being in the Monaco Reinsey! Have had lots of lovely compliments from friends and family that have visited we need more furniture…

Haha your post made me laugh Reinsey!! It's all sooo true
Rock, paper, scissors always wins out and the budget constantly gets "revised"
Good luck with it all. Hopefully you will get…

Ours is definitely ducted into the roof space... I saw them put the ducting in!

Hi Jo!
Thanks It's definitely been a long time since we started. Happy with the final product though and that is what matters!
Can't wait to get…

Thanks sleven! Will take some pics once we get a bit of furniture in there

Our weep holes are in the second course... I actually thought they were supposed to be in the third! (I was probably wrong though)

Definitely agreed!!
Both the SS and the Construction Manager repeatedly said that they wouldn't be happy and they wouldn't hand over until we were happy.

We have come to the end of a LONG build... We get the keys TOMORROW!!!
To cut a long story short -
Carlisle ended up raking and repointing the mortar on…

MrsG,
I do have to say we have had a similar experience.
We had major bricking problems, which we were really worried about bringing up. We had several meetings with the…

I have handover tomorrow too! That makes 3 of us

We also had a number of problems. Most of these were fixed with no issues. Handover is on Tuesday so I can give you the final verdict then!

That's fantastic news also! Not long after me
Can't wait to be in. Start moving things over. Dad will install the letterbox he made for me…

Handover on Tuesday!!!!
Seems like they are going to build a retail precinct and medical centre down the front of the estate. Wold be cool to…

The stages weren't released sequentially. Stages 10, 11 and 12 (maybe even 13?) were put on sale prior to stage 9. I figure this is because they thought stage 9…

Congratulations on your handover date!
After all this time we have been on par... and we should be having handover next week or the next also!
8 months is a long wait...…

I think it was over 4 weeks for us.
Maybe longer than normal as we were up to slab?

Should be.. Seems that things slip through sometimes... Like the mortar not complying with AS3700 for strength... …

Your house has come along so quickly Alison!
We started in Nov and you probably won't be too far behind
1000L of water a day seems like…

Draco,
We wouldn't be able to see it from our house... But definitely when we are leaving our house!

Congratulations Draco! Very quick build
I have seen your house a few times now! Your facade looks fantastic =D The red render stands out looking across…

hi wiz,
We have had a few problems with our bricks also (mortar too soft, bricks not straight, missing wall ties, etc). Some pics are shown here -->

Build seems to have been quite slow from the start. We had our site scrape 11th Nov, then had a month delay waiting for some permits, then they took ages…

The 240 days liquidated damages period does seem to be ridiculously long. Unfortnately it's not completely out of the question. We start getting damages from tomorrow. Still expecting the handover…

Thanks for all your replies!
Totally agree with you both here. I don't think it's too much to expect!
SherWin, I have replied to your pm.
Just an update from our site meeting…

Unfortunately we are experiencing ongoing problems trying to get out brickwork up to an acceptable standard.
ISSUES
- Structural - Mortar contains no lime (to harden) and does not meet Australian…