Hi loks, the driveway has a bit of a slope but I would hope that flat or not it should be safe. My nephew was wearing runners this morning…

Hi.... if there is anyone still out there, how are your driveways in the rain? Every time it rains I have someone fall over and am worried that someone is…

Hi.... if there is anyone still out there, how are your driveways in the rain? Every time it rains I have someone fall over and am worried that someone is…

Hi Loks, well we finished the way we started and travelled through this whole adventure, with stress and disappointment:(. There was a plumbing issue which left a shower over flowing…

Mr Karoke... how are you going?

Sounds like the same old news Rickym. first home 2, sorry to hear that the building community all seems to be the same no matter where you go.hoping you…

A1an5 research, research, research. No matter who you chose , keep reading, keep learning because knowledge is power and you need it in the building game. Once you are in…

Mr Karaoke, I think this is just a walk through so you can see what's going on? but I could be wrong. have you had an informal viewing since the…

Hahahahahaha!!!! Landscaping was supposed to start on Monday but I have had to postpone them until the week after, hopefully one week is enough!
Driveway is almost ready to be poured…

Oh and the alfresco tiles have been ripped up and are awaiting their correct colours. Found out that the new SS is around as the last one either quit or…

Mr karaoke... We went with forever landscapes which was the one recommended on here. They are at parramatta. Will post some picks hopefully if we ever get finished! The count…

Hi Return to shire, how is it being in your new house??!!
I booked the landscaper for the 22nd of August thinking that would be PLENTY of time for them to…

Oh mr Karaoke, I told you they were slow! I hope they have more than one set of painters because they still need to come and finish up all the…

Mr karaoke, wow 3 (now 2)weeks how exciting!!! What is left to do?
The house is raised so that any potential flood water (not very likely to happen these days with…

Thanks Matt (beanzy)
I have already started the process with KH surveyor but if I have any problems I will pm you to grab your details
Mr_karaoke
I am still waiting for…

I'm not sure if the grass is made of real gold but that is what I would be expecting for that much! I need turf, some decking, gardens, an addition…

Quach thanks for the landscaping recommendation, Marlon was great and knowledgable without OTT ideas. Let's hope his quote comes in as a good price…

For those that have finished their build or anyone that can help...
I will need an additional water meter on the property and have been given the plumber and surveyors names…

Mr karaoke... The painters are very slooooooooow and we too did not have a pre paint inspection it has only recently happened. We had a flood study done right at…

Mr_Karaoke, our alfresco stairs have to be open riser timber as they are in the flood path. The front stairs are supposed to be concrete steps done at the…

Hey big Mama, yeah I have been reading a lot about tiling over tiles and while it says it can be done it says that it is not good practice.…

Just discovered that the alfresco tiles have not been ripped up but tiled over.... Where do I stand with this one? Just googled it and many people say that while…

OMG!!.....
Last week noticed that the alfresco tiles on both sides of the duplex had been done in black tiles. Sent email as one side was supposed to be…

Return to shire. There's no rush but when you have a minute could you fill me in about the interim occ, is there something that I can be chasing up…

Congrats return to shire!!!!!! While its not great that everything's not perfect, it's fantastic that you are in. How did you get the occ cert so quick?
I am…

Return to shire, I know what you mean MK told us that we would be finished 4 weeks ago haha, we still have another 6weeks at least! Although I have…

Boy it's quiet on this page lately isn't it... No newbies and us 'hangers on' are not going anywhere too quickly
Return to shire, you would…

Return to shire.... That sucks!! Whats holding you up at the moment?
What happens post contract???. Do we keep our fingers crossed that we are not lumped with more payments for…

It's finally all starting to happen over here and it's really kinda exciting!! And what's even better is that the colours that I have been stressing over for so long…

Thanks for sharing quach128 I have searched many different topics on this forum but most people don't add too much info after they have reached handover, which is totally understandable.…