Congratulations Nikki! Exciting times!

I haven't posted much as nothing much has happened.
Our slab went down over the Australia day weekend.
Our frames are currently in the process of going up.

Hopefully things start to…

We are finally at Site Start!!! Site cut this week. Yay!

Hi All, We're scheduled to be handed over to construction this week. Fingers crossed.
Congratulations Kenshi, its awesome to hear another person building the Vancouver. Definitely feel free to just jump…

Just received notification from my BC that the dispensation application has been formally approved by our council. Fingers crossed for a site start this month. Wohoo! Have a good…

Wohoo! How exciting! Congratulations Nikki!

Still waiting for council. I rang council today, they said my application is 3rd in line.. So hopefully we get the approval by end of the week / early next…

That's frustrating Nikki. I can definitely say that PD have lost a step with regards to staying on top of things. Its exactly the reason why we applied for a…

The fireplace looks beautiful Liz. Perfect place to hang out on a chilly Melbourne day!
No news from our end, still waiting for dispensation approval....

Nikki haha. I called council today. They received the application today! grrr. They said ours is a pretty straight forward application because its a new estate and no existing neighbours..…

Thanks Hurrow / Nikki. It was last Thursday when we decided to go dispensation. I will call council towards the end of the week and follow it up

We ended up going for the option of applying for a dispensation. We are .6% over the building envelope. PD phoned our council who said it should be approved without…

Haha, yea well if this thing didnt come up we would have been at construction at the end of this week.
Yea, we saw it last week, looks pretty good. We…

Hey Hurrow, the photo is from Vancouver display in Werribee. The red line represents the Main entry door and the yellow line represents the door when you opened on the…

Hey all,

An update regarding our Vancouver 33 build, unfortunately not a positive one.

I spoke to our BC on Wednesday, all documents are basically ready..

However upon the…

Hey Suzane! Great to hear that you're building the Vancouver, its an awesome home!
I believe the process has changed since.. We had our selections first, then tender and contract signing..
Don't…

That's awesome! Thanks Hurrow, we will probably go and check it out this weekend. What's the style? Did you take photos? Do you have instagram Hurrow?

We live in Hoppers Crossing, lucky the Werribee display is only 10 minutes drive.
Hey Niki, haha thats awesome! I haven't been to the Highgrove display in a while.
So far…

Thanks Niki! I know PD have changed their procedures a few times so perhaps we may be on different procedures depending on when we signed up? I think we…

Hey all!
A quick update on our build.
We have received the second soil test results.
We have also received our property information from council.
The next step is now a step…

Hey all, at this stage no further update. We are waiting on:
1. property information from council / developer
2.second soil test results
3. building permits

Hey Liz, quick question - did Porter Davis provide you with the (I don't know the exact term) certificate of occupancy without your flooring or did you have to install…

lol I just looked up Koo Wee Rup, so you're basically an hour and 45 minutes away from where we are renting at the moment in Hoppers Crossing and the…

Yes its good to see a progress while waiting. It would be pretty frustrating if you've been waiting and nothing has improved on the block!
Whereabouts are you building again Niki?…

Thanks Hurrow / Niki
Pretty wrapped, you would think I'm a weirdo if you walked pass my desk at work as I have a huge smile…

Hello all. We officially now own part of Australia. We settled on our land today!!! Wohooo!!!
Next is to hear back from PD on the second soil test and building permits.

Yea we'll ask them to see if they've laid the floor somewhere where we can have a quick look.
Thank you, its a really beautiful colour. Well, it was our cat…

Yep, we ended up going for the more expensive option which is the Godfrey Hirst Villa Truffle (engineered oak).
I'm just worried that it might be a tad too dark..…

Haha! Thanks Liz. Thanks for the photo also. Makes sense now.
It looks good, and cant really tell its a different colour! Love the flooring! Such a good colour. I'm starting…

lol I'm soo sorry Liz. These things are all new to me. Is it easy to install? Should I also tell PD not to install the skirting? Did you paint…