Landscaping has been more stressful than the entire house build. After the delayed start, we have had to endure further delays due in part to bad weather but mostly due…

Yay for lockup. Your house is looking very grand! Great idea getting your brick fence done now. Lovely touch leaving your marks on the concrete

Thanks cat_dunc. I'll upload more pics tonight. We got our curtains from Creative Curtains. No roller blinds behind the curtains.
http://www.ccbd.com.au
The semi sheers are Allusion-Rattan.

Thanks Orph. We installed shutters to all windows except for the downstairs powder room and WC we opted for blinds with pelmet. We also have motorised blinds for the stairs.…

Finally our long awaited semi sheer curtains have been installed and they are worth the wait. It's amazing what a difference they make to the house. Very happy

Yay for gumtree! Within minutes of posting the ad, I literally had dozens of people replying. Thanks guys

Bet you're a fun mum and your kids think you're cool. I'm the same with my kids. My husband's even worse! Sometimes I think I have 4 kids the way…

Wow gyprock just made your big house look even more enormous! Love the timber floorboards. Great progress.

Yay for lockup. House is looking fab! Fantastic street appeal. We have a Japanese maple tree going in at the front. I'm also a huge fan of Magnolia and Crepe…

Haha you just made me laugh!

We definitely didn't think we would spend that much on landscaping! We could have built a pool with where we are right now with the budget. I should have known…

Landscaping is plodding along albeit scope of works and costs are ever changing! It's partly our fault as we keep adding more features but we also have to fork out…

Looks fantastic! What a massive difference a bit of greenery makes to the house. Enjoy

D don't even get me started! We signed up with TPG and they connected us ASAP but speed was outrageously slow! Despite numerous visits by their technicians they couldn't resolve…

Thanks gandn. I've missed the forum! We still don't have internet at home so I've put a self imposed limit on data roaming

Thanks tribe. It's amazing how quickly the last 3 months flew by and I'm so glad to have the majority of internal post handover items behind us now. We are…

I'm praying for sunshine all week?

Yay for the sparkies doing a great job! You're nearing another exciting milestone - plastering. It's amazing what a difference gyprock makes to the house.

Thanks franky. I was just catching up on your thread. Wow your facade is fab. I'm glad I was able to help you sneak in extra electrical work. It's definitely…

Gandn your bricks and commercial windows are to die for! Praying for a reprieve from this stupid rain so your trades can work their magic.

Hi raina, we booked our landscaper back in July but unfortunately he had a family emergency which delayed start. They finally started last week then the rain decided to come…

Site prep including excavation cost roughly $2k. Rubbish removal is $600 per truckload

We originally only needed retaining on the right hand side but we decided to level the backyard which require extending the wall all the way to the side boundary and…

After work ground to a halt because of the rain last week, our landscapers did an amazing job playing catch up yesterday. They did more excavation to level the backyard…

No I didn't end up getting a quote from Davella. Sent you a pm on joinery prices

Will check out the Felix. Thanks

We used Ijoinery. They are not the cheapest but we are reasonably happy with the end product. Although installation took longer than necessary.

I see you've been shopping up a storm! Fantastic selections Mona. The Oasis fabric looks very similar to our home theatre modular. The Felix studio looks very apt for the…

Oh no another donation to council's coffers? How much this time to certify alignments?

Pool looks inviting! Love the front steps too. I can't believe how expensive landscaping has turned out. We decided to spend more on making the front and rear garden a…