To be honest I lost interest in my place its taking sooooo long. Build is way past contact period and still no confirmation it will be finished this year. Of…

I will be in the market for blinds / plantation shutters too so would welcome any recommendations for a good price but decent quality too.

Another story http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/0 ... dneys-west

Interesting story on Thornton. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U3nLOpjLfo That's a lot of apartments.

My place took a while to get through council and changes were needed. The builder took the costs for me. I have not paid any extra over the tender other…

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I spent an extra $5,000 or so. That was pretty much just down light provisions, extra power points, data and TV points. So still looking at a bit more to…

In late 2013 i was charged $380ex for one 750mm x 400mm including feature tile upto $55.00 a square metre in an en-suite.

I have a terrace on the corner of Sydney Smith and Lord Sheffield Circuit. Sounds like your build is coming along well. I secured a place August 2013, Settled April…

Good to hear your land is finally registered. My Build is super slow going. Since November last year I only have slab frame and about 1/3 of it bricked up.…

Good Stuff. Mine has finally been started too which is nice.

Had the same experience with land registration. Bought release 5 in Aug 13 and Land Registration happened April 14. To make matters worse my lender could not get their act…

My contract made no mention of slab type, it only states "Increase slab thickness to 100mm, provide deeper edge footings to provide extra strength for long term structural integrity of…

Just been informed things will start in early November. Its good to finally have some confirmation. Seems like the delays were a combination of Council and the builder needing to…

Good stuff. My lot still looks the same patch of dirt after 14 months now. Maybe ill be in Xmas 2015.

I got an update recently. If all goes to plan construction will start in a about 3 months ... So only 14 months after i bought it

Its good to hear some people places are moving along nicely. I am defiantly looking forwards to seeing how the entire place pans out in a couple of years. I…

Not to sure. I bought a terrace house in an estate which is master planned. I know the plans where first lodged with Penrith Council in November 13 and have…

They will hopefully start building for me shortly.
The customer service is pretty good in terms of replying to emails and phone calls. Basic inclusions are ok and upgrade prices…

No probs. You get by on the basic stuff but I would budget about another 40K make it quite a bit nicer. I kept the upgrades to things that I…

I can only give a perspective of inclusions from Firstyle Homes who will be building mine. I guess you could sum up the inclusions as pretty light on but everything…

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I bought a three bedroom Terrace on the oval back in late August 2013. Unfortunately it still looks the same as the day I left a deposit. Meanwhile all the…