Well...I'm finally in. A lot has happened, my (now ex) husband and I separated, so I'm moving in to the house by myself, with the baby. Basically we will have…

Sorry for the lack of updates! Our baby girl was born on 12 July, six weeks early saying just 1.275kg. She's four weeks old and now weighs a whopping 2.08kg!…

Oh my goodness, what amazing progress. You must be so happy! It looks amazing!
With the gable vents...were they something you requested or the builder said you had to have? They…

Sorry again about the lack of updates...a LOT happening here, unfortunately not house related!
Just under a month ago I was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia, and have spent a fair amount of…

Hi all,
Sorry for no action lately, but...there's been no action! Nothing has happened since my last update and we aren't sure when work will start…

Me too! Although new builder is not great at updates, so if we hadn't gone out, we'd have no idea...last builder (sigh) did weekly updates with photos. Another difference that…

Woooo!

Sorry for the lack of updates everyone! Been a crazy week or so here.
I've sent an email to the builder/consulting company/QBCC regarding our concerns and those of the certifier,…

Just had a phone call from the building inspector (who I know personally), he thinks there is fungi on the frame. He's recommending builder has it inspected and treated. He's…

Oh that's so handy and convenient! I'd be there every day too haha

How exciting! Do you think you'll continue to visit site every day?

Roof is on - builder has invoiced us for frame stage. We had a contribution amount we had to pay before the bank would draw down, but I thought we…

Met SS this morning. Had to look for something in the shed, so got there a bit early and figured I'd have a chat to the chippies until SS arrived.…

Oh no. Surely the first point of contact would be to the builder rather than putting in a complaint. Hopefully you don't have too many more dramas with them. Exciting…

Wooo! Are they starting tomorrow?

Quick update: SS wants to meet on site again tomorrow morning as they made need to make the bath in the main bathroom smaller to fit the shower. I told…

As above, I'd put laundry entry to garage, where is your clothesline going? Can you put an external door from the garage?
The bathroom, personally I'd be moving the door over…

Yes! DH called the SS on Tues last week. Conveniently, the chippies were just about to head out there. That afternoon, we received the commencement notice from the office-…

How exciting! That's the bonus about building around existing homes - you can position your home to suit what's already there! I think it's terrible they've even mentioned it to…

Awesome progress, how exciting!

Update...no progress. We keep hearing that they should start 'within a week or so'...but still nothing. QBCC approved the claim at the end of January, it took them about a…

Isn't it gorgeous have you had a price to seal it? The ones I like all seem to be natural stone and require sealing, have no idea what…

Updated selections done with new builder:
Bathroom main tile
Ensuite main til
Main floor vinyl plank

Mixers for bathroom shower, both baths
Mixers for ensuite shower
Outlets for both baths
Media room carpet
Bedroom and robe carpet

Ensuite bath
WC…

It doesn't even make sense to me, I actually thought the gloss was a different paint, so why would it matter if the doors/skirts/archs were a different colour? Oh well,…

They use Wattyl Paints, we've gone Wattyl White inside (we were originally having two internal colours as previous builder allowed this as long as one wasn't just to one wall…

I know right! And they obviously don't have the same items/products as standard, so it's a bit of a mine field. The most annoying thing was the paint, it's hard…

Something funny that crossed my mind today (okay, it's not that funny, but in times like this you take anything!) - I want to buy a second hand change table…

Colour selection completed, we had to sign off on it without any of our 'upgrades' which they will do variations for, as they are expecting the building approval any day…

Love your selections, can't wait to see it all come together! I LOVE the Venette range, I wish we could have had it. It will look fabulous in your home!

Here are some pics (from October) of what stage the house got to. I haven't been out there in a couple of months now, I'm not sure how the frame…