Took us about 6 months or so after council approval before they broke ground on site.
Feels like the longest 6 months ever, we felt pretty frustrated by it at the…

Hi All,
Just an update for us, we are looking to have keys in two weeks!
Super excited!
Having a few issues trying to get the gas meter installed because the…

I'm also expecting keys on the 14th of December. I actually emailed the private certifier who will be looking after the IOC and he said that it's fine NOT to…

Inspection day today!
We area tiles are in, kitchen and cabinets are in and the first coat of paint is on.
Getting excited now!!!
Fingers crossed for a chrissy handover!

Wait, they arent installing your oven until 3 weeks after you get the keys??
I know appliances dont get done before hand over (so no one steals them). But…

Oh wow! Sorry about the crappy variation mess, but yay for handover!!!
Seems like a lot of stuff is missing? I thought it was meant to be done so they…

Tender extension was an option?? We also got hit with a price rise, our tender expired before our land registered... even though our land registered exactly when we said it…

We are installing a fair amount of cabinetry after handover. Kurmond's pricing was a bit steep. We are getting all of it done for the same price as just the…

Hi all,
We got our lockup invoice on tuesday this week.
Drove past last night and the front door was wiiiide open. Was tempted to just go and shut it…

Hey Nada,
I had something similar with the site scrape, my plan said there was going to be way more fill than cut, but there was still 3 loads…

Hi All,
Just an update for us,
Gyprock is up, had a little bit of a hiccup with the stairs. We almost had a 6 step riser going around the corner. Had…

Oh update on our place
We had our pre-lining inspection on Tuesday!
Everything looks pretty good so far. Didn't find anything out of place at all.
We have soundscreen as well.…

Oh yes, i had the same issue with my cooktop as well. They werent going to credit it....so now they are supplying it to us once the construction is finished…

We got stung with a price rise in HBCF too, i dont think thats their fault though. We just paid the difference between what was allowed for, and the new…

Morning all! Seems like a busy day on the forum today.
Update on our build - Upper roof and cladding all done and painted, scaffolding is down to the…

Hi all, update on our place
We have bricks on the lower level, and a roof.
Ive also noticed the slow down happening.
We are told that something will be happening…

I have to say I have to give big kudos so our SS, the construction is speeding along at the moment.
Our frames were completed last Friday, and we now…

Our slab ended up being 2 pours, they did the bottom first, then they did the top half (we have a split level).
Frames were delivered yesterday, and i drove past…

Hi All,
Latest update, we have had waffle pods and reo in since Tuesday ready to go, but the weather has been bad so they haven't been able to pour. Hopefully…

Hi All,
We finally got the insurance two weeks ago, it only took them two and a half weeks thankfully.
Since then it's been all systems go!
Excavation started two days ago!…

Hi all,
Latest update.. finally got the contract on Friday 2 weeks ago, handed it in to their display office on the Sunday all signed.
Now two weeks later and still no…

I concur, I'm glad that someone has had a good experience with them, however the last 12 months have been a paperwork hell.
There are 5 other people on my…

nada17 So we got our 'final construction' plans last week (no contract yet).
SO..
1 . my laundry sink moved (again.... literally…

Wow,
Me too, I'm a project coordinator in the construction industry.
Unfortunately sending them sketches in bluebeam doesn't help... I tried...I drew them a sketch of what my alfresco cabinets should…

Yes,
Everything is a delay with them, I haven't been able to pin them down on dates for ANYTHING.
So my longest/stupidest delay..
I had my internal appointment in MAY 2017.
My…

I had the EXACT same thing happen!
My colour consultant recommended to move the mixers, which I thought was a great idea... then she got fired and my NEW colour consultant…

Good Morning all,
Long time reader, fist time poster. I bought an unregistered block of land and decided I liked the Bronte 32 floor plan offered by Kurmond at the…