Congrats on land settlement this week! Hope it all goes smoothly for you I've heard that it's better to pour a slab in the wet than it is in…

Congrats!! That's a good looking slab I think delays are just part and parcel of building but hopefully you'll have good progress now that the actual build has started.…

Hi Adelaide Girl - congrats on the land!
I think everyone's different in the way that they choose a builder, it depends on what your highest priorities are - cost? Quality?…

Ok, so it's been awhile since I updated this but I have been lurking around and keeping up with others builds.
We've still only got an empty block of…

Yeah it's completely ridiculous!! but it was the easiest way for us to get around the valuation.

Hey mafu, it sounds silly but we took out a personal loan to make up the difference the broker actually suggested to do it and the bank had no…

Hi faykis, we're building in a suburb with a big variety of houses, there's a lot of older properties (30-50yrs) recently established estate (15-20yrs) and a brand new fancy pants…

Yep ours came back $42,000 below cost. It depends a lot on where you're building and your land value - we're building quite a premium home in a not…

How exciting Ladybugs!! Your new builders certainly move quicker than mine! We're still at drawings stage
Did you change floorplans or keep the ones you had from previous builder? Can't…

Hi Ezra, congrats on deciding to build!! Timeframes can differ between states and builders, but from the builders I've spoken to here in SA it averages about 5 months from…

Those stacker doors with the windows above!
Your house looks amazing Marshall!!

Woo Hoo!!! Congrats Marshall! It must feel so good to have that slab down!

Hi Mel, I can only give you an indication of what mine has cost. We have a 2m fall from back to front of the block - we're building split…

Hi everyone,
I've been MIA lately as we've had a lot on our plates and the whole building thing was getting overwhelming - more than once I've thought of just selling…

This is AMAZING news Marshall!!! So so happy that it worked out for you!!

Yay for deliveries! Your build seems to be motoring along at a steady pace now, can't wait to see the frame up!

Wow your valuers are very thorough! I suppose it's good though that you can include all of the post handover things in your loan if needed

Im sure they'll look different once they're up - I quite like the colour

We got the best news yesterday!!
Spoke to the liquidators again and then received an email last night releasing us from our contract and allowing us to use our plans!!…

Yay!! Not quite the news you wanted but news none the less! You guys will work it out I'm sure and your build will be happening before you know it

For everyone else, keep phoning the liquidators. We spoke to them again yesterday and received an email last night releasing us from our contract and allowing us to build with…

Fingers crossed it all goes smoothly for you!! It would be fantastic to get builders on to it before Christmas!

Looks fantastic mantra! How exciting!! What colour is your roof, I really like it

Thanks meshelf we're hoping to keep our previous plans as long as we can get them released, and Dechellis have been super cool about it, they've quoted us on…

Mark - he's based mostly at Blakes Crossing and Evanston - we just have a really good feeling about them!

Well we're 90% sure we're going with Dechellis now - communication was a major issue for us last time but the sales guy with Dechellis has been brilliant, going out…

Unfortunately no but we've had pretty good success in contacting the liquidators and they've been reasonably helpful. I would just keep phoning them.

That's great news! Hopefully there'll be lots of progress before they all go on holidays for xmas and you can look forward to some building action in the new year!!…

Sounds like you're on top of everything party of 5 - I really hope you are able to start building again asap, I've found it hard enough without any construction…

So cool!! Won't be long and there'll be frames too I'm sure!