Hi Ac,
Palace Regent 12 is a good house design with good upgrades. eg upgraded roof tiles, bricks, tiles etc as opposed to other house design packages eg Grandworth.
Keep…

What are the standards / precautions for covering up brickwork during rain? Is it necessary?
We've had rain on and off for the past few weeks. The bricks are being…

We've had a couple of wet days in Sydney the past week and during that time the frames and floorboards for 2nd storey have been exposed to wet and dry…

thanks.

Thanks guys...
I actually requested an inspection of the site on Wednesday. The builder emails me on the Thursday arvo saying they completed it already. I have a feeling they…

Is this acceptable? When walking around the slab there seems to be lots of bulging at the bottom. What causes this? Did they take the formwork out too quickly?? Will…

Quite a bit of progress has been made.
Piers were filled... (I had 96m of piering, 46m over the tender limit - costing me additional approx $5300) but there were two…

I think so too. What are problems down the track if the barrier is breached?

Is this OK? Acceptable?

The concreters came in yesterday, drilled holes for my piers (64!!) and then came late in the afternoon to fill the holes with concrete (obviously). everything has been filled except…

The concreters came in yesterday, drilled holes for my piers (64!!) and then came late in the afternoon to fill the holes with concrete (obviously). everything has been filled except…

Our port-a-loo arrived yesterday. meaning the building will be starting soon. Will keep you posted on good/bad quality. hoping its all good. since we didn't get a discount (it all…

adding extra area is on average $1000/m^2.
bathrooms costs more
alfresco $500/m^2
garage is usually $700^2
But seeing you're at tender stage, Im sure you can bargain on that.
Also we got…

I believe there are four courses. I've attached a picture.
So my aim is to extend the driveway in red the full width (left wall + garage) to the same…

I have a dropped edge beam on the left side of my slab (say RL 51.5). My garage level is higher (RL 52.0). So when I get a concrete driveway…

During contract signing:
- I had to point out that their liquidation damages were too low (its like they wait for you to pick it up)
- I was told that minor…

Extra Variations:
Vegetation Scrape - $680
Removal of overburden from piers and service trenches - $550 per load
40mm stone in kitchen in lieu of 20mm - $2140 (In the contract they…

Iam unhappy at the delay, as I was instructed via Allcastles letter that I required a deposit PLUS a letter of commencement at the day of contract signing.
This wasn't…

Construction has not started yet. Although I checked the site today, and they've put four stakes into the ground. 2 stakes on the lower left side of the block which…

Whats the best and nicest way of retro fitting standard builders windows (sliding and awning windows) for;
1. Insulation
2. Noise
I don't particularly like a secondary window inside. As you are limited…

1) Can you install a dimmer after handover or do you have to do during wiring? We are thinking of install downlight after handover.
We have sets of 2 downlights and…

WOW... land at The Ponds is equivalent to Rouse Hill/North Kellyville now.

Standard carpet includes; polyester, nylon and wool. which are around the $30/m^2 range (retail).

Yeah we went with easy build package. In hindsight if i had known.. would have went the other route. It was about a 5k refund for both carpet and tiles.

Remember to consider fridge depth as well. Alot of the fridges require 90cm+ depth.
We've opted to leave all our fridge and microwave spaces as standard. And our fridge depth…

I would but the refund the builder is giving me back for the tiles and carpet is peanuts compared to the price of doing it all after handover.
My choices are…

tender -
deposit -
plan presentation -
external colour choices -
internal selections - (still need to finalise electricals and carpet)
landscape conditionally approved -
have CDC approval - (now waiting for…