Wanna posted:Ladies and Gents, step right up! Mernda & Doreen Residents
Loving the trucks! Can't wait for yours to join in the party 
We had a quote for landscaping the backyard and they suggested we…
Wanna posted:Ladies and Gents, step right up! Mernda & Doreen Residents
Hey stranger!!! According to council anything apart from building a garage, shed, car port or dwelling! We even need permission to deck over the concrete in the alfresco.
Wanna posted:Ladies and Gents, step right up! Mernda & Doreen Residents
Oh no Bam. That sucks. Everything always seems to take longer than necessary when you're relying on other people. We just found out we need permits to do anything in…
Wanna posted:Ladies and Gents, step right up! Mernda & Doreen Residents
Haven't eaten anything from the bakers aside from cookies but my experience has been really quick service for my morning caffeine fix and friendly service. I've been in loads of…
Wanna posted:If you built with PD, how long did it take?
Built a Francis 29 with a few extras. Start date 16th March 2009, handover 2nd September 2009. No particular delays, no major issues. The 20 week guarantee is a bit…
Wanna posted:Ready to go...We are in and I'm back..sort of :-)
Congratulations. The builders will be waking me up at 7am before you know it!
Wanna posted:Contract on land in estate?
We had a clause built into the contract with the developer to say we could pull out if site costs went above a certain amount. It wasn't something they were…
Wanna posted:Ready to go...We are in and I'm back..sort of :-)
You might want to hold off on the bathers until we get the landscaping done. We've got the biggest pile of soil you've ever…
Wanna posted:Ready to go...We are in and I'm back..sort of :-)
No comment on colours. I'll leave that to the others. I'm rubbish at remembering what everything looks like. Until I see samples in front of me my brain doesn't work!…
Wanna posted:Boxes free to a good home
Ok, so Joles took most of them off my hands. Still a few left, mostly larger ones if anyone can use them.
Wanna posted:Ready to go...We are in and I'm back..sort of :-)
Oooh littlies. My two are 9 year old girl, and 6 year old boy.
I wouldn't worry too much about the double storey thing. If we end up with one…
Wanna posted:Ready to go...We are in and I'm back..sort of :-)
You'll be the only double storey on the street so far and if you block my view of the hill then I'll never speak to you again
Wanna posted:Ladies and Gents, step right up! Mernda & Doreen Residents
I popped in yesterday for a Monday morning pick me up! First day back at school and having to get up and organised hit me hard! Coffee was good as…
Wanna posted:Ready to go...We are in and I'm back..sort of :-)
Hi Toni, KFC was yum!
mpjc, come say hi whenever you next come up to visit your dirt! We're no.9 diagonally across from you.
Our block…
Wanna posted:Ready to go...We are in and I'm back..sort of :-)
Lol. The picture of your block is the view out my bedroom window. Howdy neighbour
I'll get to see your house being built from my…
Wanna posted:12 month maintenance with PD
Hi, like Lisa we've just had our 3 month inspection although they are yet to book in the maintenance work required. I was pleasantly surprised that they're willing to fix…
Wanna posted:Problem with Porter Davis - Moving Alfresco on Francis 29
Congratulations on your news. We had a few discussions with PD over things we wanted. I think anything slightly unusual gets put in the 'too hard' pile with most of…
Wanna posted:Problem with Porter Davis - Moving Alfresco on Francis 29
Hi Wizard, Trying to get my head around what you want to do. Are you planning to build with the alfresco option where the alfresco takes the place of the…
Wanna posted:Boxes free to a good home
Anybody moving soon is more than welcome to have our now empty boxes. Mix of large and small. Can be picked up anytime from Mernda. Will just be happy to…
Wanna posted:Francis 29 by Porter Davis
Hi, we just moved into our Francis last month. Happy to answer any questions if I can for you. We have the study rather than the retreat option at the…
Wanna posted:Building Inspections - some questions - please help me
We used Peter from Final Inspect. He recommended 2 inspections, one at frame stage and one pre handover. Our house is 29 squares and the cost for each inspection is…
Wanna posted:Ebay items
Thanks Matt.
Sold our first lot of stuff last week and got over a grand. We were amazed. Just thought we'd have a go on ebay before hard waste…
Wanna posted:Chateau Lisa
Congrats Lisa. How exciting. Love the gumboots! Believe me there is nothing more exciting than a portaloo when you've been waiting so long for action
Wanna posted:Our Home with PD
I've spoken to our SS a number of times mainly cos he's easier to get hold of than my CSC! We've only met him once though and that was completely…
Wanna posted:Ebay items
Hi guys,
Nowhere near ready to move yet but I've started the clear out already. It's addictive though - sold a load of stuff last week including both my couches so…
Wanna posted:Our Home with PD
Congrats - it's great when you can finally see something that resembles a house on your block. It does slow down though but it's still exciting watching everything come together.…
Wanna posted:Where to go in Melbourne for furniture and accessories??
There was a sale on at Dare last week and their prices were good anyway. They were on Bridge Road in Richmond. There was an Adairs there too with loads…
Wanna posted:Chateau Lisa
Our SS never called us to introduce himself. We just happened to bump into him on site while we were watching them prep our slab. Don't expect anyone to call…
