If you've got the money and can find a fair and reasonably priced builder, then next year would be a great time to build. But you'll need access to build data on your own design.. then monitor key build indicators and move quickly Thanks @StructuralBIMGuy - When we think about next year, are we say...

Thanks both... we intend to live in this for at least 10 years once built, so it's definitely not a build and sale, but I am concerned that with the interest rates and how it's already added quite a lot than we were originally estimating for. Is it serviceable, yes but am looking to see if the norm ...

Hi All, My wife and I have been on quite the journey and since we cancelled our Metricon contract, we've gone with a custom home builder to get a better personal experience. We're at the stages where we're getting bank valuations for the loan and I was quite surprised to see the valuators undervalui...

Hey @stonesthrow - It is a pretty expensive build, but we have customised a lot in order for it to meet our requirements... some of those are: 2.7M ground floor 2.55M First floor Extended downstairs theatre Extended Bed 1 Modified Office/Guest and Ensuite Modified Ensuite 2 Corner Stacker Doors Lots...

Hi All, I feel like I'm stuck, with no one to escalate to and no where to go. We signed our initial Contract with Metricon in May 2021. We've didn't start our Studio M appointments until March 2022 due to delay after delay after delay of Metricon taking weeks and months to adjust designs based on ou...

Yeah, we had similar but we added extra lights, switches, and DGPO's everywhere.

lots of devices, but only 1 double gpo to each room does not compute Not sure what you're looking at, there's 3x DGPO to each room

Thanks @spazzen for the great advice, I'm glad I found your previous post! We finished our electrical appointment and we had budgeted $20K for electrical and spent $21K, so we did really well and we got all the power points, data, junctions, etc... that we wanted. I did put 4 data points in the ceil...

@timlavelle I hope everything is going smooth with your build. Did you receive Bank Valuation for the land and how did you go? Any lot in box hill seems to be around 1 Million at the moment. Thanks Our registration is scheduled for March - May, but we got an email from Stockland telling us that the...

Hello all, We're going in for our Electrical Appointment tomorrow and I've been reading a lot of posts here, online, and general electrical guidance tips and tricks. As we are an IT focused home with a lot of devices, I knew we needed more than the average, so I wanted to post what I have planned fo...

Thanks @strannik, @noname, @flamingo and @Cbee for all the replies! Makes me feel more comfortable getting these included on the loan price. Also really good info on the LVR and how much to borrow against, we're speaking with the broker next week and I will bring these up.

when you say: Do you mean you are borrowing 95% (ie 95%LVR)? My apologies and thanks for helping me see the oversight. No, we're not borrowing 95% LVR, it will be roughly 68%... I think I have this accurate as we have around 32% of the total loan ready for deposit. @strannik - Good question and it ...

Hi all, We're getting close to starting our loan process with our mortgage broker and something that keeps going through my mind are all the other costs associated with a build and if I should add these to the loan. We've purchased land in Box Hill NSW (The Gables, owned by Stockland) and are buildi...

Hi All, First time poster, but been reading posts and articles for some time now. The wife and I have purchased our first plot of land in The Gables in the Rouse/Box Hill area of NSW and are building our first home. The land won't register until March next year, but we're looking at lots of homes to...