well done Lizzy. One journey is over and a new one begins. Best wishes in the new house

Lizzy - the Ppole was installed two days before we moved in. Make sure you book in your Integral Pole connection contractor well in advance as many are quite busy. So that is the last thing done with the gas line (if any).

thanks to all for your advice over the past months and encouragement on the selections. we have finally moved in a week early than planned as i had very urgent family sickness to attend to. so the last month has been extremely painful, stressful and also exciting. M have missed only a couple of mino...

congrats R&J on the excellent progress and lovely colour selections

hi patsam i can feel the pain. i would think that there is some mis-communication (rather zero commun) betn the design office and construction office of Masterton. If you say the easement was clearly mentioned in ALL council approved plans and other contract documents then you are covered. it is a d...

vincy - your house is really huge. how many squares. hope brick layers r there next week

thanks Vincy & DRAM. final inspection should be within few days i hope

your house looks great. did u sort out the issue with bricks

R&J - speak to the certifier direct. You will find their details in the BASIX certificate you recd. they are working for you not Masterton homes - although Masterton is paying them.

thanks R&J for your reply. re your and sabs1 query - yes you are correct. Once you have the interim just take your time to call him back for the final. Yes you can move in even before they issue the interim (they are quite understanding)

A question for those who have moved in: what happens to items raised during the PCI - do these get done BEFORE we get the keys how many days from PCI to getting the keys Thanks

thank you Lizzy, Mrs Rose and Bzmz for the kind words. my DW wanted red colour splashback but they did not have anything matching the redgum cabinet. :? we have final inspection in last week of this month. The stress of building the house should be over soon but spendathon will continue for some tim...

some photos with one photo of the bulkhead in Bed4 http://img37.imageshack.us/i/14072010005.jpg/ http://img571.imageshack.us/i/14072010003.jpg/ http://img641.imageshack.us/i/14072010001.jpg/ http://img35.imageshack.us/i/03072010h.jpg/ http://img19.imageshack.us/i/03072010001.jpg/ http://img138.image...

hey Lizzy, i think a change in mortar colour will definitely be seen from across the street. By the way why would the mortar colour change now. Isn't it just a matter of getting the same mix as they did before. A bit puzzling. I wonder if they are trying to put some fear in you to not change anythin...

r&j - i cannot believe how fast your house build is progressing. simply unbelievable. you will definitely finish before me.

By the way make sure you take the bulkhead above the kitchen cabinets. Hi Ekman. Can I ask: how high are your kitchen ceilings? Is bulkhead necessary for even 2440 standard ceilings, or just 2740 ceilings? sunshine - we have standard 2.4m high ceiling in kitchen and there is definitely a gap betn t...

BAMZ - have sent u a pm

many thanks R&J, BZMZ for your advice I will definitely chase it up BZMZ - we changed the Crystal design as you can see from our plan on my blog. No tub, no garage, extra toilet in laundry, no A/C, 6.38mm thk tinted window glass everywhere etc etc. Since we had a slope of 3m back to front we had...

many thanks R&J, BZMZ for your advice I will definitely chase it up