Where did you get your sheers? Edit, just read back and saw Sarita sheers from Ebay! Thanks! I really love how Madison your house is, your living and dining area is AMAZING and I also LOVE your study, and will eventually copy your floating desk idea once my study stops being a nursery.

Looking good ;) What colour are your main walls again?

Awesome!! Well done!! What are the boards nailed into to keep them still? Would look great with some merbau or jarrah stain.

It'll delay handover.. I raised issues after I got keys.

Nope, I raised so many things after handover.

Looks atrocious, make them fix it, it's a joke.

Totally agree with your last point about cost savings sometimes not being worth the effort and involvement and risk of outside tradesmen or tools and planning etc. Wishing I had just paid for landscaping as soon as I moved in. Dealing with sand getting everywhere and my beautiful liquid limestone ge...

Well done on the driveway, so much more practical and visually appealing.

Vision Decor gave a good quote for the ripplefold system. It wasn't that much more than the standard pinch pleate thing they do. Eyelets on rods are way cheaper than ripplefold track system. They also don't look anywhere near as nice. Also, eyelets let in huge amounts of light through the holes, rip...

I would have made more of a fuss about your front door really.. If you can notice it isn't square, it will annoy you forever and it's an expensive item. If they sand it and let air in, make them resolve it, again and again till they are satisfied. Honestly, they ruined the door. They cut too much on...

Lol we snuck in and sealed our walls before PCI... He pretended he didn't notice... Anything that irks you now, make him write it down. THose rough door frames... mine are really nice, only one doorframe has a bit of a dent. If you have lots, then make a big deal out of it, coz it will bother you fo...

Under my breakfast bar is black writing and unpolished. Quite annoying. Wish I'd thought to ask them to fix it ages ago, but my list of issues was already a mile long.

It's all looking really good. Check the tops of all your doors and make sure they are SEALED. Half mine aren't, huge pain come Winter and all the moisture makes them grow and they get completely stuck. Physically can't open my front doors. Check your floor tiles are nice and flat, no tiles sticking ...

I've got some serious kitchen envy.

Sansa is stunning. Study is incredible, amazing DIY skills. Good to see you are both still accomplishing house tasks, and love that you are keeping us up to date! Gosh a year went by quick, didn't it.

You get a pretty good amount back when you take out the shelf and rail, think it was something liek $450 when I did it at Prestart. You shouldnt get charged a variation. Tell them quickly. Vision decor has the cheapest sheer curtains and a great range. They can also do the wave heading/ripple fold h...

Wow, really coming along!!

The gap between the shower and cupboard tihng is normal, coz that's standard cupboard size. It gets overpriced to extend the cupboard. You can tell your SS about the error on the plan and he can remind the tiler to just add that next line of tiles. You run the risk of him forgetting or whatever and ...

Does anyone know if the builder is allowed to blackmail me into shaving it, and not taking responsibility if it's still too tight later down the track? Is that a bit unfair?