What's news at the Ivy lately? Has anyone been up to visit recently? Anyone from stage 2 made progress yet? :) We have settled in stage 2, just waiting to finalise our contract in October with Henley and hopefully start building November/ December. Everything is finished in stage 2 except for the w...

Has anyone had land valued recently? I heard in the last release the 14m x 32m lots sold for $291,000! Anyone got an idea what market value is in the area now? We have had valuations off nab, cba and Bankwest last week and although the land has gone up considerably in future stages, it didn't show ...

Hi! Just wondering if anyone with land in stage 2 (or whatever stage is releasing next) has heard more about when your land will title? We've got land in stage 6, so we're a loooong way from there ourselves, but keen to hear how things are progressing in the earlier stages :) We are in Stage 2 &...

@thejuros i will take a snap of the caesar stone category prices for you tomorrow (not at home) If you go one the caesar stone website and look at the specs it should say what range the stones are e.g. Standard Cat 1, Deluxe Cat 2, Premium Cat 3, Supernatural Cat 4 and Supernatural Ultra Cat POA :)...

Join the Henley, Plantation, Mainvue closed group on FB and use the search bar at the top and type in Ceasarstone categories and it will pop up. It is more active than this thread and really helpful. My neighbours are building the Vogue at the moment, it looks like a great design, good luck with th...

Hi, we are signing up this weekend to build the double story vogue 33. Besides structural changes and site costs ect, what have most spent on cosmetic upgrades at their colour app at cosham? Does anyone know what the ceaserstone range is like between the different categories? Or have pictures or a ...

Hi, we are signing up this weekend to build the double story vogue 33. Besides structural changes and site costs ect, what have most spent on cosmetic upgrades at their colour app at cosham? Does anyone know what the ceaserstone range is like between the different categories? Or have pictures or a l...

Thank you very much @thejuros and again @tanz1110 ! This is so valuable information we get here! We will certainly opt for an independent inspector too! And yes, there is a special floor plan we like, so we will see if others fit into budget in case we need to swap rooms, etc. How did you go with y...

We are building with porter Davis. All of the volume builders have bad reviews. It's hard to pick just based on reviews. In the end we just picked based on a floor plan and design we loved and a price that worked for us. We are using 'darbeca' or 'new homes inspections' for our independent inspector...

I also think that the fact that is was westgate fuel was supposed to be disclosed to use when we bought the land... it might show that they were trying actively to hide things. I feel stupid for not doing all these checks before buying our land but the realestate market in Altona North is so compet...

Same here. usually same day or the next if it's at the end of the day. I'm usually very unhappy with what she has to say but she says it quickly haha... Naama , any more updates on the asbestos issue? Have PD said anymore about it? They just said that I should deal with it. I have a company to deal...

Hi everyone, we have purchased in Stage 5A and looking to build with Porter Davis Homes. When we purchased they said titles would be released around first quarter of 2018, has anyone had updates on this timeframe? It sounds like they might be delayed on all stages! Cheers, Brad I rang her today to ...

Or to put it another way, the developer has increased the price of the land by $5,000 but will give you that money back if you do some landscaping! The estate near us has that same scheme. Yeah exactly right! we were thinking of buying a block in another estate and for land that is slow to sell the...

We had quite strict estate guidelines to adhere to. This included specifying the exact letterbox, and designing our entire garden front and back which required 3 X advanced (3m) native trees in the front, 5 X advanced (3m) native trees in the back and 20 native plants. Very hard to decide a year ou...

Hi all, Went to the estate yesterday and they were still working on the roads in stage two at 5pm! That's the first time I've seen workers there that time on a Friday arvo. Street signs are all in too! Looks like they are doing the last surface layer of the roads. That is a good sign! Hopefully not...

I cant recall if i posted a photo of our driveway or finished facade with blinds or not, excuse the mess!! its looking a little nicer now. We are due to start our front fence fairly soon, as i must admit im excited to see it all come to life with our white picket fence and roses along the fence lin...

Hi guys, who did you choose for your building surveyor? PD is recommending the following options: Checkpoint Building Surveyors, DJM Building Consultants, Advance Building Strategies I don't trust any building surveyor engaged by Porter Davis. I would recommend regardless of which one you pick you ...

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Your site costs depends on fall on the land, what soil quality is like, if they use fill on the block, the more fill the more it costs ect. So many variables