Anyone had any luck getting an external contractor to do some work before the walls go up? i have through asking my site supervisor very nicely. You have 0 chance through the head office. what kind of work did you manage to get done? i was thinking of getting the sparky to install a couple extra st...

AJ, do you have the dimensions of your kitchen? I'm being quoted $8,700 to upgrade to poly and my kitchen doesn't look that much bigger than yours! :([/quote] dimensionsions, 5020mm (stove side), 2340mm (microwave/pantry side), 3000 island bench. I got charged $4760 for poly upgrade.. Note: if you ...

Hi ajedi2k Your kitchen colour scheme is very impressive! Where did you get your kitchen splash back? And how much was it? Really like your tiles as well. How much did you pay for that? Hi Tile is 600x600 sereno white polished upgrade cost ~$6k Kitchen two tone colours. White on white for bottom an...

Hi guys I have a first world problem question to ask from those who have the my air 5 tablet for aircon. Do you have Netflix app running? I try to search in google play but doesn't come up. Might be because the tablet is not supported by Netflix. Can someone confirm?

Hi all. ..just had a question regarding the bath tub is it like plastic light weight ones. .. It's my first time building so wanted to know because the one sitting at the site is light weight feels like plastic. .. I thought it will very heavy stuff. . Please help with some advices. . Yeh it's ligh...

Hi all. ..just had a question regarding the bath tub is it like plastic light weight ones. .. It's my first time building so wanted to know because the one sitting at the site is light weight feels like plastic. .. I thought it will very heavy stuff. . Please help with some advices. . Yeh it's ligh...

Very disappointed with quality of job done at site. ..inside the house is full of rubbish everywhere. ..and the job quality looking at the amount of money paid it's not that standard. ..seems like trades people don't care they just complete the job so upset. .. That really bad...I too heard in rece...

Hi AJ and everyone Hope all is well. We have just finished signing our contract and are close to the colour presentation. My family and i have a few questions and we would really truly appreciate it if you or anyone else can help answer it. 1) I can see your photos however there isnt a lot. Is it o...

Congrats ajedi2k for finally able to move in! House looks fantastic! Just been to our site again last weekend (we try to drop by once a month) & build is progressing well (construction started since June) albeit we do see notice some workmanship issues with the bricks layering (from internal, e...

Timber noggins for downstairs is something u must do during your appointment. And yes for external just junction boxes. GPOs he drill and patch on to the closest existing GPO. Ex, I put two extra in my kitchen and one in garage then another external one. As long as they are on the same wall it's easy

thanks :) yeh Laminate floors for stairs and whole of upstairs (not a fan of carpets). it's design is "spotted gum" I wanted to do the bottom step with timber too, but decided to do it later. can't give you much on Clarendons ETA on handover, every SS is different, most of them don't real...

Congrats ajedi2k. .. Nice house and love the stairs did you do them with the builder. Thanks for coming back with updates. .. Enjoy your new home. . Yes got Clarendon to do the stairs, lighting was done later. They are from beacon lighting. How are you going? Up to painting now? Hope you are progre...

Hi All, I am looking for advise. I choose 6 zones air cond using myair 5. Currently the setup is: 1. Kitchen, meal and study 2. Living 3. Home theater 4. Bed 1 + 2 5. Bed 3 + 4 6. Leisure + bed 5 The question is... should i make it 10 zones? Advise please. Thanks. I did 7 zones with my air. Answer ...

Has anyone had any issues with a private inspector getting access once the house is at lock up? I had heaps of trouble getting them in pre handover. Ss don't want to "waste" his time and he doesn't want to give the inspectors the key. I had to beg and call & text multiple times to mak...

[quote="KLB"]Clarendon don't give a crap about quality, they try and get away with the bare minimum. Hi KLB How's your new home. ..must have settled now .. Can imagine the pressure you have gone through. ..gosh it's so stressful and heart breaking when you see how things are done and trea...

Hi Everyone, My wife and I are building in Highgrove and we are wondering how much would it cost to render the front of the house? Any ideas on tile upgrade? We were told that an upgrade is like $10k worth and the standard range isn’t very appealing. Thank you for your thoughts in advance. Depends ...

Congrats ajedi2k. .. Nice house and love the stairs did you do them with the builder. Thanks for coming back with updates. .. Enjoy your new home. . Yes got Clarendon to do the stairs, lighting was done later. They are from beacon lighting. How are you going? Up to painting now? Hope you are progre...

Hi ajedi2k Your kitchen colour scheme is very impressive! Where did you get your kitchen splash back? And how much was it? Really like your tiles as well. How much did you pay for that? Hi Tile is 600x600 sereno white polished upgrade cost ~$6k Kitchen two tone colours. White on white for bottom an...

Hi guys Just wanted to give you an update. We got the house 3 weeks ago. Been very busy. Already ripped out the old council footpath and crossover and redid it. Coloured driveway, front path and side paths Outdoor and indoor electrical fit outs(got Clarendon sparky who did my house to do this) very ...