jo0807 thank you and it seems Truffle lini is a popular choice for the bathrooms. Tondar you are progressing well. What a nice surprise with the cedar pergola and can't wait to see your pics. I am going to our house in the morning so I will have to drive past and have a look at your beautiful house ...

Bailey - thank you and fingers crossed everything comes together. I hope your financial institution gets there stuff together for you, you don't need them delaying you after the long admin process R puts you through. Duessel - thats a great idea and a good way not to have wasted space, I like the pi...

Duessel I have not picked a colour yet and the pressure is on now as we will be measuring it next week! We have now also decided to put glass on the front of the island bar as it is in 3 pieces and we don't like the joins, one of those things they don't tell you and its not on the plans, and we did ...

Jen you must be relieved about the doors and its great to hear it was not a hassle for you. Our kitchen is Polytec Truffle lini, is that what you are getting? Thanks munchi and I can't wait for bench tops to go in. Koroboo your house looks spacious from the alfresco area and it looks great.

Our lovely kitchen and the stone is supposed to be going on next Wednesday :) http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o790/melc37/photo_zps4e4f0441.jpg http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o790/melc37/Kitchen2_zpsdf5169d6.jpg

Jen I hope that R will come to the party with changing the door, and its great that the brick work wont need to be redone, hopefully that will also help your case. Munchi Good luck with your electricals. We did not borrow money for our landscaping but I have had friends who have, I think it depends ...

Jen your house is looking great! We had some window & door issues with R and they resolved all the issues we had. I hope they do the same for you. We also had plans that were not clear & precise when it came to walls etc and they were also fine with changing to the way I interpreted them. It...

Design it and SL 1977 congrats on starting your build. JTM good luck with your finance. Jen I hope you have gyprock before Easter. We finally got an answer from the kitchen company yesterday (after me calling many times!) and we will have the kitchen installed Tuesday next week. It's 2 weeks late bu...

Tarsha I love everything and you are so close now! Your WIR is great and I love your shoe storage section. The bathrooms and kitchen looks beautiful. I am sure you are very excited to get to this point and can now begin to make plans without feeling overwhelmed :)

Thanks for the feedback and Koroboo the tiles are from Tiles Direct but I have seen them at a lot of other tile shops. The brand is RAK Cavestone in Ivory. They are also in the two storey display house at Homeworld South, which we discovered after we picked them! JTM I hope they will be cool in summ...

We went by today to see if we had progress and we have tiles! http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o790/melc37/FrontPorchtiles_zps802e17d0.jpg http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o790/melc37/Ensuitetoilet_zps742ee129.jpg Ensuite toilet http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o790/melc37/EnsuiteShower_zps...

How exciting for you design it! Well I spoke to our SS and the kitchen was supposed to go in last week but there has been a delay on the doors and they have to come from NZ. It was not good to hear that on a Monday morning. I am starting to think that we are going to be lucky to be in by the end of ...

Welcome River, the Eden is a lovely design, we were trying to decide between the Eden and the Metford 28 as we really liked both of them, the Metford layout worked better for us though. You are at the best stage now and good luck :)

Tarsha I agree the with everyone on the white handrail :) Welcome Tanya, we are building the Metford 28 at The Hermitage. It seems to have become very popular. Good Luck with your tender. My husband went past today and our tiles have been delivered for the bathrooms, patio and the laundry. I am not ...

Tarsha I love your feature wall and the contrast of the white window frames against the dark wall. We are also doing this in our home theatre room. Like Smorgzzz said if you keep reminding your SS then you might have a better chance of getting in on the dates you need. A phone call every day or coup...

misch -I hope you keep getting the same tradies we had as we have been really happy with all of them. The people next door were building with another builder and their pile of rubbish (including all external rubbish) was still there until they moved in. But R take the rubbish away after each stage ...

misch -I hope you keep getting the same tradies we had as we have been really happy with all of them. The people next door were building with another builder and their pile of rubbish (including all external rubbish) was still there until they moved in. But R take the rubbish away after each stage (...

Sorry Misch I mucked that up! We only have one bar (2 panes of glass). Now I know that you have started I will have to drive past and have a look at your build. We were really happy with the brickies we had. They took a bit longer but I don't mind if you are getting quality work from them. I also li...

misch - I love the trend facade with the extra window. Your house is coming along well. I noticed your back window next to the alfresco has 3 vertical bars. We told R that we wanted everything exactly like the display but they didn't quite understand exact. It was also our fault as we totally missed...