We are just waiting on finance and then we will begin looking for an inspector for our build. Plan on getting them to do four inspections - slab, plate height, roof and PCI So far only had one quote but it seems like a worthwhile investment to me.

As I mentioned above I'll just be doing four inspections - slab, plate height, roof and PCI. Quite a few inspectors seem to offer packages and I can get those four inspections done for around $1500 - $2000 which is a big out of pocket expense when budgeting during a build and still paying rent but c...

No problem, hope it helped. I'm pretty new to this whole home ownership thing myself! Good luck with it all!

Definitely have a sit down with a broker. Helps to lay out the costs and make it all much more manageable. Also if you are looking to build as opposed to buying established the WA government just increased their first home owners grant to $15,000 (we just missed out by a month as we had signed contr...

Is it bad that I don't mind some of them? :D Probably a good thing my gf is in charge of colours and design of the house we are planning to build :P

We are having undermount in the kitchen in our new build and top mount in the scullery. Considering on changing the sink in the kitchen to a round single bowl at pre-start though as we don't think we need a double in the kitchen if we do the main washing up in the scullery.

9x14 sounds huge to me :D We are getting ready to build our first house and the backyard will be 4.9m deep by 12.5m wide.

Go ducted Mitsubishi electric with zone controller + wifi Wifi can be used on either ducted or split systems as it plugs into a pcb board So you can turn the air con on when your driving home on a stinker of a day Fujitsu are also quite good although they don't have wifi My builder is including Fuj...

Hi, Was just wondering if people had any feedback on fibreglass doors. Builder wants us to sign off on a variation to change our external access door on the garage from a Solidor wooden door to a fibreglass door. It makes sense to me on paper as the door will exposed to the elements and the fibregla...

Hey, Thought I'd introduce myself after plenty of lurking the past couple of months. My partner and I are looking to build our first home together in the Wellard area. Have spoken with a broker and should be fine borrowing the amount we are budgeting for, now just moving ahead with getting pre-appro...

Cheers Andrew. Part of the reason we have narrowed the list to those 3 builders at the moment is that they seemed pretty flexible when it came to design and the consultants all had good advice. So it's more the fact that we narrowed it down to three consultants we feel like we can work with. Red ink...

Thanks for that Andrew. Might pop in and see Eleanor as we have family in wandi so are there quite often. We really liked The Calypso display there by Red Ink too.

Seems like she comes highly recommended then. I'll pop by the Wandi display home next time I'm down there and have a chat with her. Thanks all!

Hey Bob, did you make any decisions yet? I went with Celebrations as they seemed a good mid-range builder plus the land in Brightwood Baldivis (Abn Group, Celebrations are part of them) was far cheaper than other estates in the area. So far they've honestly been great and have accommodated many cha...

Hey Bob We're currently building our first home in Byford with Home group wa after a bad experience with another builder. Home group have been great so far we've just had pre start. If you're looking for an amazing kitchen definitely worth checking out. The designer kitchen is such good value for m...

we are building with new gen and cant complain about a single thing. The build has been very good and the inclusions are quite generous. Thanks for letting us know. New Gen seem pretty willing to be competitive against the Celebration quote. The thing that might seal it at the moment is that New Ge...

we are building with new gen and cant complain about a single thing. The build has been very good and the inclusions are quite generous. Thanks for letting us know. New Gen seem pretty willing to be competitive against the Celebration quote. The thing that might seal it at the moment is that New Ge...

Still waiting on one quote but at the moment it looks like Celebration might be the winner. Of all the designs we've had drawn up they probably utilised the space the best. I'm still keen on the Impressions design as well but keep hearing bad things about BGC so it's putting us off slightly. The goo...

Thanks guys, we are pretty close to making a decision. Will start a build thread once our PPA is signed and our finance comes through :)