I have been reading through these topics and they have been great has giving me alot of piece of mind as so far for me it has not been so easy.... So i have decided to start me own ? I started off signing a contract with a different builder which ended in me fighting a $50,000 footings/site works fe...

MJT im so glad to hear youve had a good experience so far !! And as for the soil we luckily enough had a copy of our neighbours who are building on the same subdivided block, theirs was a quarter of the price and after sitting down with the construction manager and handing these over he magically dr...

Thank you so very much MJT i have been stressing that there is all these extra hidden cost we can get hit with during the build so you have put my mund at ease abit ! These are some of what we have included in our contract (hopefully will help anyone looking to build in the future) Upgraded insulati...

Hello there ! I must admit i have stalked your thread i find these so helpful as it is so overwhelming building a house ! What process are you upto so far i have no yet been given a construction date ? I am still in the early stages as I've had to start all over again ? Im also not sure how to reply...

Hi Amymay! We've just signed with Fairmont for a build in Myponga. We had a similar experience to you; we paid a deposit with another builder and had soil testing but when the footings and contract came back we picked up over $10 000 in "mistakes" and "oversights". They were hap...

Love that you have started your own thread i look forward to following your build ? Awesome to see so much is happening now you have your variation back !

We just received out footings report back and it came in under what they aloud 😀😀😀 and a whole 18,000$ under what the other builder tried to slug us for !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you so very much MJT i have been stressing that there is all these extra hidden cost we can get hit with during the build so you have put my mund at ease abit ! These are some of what we have included in our contract (hopefully will help anyone looking to build in the future) Upgraded insulat...

I know what you mean! We have now used a custom plan and I think this time around there was much more research and thought put into it. My husband might argue too much thought ;-) We signed contracts at the end of January and received our copy last week. They have already completed soil testing and...

Hi, we received our bank pack in the form of an email today (including our final plans and elevations). We're just hanging out for our soil and engineering reports which should be making there way to us as we speak :-) I have to say that our sales person has, so far, been terrific. He is quick to g...

Soo now i know things are all go i will upload our layout, its a different design but suits our life exactly how we need which is why we decided to build in the first place 🙂 As for selection i have a rough idea of color schemes i will upload pics on that aswell !

Our design, we needed a large room detached from our living areas and this worked perfectly for us 😊

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Hi everyone. Looking at KDR in North eastern suburbs of Adelaide. Anyone have any recent feedback on Distinctive homes? Not much on product review for a few years. Hello embella, Not to sure if your still looking for feed back but we had a horrible experience with distinctive homes. We are now buil...

Hi! We just received our soil reports. Massive sigh of relief! They came in slightly under what we allowed for and we'll under what our previous builder estimated - no retaining or steep driveway on this report?! (As expected on a flat block of land!) Looks like we will be racing each other ;-) I'm...

Hi! We just received our soil reports. Massive sigh of relief! They came in slightly under what we allowed for and we'll under what our previous builder estimated - no retaining or steep driveway on this report?! (As expected on a flat block of land!) Looks like we will be racing each other ;-) I'm...

So nice to see progress for you guys !! Unfortunately for us we have been waiting almost 2 months for site works to start and have just been told still another few weeks away due to bad weather ? 😔 Quick question did they contact you before starting siteworks or do they just start ?

Helloo bubbles_family 😊😊 If you dont mind me asking how much did it cost to get storm water through the builder? We are considering ringing one of there contract people as our site is super tight an might be easier getting them to do it before the house goes up !?

Hello hillbuilder your house is looking great 😊 I just wanted to ask you a quick question when they connected your house to the electrical mains did you at all have to get council to reinstate the footpath ? If so does this cost alot ?