thanks guys for the advise re garages. our house is coming along really well (apart fro the bricks and mortar issue) everything seems to be ok. the painting is almost done, and the stone benchtops went in today as well :) so hopefully not too much longer:) So exciting!!! When will you know more abo...

Wow inglewood, just caught up with your blog. Amazing how fast your house is appearing before your eyes. You must be happy with the progress so far. When does the apricot tree go in?? We also have a wonderful apricot tree in our current house and will be planting one in the new house. Is it a moorp...

Thanks Inglewood for sharing your experience. seems you guys end up choosing Shaker profile on a standard finish? However , I been told the Shaker Profile only come with Colourtec / Vinal finish. I am asking Hopeturn whether I can have Shaker profile door on Silk Finish and been told No! ......... ...

Just bought an acre in Plenty, Melbourne and really like the look of the new marriot 48. My main concern is having a 55m frontage the standard house will look super tiny! Anyone have any experience with widening a house design via extra side rooms, garages etc? Have a 35m wide envelope and quite a ...

Yippee, very exciting Skye, just in before Christmas, you must be rapt. We are so happy. Porter Davis have been really professional in the end. Our splash back wont be replaced until the New Year but everything else is spot on. We have a beautiful home. Congrats Skye - Can't wait to see your final ...

hi everyone was just wondering what people's garages look like? Is is mostly plastered, however around the external access door there is exposed brick. Does anyone else have this? Yes, we have the same. It does look a little strange - I don't know why they do it like this. There is also exposed bri...

it entirely depends on if you know how to paint but you could buy 3 different colours of paint and all the gear for 5 feature walls for about $250max....but I wouldn't do if you don't know how to properly...luckily we do saved us about 1400 by the sound of it! had meeting onsite with SS - and our b...

: It seems we are finally going to have handover tomorrow :z: :z: ::party:: ::party:: ::cheerleader:: ::cheerleader: can't believe its finally time very excited will upload more photos soon. It's been a bit crazy few weeks with our SS postponing our handover several time & trying to get him to ...

Inglewood, ask your SS first is my suggestion. He will know if they have been ordered or not. Thanks MummaDJ! Will do!

How late is too late to change taps (and possibly the basin)? We are at lock up stage. Our BC will flat out say no I reckon, but PD are now offering taps that are more my style and if they had these taps when we did our colours I would have chosen them without a doubt. Sent from my iPhone using Tapa...

El_Ko - what's the brick work like where it's not going to be rendered? It doesn't look good, but I reckon the render will fill in those bits and hopefully it'll be fine. Let us know what your SS says! The pics I showed of the brick work done on the other house aren't going to be rendered.

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Has anyone had their driveway poured, or the prep work done, before handover? My SS is saying I can't get anything started until after handover? Hi chrystee :) My BC has also told me that the driveway is done after handover as well. My driveway is through PD & has already been poured and handov...

Very exciting! We are really happy with the brick colour. For quite a while we were going to go with Jarrah, but then decided on Rouge not long before our colour selection appointment - I'm loving the colour soooo much! It goes so well with our window colour which is white birch. Roof is Woodland Gr...

We met our SS this morning and he seems like a top bloke. No-nonsense kind of guy and seems to be quite particular on the tradies he uses. We are really happy with the brickwork. It looks great. Today they are finishing up the window sills (depending on the weather of course!) Plaster will be delive...

Dear Father Christmas, I have been a good girl this year. Please give me a slab and a house frame and a roof and some bricks for Xmas. I am sure the Easter Bunny will take care of the rest. Slab has been rescheduled to this Friday the 6th! And I made an attempt at a blog :) Good work on your blog! ...

It certainly looks like the sand piled up at my place and I paid a few hundred for the privilege. Anything for free is always a plus. Looks like they have done a really fantastic job! Brick workmanship looks spot on. Thanks Skye! Who knows... maybe it is - guess time will tell once it's dry. Either...

Hi Inglewood! It almost looks like you got off white mortar (without paying for it)! Winning! LOL! hmmmm - I wonder :wink: :wink: This is the colour of the sand they're using. Really impressed with the job they are doing, it's really tidy and uniform - which is what you'd expect anyway, but we're v...

Hi all.... You guys have prompted me to look closer at my contract. It states as follows: 13.1.2 Mortar colour consistency - Some minor variations in colour may occur due to the variable nature of sands used in the making of the mortar. However, this is not considered to be a defect. So my question...