Our pipes and power :)

Here's some pics of our pipes and power, I'd have more but have been fiercely sick with Gastro since Sunday which is keeping me from going to my site more than once a day for photos. :x

Anyway here is the meter box:


And my Simonds sign:



And my lovely lovely pipes:



And where my basin in my ensuite will be:





Will go back tonight once its cooled down to see if any more progress - the slab is due to be poured on first day back on Jan 4th so they must be putting down the whole waffle slab stuff today or tomorrow.....how exciting!!!

Caz

We're Screwed!!!

Our screw piles are in!!

Drove past the block to see if the survey pegs were done, to find them drilling in the screw piles early!! Gotta love any builder who starts early for you :)

 

 

More pics later I'm sure :)
Caz

We have a tap (and screw piles)!

Drove past the block to discover we have a tap! Plus a huge big pile of screw piles that are going in under our slab. How exciting!!!

Caz

Build starts FRIDAY!!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just spoke to our building supervisor, and the build will start Friday now all the paperwork between the bank and S is done! Block is being resurveyed Friday (due to missing pegs GRRR), then the screw piles for our slab are going in on Saturday. Slab is due to be poured on Jan 4th, first day back after Christbreak, so we shall have our slab party in the New Year :)

How exciting!! It's finally starting!! Will update with photos on Friday and Saturday (just try and stop me from visiting the block everyday with my camera, ha!)

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Caz

Contracts all signed, now STOP RAINING ALREADY!!

Of course as soon as they've broken land on our block, it has bloody rained every since!!

On a positive note, all contracts are signed with the bank today WOOHOO! Thankyou to my AWESOME bank manager Robina for all her help, you are a legend Robina :)

Now if it would just stop raining we can get going again!! ARGH!!

Caz

Our block has been cut!

What a suprise today to get a call from the slasher to inform us that they couldn't slash the block as an excavator was there digging the block up!!

I went down to check it out and yep, they've cut down and levelled the site off and carted away the excess fill. Digger is still there so look slike there will be more done on Monday. I took the kids to check it out after school and pose with the digger, they were very excited to figure out where their bedrooms would be.

 

 

 

 

The rest of the backyard still needs to be slashed though as its really high and the council sent us out a notice, so I've got him coming back tomorrow to make it look pretty :)

Caz

ALL APPROVED!!!

We got final bank approval of our final contract for the build today WOOT WOOT!!

So signing final contracts in a couple of days, Simonds are ready to go, hopefully they can start next week!! Will speak to my CSO tomorrow to find out if anything else needs to be done before we start. I would love to have my slab before Christmas but trying not to hold my breath too much!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT

Caz

House plans - updated to final layout

 

Our site plans and house layout

 

Whoops I forgot to show you all how the house is going to sit on our block (when we finally start building!!)

We had to flip around the front of the house, the garage and main bedroom, ensuite & WIR, otherwise the driveway was on too much of an angle to get the cars into the garage (since our fence opening is narrower at front then opens out onto the block.) We dont mind really, it just means there is more space down the 'dead' side of the block, along the straight fenceline on the bedroom side of the house. So the space is not wasted we are going to put our garden shed and water tank down that side (once we can afford them!) so they're out of sight and not taking up the rest of the yard.

So here is the house layout, a few tiny alterations need to be made on these drawings (like the double doors between lounge and meals will swing into lounge, not meals) but they have been fixed on final drawings.

My favourite part is the front hallway and my 2 (yes 2) linen cupboards along that wall - I need to buy some more linen to fill them!! hehehe

Caz

old house SOLD :)

Well the old house went up for sale on Wednesday, by the afternoon we had our first offer :) A bit too low so we held out til Saturday, had 2 more offers from 2 more couples, and we took the last one as it was close enough and the buyer already has the money ready to go, no need to wait around for finance or anything.

So barring they find anything wrong with the house in their inspection, the house is due to settle on December 15!!

WOOT WOOT!!

PS Here are some pics of the house after Caitlin and her sis cleaned it most awesomely and we chuck in new carpet and new paint throughout, scrubbed up really nice :)

Kids room with new carpet (and maggie):


Study/Maggie's room before & after pics:



Caz