External Photos

Nothing much has happened build over the last week wise except for the finishing touches to the cosmetic things we found during the PCI, so I thought I would upload some external photos after the site fence has been removed.

Weekly Photo - Week 21

Weekly Progress photo 31/07/2011

Changes: PCI Done, Home Theater cabling, Handover booked, whirly bird installed, site fence removed

First time of parking the car on the driveway.

Weekly Photo - Week 12

Week 12 Progress Photo 29/05/2011
Changes: Data Cable, Eves, TV Wall Battens

Roofing Complete!

"All the external colours seem to blend together quite nicely." This is what we were thinking when we arrived at our build today and noticed our Roof has been completed.

We have also booked an independent inspector to go through the house shortly. Thanks to all those who gave recommendations of who we could use.

Our bricks have been cleaned and show their proper colour now.

Meeting the neighbours.

This morning as we were checking out the frame work out we were able to catch a quick glimpse of our new neighbours. They shouldn't give us any trouble we don't think. :-)






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Weekly Photo - Week 3

Week 3 progress photo 26/03/2011
Changes: Site Construction Fence, Port-a-loo & Rubble.

Our rubble and toilet have been fenced in!

We visited our block this morning to find a pile of rubble blocking our driveway, that we have been fenced in and how convenient a port-a-loo. At first we thought it was there for us to use on our frequent  site visits but the realised that soon we shall have quite a few other visitors to our block that may also need these facilities.

From previous blogs we have been reading we thought the fence came at a later stage (after the excavation). So to see it now was pleasing.

Weekly Photo - Week 2

Week 2 progress photo 20/3/2011
Changes: Silt Fence and Wisdom Sign, council nature strip mowed

We are planning on mowing the site next week to ensure that the grass wont be a problem when it comes time to start

Red Pegs and Waiting

We visited our block today only to notice that we have four more pegs. They are all within the boundary of our block and all have 3m o/s to int'n. Does any one know what they are for? My guess was that its where they are excavating/filling for the house. See photos below for a better idea of what I am talking about.

Our plans are currently going through the phase of being looked at and hopefully approved by Sydney Water and we are waiting for council to issue the Construction Certificate.

NW Corner Peg

NE Corner Peg

SW Corner Peg

SE Corner Peg

DA Update

We have been advised that we now have a DA Number and a street number. We now play the waiting game.

And then there was light

Met with Wisdom today to finalise our electrical plan. We originally allowed an additional $500 in the tender for extra power points, light fittings, etc.Thankfully after all the additions that we made we came in just under the $500.

Here is our final electrical plan.

On a side note we visited our block today and the construction fence has finally been removed. We were able for the first time to walk onto our block (officially) and even park in our own driveway.

We Have Settled

We are happy to announce that our block of land settled today (8th Dec 2010). This is a major step forward and now allows us to go and have a picnic on our land!

Land Registration and Working Drawings

We have (finally) received notification of our land being registered and settlement at this stage is set for 6th December. This took a total of 53 days when it should have only taken 10. At least now we can relax on that front.

We also received the working drawings for our house and we have approved these which allows the final stages of the tender to be prepared, including the building contract.

It shouldn't be to long now until we have to finalise the colour selection process.

Colour Selection

Whilst we are waiting for the drawings to be done, we have made a start on our colour selections for some things including -

• Wet and dry area tiles
• Garage door
• Bricks
• Windows, gutters and fascia
• Roof Tiles

There is soo much to choose from and trying to get them all to match is a difficult task! We have already called on some friends to give us a second opinion on the tiles and a few other little things. Thanks to Leigh and Amanda for their help so far. I hope some of our other friends wont mind being called upon to lend their designing skills.

A quick update on the land registration. We are still waiting. It is now Day 36 of what should be a 10 day process. Hopefully it doesn't take too much longer. 

Oct 2010 Land Update

We have received a letter from the conveyancer saying our subdivision has been lodged with council and is currently in the process of being registered. Hopefully this doesnt take too long This is an exciting time!!