Tile Problems!

We were thinking that this would happen and it did!

We got a call fro Di Lorenzo on Monday to advise us that the tile we had chosen for our wet area floors was discontinued. There was nothing else that we liked in the range that was available to us and we didn't want to pay anymore than we already had.
We headed of to Di Lorenzo on Thursday and spent about 2 hours re-selecting our tile. The hardest part was, since our vanities were already installed we had to find one that would match!

Thankfully they had a new tile in the range which they didn't have on display yet. The salesperson showed us the tile and huzzah! A tile for us!! So we signed the paperwork and headed out. It was not over. We hopped in the car and as we were driving out I noticed that they had changed our wall time without our knowledge.
We went back and asked them how they could change the wall tile without out consent yet when we had to change our floor tile they had to ask us???!!!

The salesperson was rude and abrupt and simply said "Well if you don't want it we can delay your house until you can get the one you originally wanted!"
The original wall tile we chose was as close to a flat edge tile you could get without paying extra. Now different suppliers and and even the same tile in a different batch can be different, but the salesperson didn't care and to prevent the delay of the house we accepted the change in wall tile and headed home.

So those building beware and always check paperwork twice as companies like Di Lorenzo may try to screw you over and give you the only option of delaying your build.

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

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.

Waiting

We are currently waiting for the Land to settle. The plans are currently with council for registration/approval. This process is supposed to take 10 days. We are currently at 25 days.

The other thing we are waiting on is the final drawings of our home. Exciting times!!