Roof and Bricks

I can't believe how much our house has changed in a week. Last weekend we were really excited to have gutters. This weekend we have a roof, half a house of bricks, plumbing and electrical. The house has really progressed and now we can see some of the colours we have chosen coming together. Loving our bricks and are very happy to see they look good with the roof colour.

Looking very different

Wow. Our block of land is really starting to look like a house.

We Have Movement

Our start date has come and gone and our block is now looking very different. We had a slight issue while we were on holidays before the start date. Our portaloo was burnt down. But Coral have now got a new one on site. We have finished our retaining wall and are on track for a slab pour on the 5th of April. Just have to hope for no rain. Finally we have pics of movement on the block.

Site Supervisor

We have been very impressed with our site supervisor so far. We have had a phone call from him introducing himself and letting us know his plan for the first monthish. His current plan is...
21.03.2013 - Cut the block
22-24.03.2013 - We build the other half of the retaining wall
25.03.2013 - Slab pour
11.04.2013 - Frame goes up

It is really nice to know that things have been planned and he is all ready to go. Give us that nice secure feeling.

Hubby had also mentioned to him that he would out on the block during last week putting the retaining wall up so the SS dropped by to meet Jas and have a look at the block. Needless to say we are long the service so far. Very happy to be in the consrtuction zone now.

We are also very excited to now have half a retaining wall built. Jas completed the wall last week and it is really good to finally see something on the block. We are about to go on holidays for a week so will post pics when we are back.

We Have A Start Date!

We are very excited that we got a call on Friday to say that our start date is the 21st of March, weather permitting. We have spent the day sourcing materials for the retaining wall so we can have that done in time for the start date.

Thought this would also be a good time to post a pic of our house plan.

Sorry for the dodgy pic. Best I could do.

All Clear to Start the Retaining Wall

The very annoying retaining wall has now been given the all clear to start. While we are still waiting on the start date (bank sent authority to commence construction on Tuesday), we have met with a Coral member on our block and found out that we can start contructing our retaining wall. The wall needs to be constructed in two goes. Half before the site cut and half after. We are hoping to plot out the retaining wall on the weekend and start building it next week. I can't wait to have something on the block at last. Getting closer. :)

Council Approved

Yay we finally have council approval. Council rang Coral on Wednesday to say the house had been approved and the information was being sent to Coral's certifiers. Coral has said it will still be another 2-3 weeks until the plans are certified. Then we received a call from council yesterday to say the retaining wall had approval and the certification which Coral wanted would be in the mail this week.

We have also received our final finishings variations now. It was about $1k more than we were expecting. Apparently the Coral colours lady isn't quite up on the costs of things. The biggy was the carpet. We were told about $800. The price came back at $1900. Fairly big difference there but it is also a non negotiable for us. So we are sucking it up and paying it. Hubby's comment was "I'm not paying all this money to have a really nice house with crappy carpet." That seemed like a fair point to me. Plus the carpet was my choice so no complaints here. Hoping for a start date in March.