Thursday 26 September 2013
And then there was a slab! 26th September 2013
The slab has been poured and we can see our home further developing. We have our meeting with the foreman tomorrow and should see a frame begin in two weeks!
Wednesday 25 September 2013
Slab Prep - Foam, Rio and Form work - 25th September 2013
And the excitement continues!
Rick spoke to the foreman this afternoon and the slab will be poured tomorrow! Frame has been ordered and is due within 2 weeks.
Rick spoke to the foreman this afternoon and the slab will be poured tomorrow! Frame has been ordered and is due within 2 weeks.
Plumbing - 24th September 2013
Wow! Things really are moving quickly and we are becoming more and more excited as we can see our home build from the ground up. I can not express the feeling we get when we are able to see such growth and development as the days go by. There is a sense of pride, joy and complete amazement!
Form work - 23rd September 2013 !
Today, the form work was laid. Exciting times ahead! Although, a 266m2 slab looks HUGE!!!!
Piers - 20th September 2013
On our visit on the Saturday 21st, we noticed that the piers had gone in the previous day. Things were moving fast and we could not be happier!
Level Block - 19th September 2013
While at work today, I received a text message from Rick. It was a picture of our leveled block! The work had begun on our land! Our house was underway!
The Text Message!
We were both so excited that things had finally begun to happen. And luckily, the day after it all begun, holidays were about to begin! =)
Tuesday 24 September 2013
May 2013 - Land Release
Our land has been released. We were able to step foot on our beautiful piece of land (35x16m - 560m2) for the first time since putting our deposit down! There were lots of celebrations!
Putting coins in the corners of the block for good luck :-)
Cheers! The beginning of many! =)
The Beginning - January 2013
Well here we are... We have taken the big jump and have decided that we are going to build a house together. When we first started looking at houses, I got very frightened of the amount of money building a home could cost. So we started looking at prebuilt houses that could do with a bit of renovating... However, the places we were looking at needed so much work and with the purchase price of the home in its current state being as high as they were, by the time we renovated it, we would be looking at close to the same amount as building our very own...
So we put a deposit on a block of land at The Hermitage with a 22sq home with the building company Rawson. We were totally excited and we told everyone we knew! Only to have the company ring us the next day and tell us that they had made a mistake with the price and that they would need to charge us more. Needless to say, we got our deposit back and felt heartbroken.
We were sitting at home the next day, feeling quite down, when I suggested looking online at Bingara Gorge. We found a block of land that looked perfect so we quickly got ready to go for a drive to check it out. Once there, the sales team were wonderful and took their time in talking to us about the development. The release in which we were interested in hadn't yet had roads built in and so was still blocked off to the public. The sales team made us a take away coffee and took us for a drive in their 4WD to the block we told them we liked from the plans. She also took us around the estate to show us where future developments will be. By the time we left, we had been there for nearly 2 hours and it was 5:00pm. As we were driving out, we had already made our decision... Bingara Gorge was going to be our new home! We set our alarm for 8:00am and as soon as the sales office opened, we were on the phone putting our deposit down.... Lucky as there were another couple who had been deliberating for a week over that very same block who went into the sales office an hour after we had bought it! Meant to be!
The same day as putting our deposit down on our block, we headed out to the display village where our most favourite home design was situated... The Talbot 28 with Metricon. After a few minor structural changes, and opting for the alfresco design instead of having a rumpus room, we had put our deposit down on our dream home! Excited was an understatement!
After 9 months of waiting, colour selecting, external selections, electrical appointments and more.... We have finally begun!
So we put a deposit on a block of land at The Hermitage with a 22sq home with the building company Rawson. We were totally excited and we told everyone we knew! Only to have the company ring us the next day and tell us that they had made a mistake with the price and that they would need to charge us more. Needless to say, we got our deposit back and felt heartbroken.
We were sitting at home the next day, feeling quite down, when I suggested looking online at Bingara Gorge. We found a block of land that looked perfect so we quickly got ready to go for a drive to check it out. Once there, the sales team were wonderful and took their time in talking to us about the development. The release in which we were interested in hadn't yet had roads built in and so was still blocked off to the public. The sales team made us a take away coffee and took us for a drive in their 4WD to the block we told them we liked from the plans. She also took us around the estate to show us where future developments will be. By the time we left, we had been there for nearly 2 hours and it was 5:00pm. As we were driving out, we had already made our decision... Bingara Gorge was going to be our new home! We set our alarm for 8:00am and as soon as the sales office opened, we were on the phone putting our deposit down.... Lucky as there were another couple who had been deliberating for a week over that very same block who went into the sales office an hour after we had bought it! Meant to be!
The same day as putting our deposit down on our block, we headed out to the display village where our most favourite home design was situated... The Talbot 28 with Metricon. After a few minor structural changes, and opting for the alfresco design instead of having a rumpus room, we had put our deposit down on our dream home! Excited was an understatement!
After 9 months of waiting, colour selecting, external selections, electrical appointments and more.... We have finally begun!
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