The Big Toys Have Arrived

It is hard to believe that after more than 5 years of trying to work out what to do with ourselves (renovate, move, or build), construction has finally commenced on our house.

In the 2 months since my last blog we have:

• Amended and finalised the layout for the house,
• Reviewed our landscaping options,
• Signed contracts with the builder,
• Sorted out finance with the banks,
• Waited and waited for it all to come together and commence.

The bank was a real pain to deal with, and considering we were existing customers, it should have been a whole lot easier than it was. They seemed to change their mind every couple of days about what we need to do to satisfy all of their requirements.

In more recent times the surveyors have been to peg out the boundaries of the property, and we got a pleasant surprise as to the actual size...quite a bit wider than we had thought it to be.

Just last Friday, the excavators turned up and spend a day and a half pulling the tree stumps and levelling some of the block for the slab. Poor Ben was looking forward to the trucks coming, and we left for the weekend just as they arrived....so he missed it all! From what I can work out, they will still need to come back and do some final touches before retaining walls are laid and the slab is poured.

The attached pictures show the block from a couple of different angles, including the massive drop we now have from what will eventually become our back door (just increased the landscaping budget!!!).

Updates will be more frequent now I have something to tell you.