So much and so little change in just 3 months

Since our last post 3 months ago there has been movement in the house progression and in our lives....

• Anita started a new and permanent job.
• The land came out of LPI, and the developer wasn't ready to settle - and our pre-approval expired, so we had to be re-pre-approved - with Anita's new job only 2 weeks in. Stressful!
• We moved from one rental house to another, closer to where we are building.
• We settled on the land and watched the drastic change in our bank balances happen... quite shocking that!
• MJH notified us that they were changing the gas hot water supplier from Dux to Rheem, and we saw that there were 2 models available. We've arranged for an upgrade in the Rheem model.
• MJH notified us that we are getting an upgraded SMEG oven. We go from 5 functions and 80 litre capacity to 10 functions and 90 litre capacity.
• We signed the loan paperwork for the build portion of the loan.
• We rode herd on MJH to get the Sydney Water approval stamp and finally got our build plans lodged with CDC.
• Jayne's 50th birthday came and went - and we greatly enjoyed the influx of rellies from Kiwi-land and friends local and far.

And now we are waiting. The bank is ready to provide the Authorisation to Commence Construction notice.. all they need is council/CDC approved build plans.

The waiting game.. So Near...... tick tock tick tock

06 June 2015 - Fun times.... so very close now... Our land is in LPI and stages 40-43 have all registered as at 5th June.... our stage 44 is still sitting in "under examination" - so any day now we will move into "Registered - Folios being created"... then about 2 weeks (so we're told) until we hand over the $$ and we are officially landowners!  

Updates will be flowing again as action stations being... We will be notifying MJH as soon as registration is confirmed so they can line their little ducks up...

One thing we have noticed and have advised the developer... the block we have purchases is 510m2.. 17m frontage and 30m deep.. however so far our scraped block measures the 17m frontage... and about 16m deep.... seems there's a problem/issue with a tree that will come down when they make our block as big as it needs to be... we will see what happens in the next few days... we advised the developer about 3 weeks ago and very little has changed.... w a t c h   t h i s    s p a c e . . .

Update.... land is on the move.....

Oh dear - we have been slack in the updates department....... seems to be fairly typical.... hahahaa!

We have had our electricals appointment in December.... wow!  So many choices to make and how many light fittings.. and is MJH going to do our downlights (that's a big fat NO)....

Check out the electricals section for our choices.... pictures for updates on lights... other stuff we have found... this is fun!!!!

Some little extras.....

So.. after some to-ing and fro-ing... we have achieved...

800mm x 305mm shampoo recess in the ensuite shower - yippeeeee!!!  MJH now have 3 different sizes available.  We initially wanted 1000mm, but the new choices are 450mm, 800mm or 1500mm.  We figure that 1500mm in a 1710mm shower is just a bit OTT :)

The circuit breaker board located inside the garage with the meter box located LHS of house

Landscaping? YES LANDSCAPING.......

We have contacted a landscaping crew we saw at the pool expo.... contracted them for a design and plans.... we await the (dreaded????) costing now.... but I gotta say... the initial plans look fantabulous... I'm sure the $$$$ will look impressive too (not necessarily in a good way :)

Keep watching this space..... (or the landscaping space... really :)

Initial Colours Selection Meeting

The initial colours selection meeting was this afternoon. And we think we might be on information overload. 13 days to make decisions on the look and colours for:

roof
gutters
fascia
downspouts
bricks
mortar
external texture colour
external doors 
garage door
window finishes
internal doors
door handles/locks
wall colour(s)
everything kitchen - everything - everything!
tiles for laundry, ensuite, bathroom and toilet
the toilet
the bathtub
the sink
showerhead(s)
floor drains
carpet?
all to go with the floor tile we've picked

And did we mention the kitchen?
benchtop
sink
faucet
cabinet layout
door colours
glass splashback

We are planning to visit the bricks display this weekend... 
Stay tuned

Flooring style...

Today we went and looked at actual flooring tiles. We've compromised on a timber look tile that has both darks and lights, browns and greys, and has smooth transitions between the various shades. I think we did really well compromising what we both liked most to meet in the middle with something we both actually like. Once we were done with looking at tile, we stopped over at the subdivision. They have a truck track laid that wasn't there the last time we were there - so things have started moving. Council had given the approval to go forward with the laying of utilities, and building roads... and it looks like they are starting to do some of that work!! Excitement!!!