Roof installed

07 January 2015 

I couldn't believe my eyes when I drove past my land just assuming it would look the same as it did the previous week however to my delight it didn't!!!! In just the first week of January we had workman on our site installing our roof! We couldn't be happier! 

 8th January 2015 

We are so happy with the way the roof looks! Even better that it was done before we were even expecting!

Frames and stacker door complete!

16th December 2014

I was very slack over the Christmas period and didn't get a chance to update everyone. So here is the belated update. Frames are now complete and look awesome. It truly is amazing to walk around and see the room sizes. I especially LOVE my stacker door!! 

Laundry 

Lounge room & my big stacker door

Looking at my kitchen from the dining area 

And my stacker door again! 

 My alfresco area 

The shorter size of the house 

My gorgeous facade. It looks amazing already 

FRAMES!

Monday 15th December 

I knew the frames had been delivered to our site on Friday along with our windows so to my excitement when I drove past our land I was witnessing our frames were in the process of being put up!! It was fantastic feeling being able to walk through and see our patch of dirt becoming a house in 3D! 

Our home! 

Our massive entry! 

Our lounge/dining/kitchen

Where our huge stacker will be! 

Update

Friday 5th December 

External plumbing done! Unfortunately they hit more rock which means more money but hopefully that  is the last of it! 

We have been told frames should be put up this Friday and roof on before Christmas closure! 

Not looking forward to the no action over the Christmas closure but that is just me being super impatient. 

Hopefully the next few weeks fly by. 

Slab - DONE!

1st December 2014 

The slab was poured today!! Woohoo. Excitement is an understatement. It feels so good to be able to physically see the footprint of our home and gosh does it look small!!!!! 

I know people always say it looks small but you don't realise until you are building yourself and physically walk on it that you realise how small it looks. The thoughts running through my mind are, is our lounge room big enough? Our ensuite looks so tiny that I feel like I could touch both walls by standing in the middle of the room (and I am by no means tall!) The doubt that fills your mind is incredible however I keep telling myself - it will feel bigger! 

Our whole land feels tiny and I start to wonder - did we do the right thing?  I guess it just means less landscaping right?! 

piering, plumbing and preparing for slab!

It all seems to be happening at the moment. Between working 2 jobs, planning a wedding and building a home - it all seems to be consuming my life with little time in between, so I am apologising in advance for the late posts.

18th November 2014

After all the excitement of having our land scrapped we were eagerly awaiting piering so we could get our slab! We were originally told that piering would be done Tuesday the 18th and to meet onsite at 1pm to do our measurements. My partner and I got their only to wait about 30 minutes to have no one show up. We called head office which was no real help. We left to go back to work to receive a call around 2:30 to say that they didn't have time because the other land in the street took longer than expected at piering and it would be happening tomorrow morning and to meet onsite at 12pm. 

Wednesday came and again it led to disappointment in saying they couldn't get the right machinery as the ones used yesterday wasn't suitable for our land. Piering would now be pushed back till the following Monday or Tuesday!!!! GREAT! 

24th November 2014

Monday 24th came and we had piering happening! Finally some other movement to our land! We were lucky to have come a little under for piering which meant some money back! Woohoo - downside was that they did hit some rock to the back of our land so a slight cost would arise from that. Overall not too bad. 

27th November 2014

We were advised that our site supervisor would try and get our slab poured Friday but at worst it would be Monday for us. Plumbing was completed on the block today - it is now starting to look like something!

Front of our block looking at the garage 

Backyard looking towards our terraza 

Back of our block

Looking towards our patio 

28th November 2014 

We are lucky enough to escape to Nelson's Bay for the weekend but before we snuck off we drove past the land to find they had formed it all up for the slab! Now we are talking! It was exciting to see the general size of our house. It looks so small but so big at the same time! Slab on Monday - you could say we are a tad excited! 

Our huge front patio! 

Standing to the back of our block looking at our Terraza 

And again

Standing at back looking at the largest side of the house

IT'S STARTED!

Not much has been going on since I last posed. It's really just been a waiting game and to fill in our weekends we have been busy shopping for the house which of course means spending money :)

It has been 15 business days and 3 full weeks since our countdown began. And to my excitement when I drove past the land today I seen them cutting our land and fences going up! 

Hopefully the next 20 odd weeks go extremely quick and before we know it we will be moving in! (I can only hope)