Mountains of dirt!

We went to our block this morning and saw mountains of soil which we're wondering what for - is this for the site excavation? anyone? :)

Anyway, here are some photos we've taken..

me and my baby alana walking towards the mountains of soil :D

Released to Construction

I should really be studying right now to prepare for UNI tomorrow, but I just couldn't miss this very exciting news I got from Sue (our very approachable CSA) this morning!  Our file has been released to construction - woohooo!! Should I expect to see that our block had already been scraped?  :)

On another note, I was told that the internal doors we've selected doesn't come in a bigger size so they had to find the closest doors to match our high ceiling.  The new door looks very similar to what I initially picked so I'm okay with it..

They also had to send me an updated plan cause the old plan didn't have the tilings in the laundry, and they also had to move the Spa control panel to another place cause it won't be usable from where it was previously.. lol.. 

That's all my update is about for now, I look forward to seeing some work being done on our site and posting the photos up!

Still waiting..

Been almost 2 weeks and our file is still with the estimator waiting to be released for construction.  Our CSA told me that it will be released either end of this week or early next week.  Yay!! I can't wait..

And then there were pegs!

Got an email from our CSA that pegs were completed yesterday.  The email made my day considering that those are just pegs!! lol I'm not sure when construction will start though, according to our CSA there were so many files released for construction this month so ours will be released early August.  Well, it's 3 days till August so I guess that's fine.  =D

Anyway, I thought I'd drive straight to our block from work despite the pouring rain.  I didn't wanna miss anything in the building process, even those little pegs that signals the beginning of the entire construction process.  Photo of one of our four pegs above.

Spam on my blog

I had to change my comment moderation setting to allow me to review it first before posting only because spammers have started posting on my blog.  :(

Final Building Plans

I'm so excited to see construction going on our site.  While waiting, I thought I'd post some photos of our building plans

Changes we made:

• Main door will be Timber with 2 sidelights with obscure glazing.  The 2 main panels will have 3 obscure glazed glass on each.  I really want the "grand entrance effect" that's why I changed it to this.
• Since the house will have massive windows, some of the ones on the first level were changed to be open-able to meet BASIX requirements.
• Balcony will have 1.5m privacy screen as well to meet Council requirements on protecting the neighbor's (property adjacent to us) privacy.
• We'll have step down to the kitchen (and in between formal lounge and dining area) due to the small slope we have.  I think Bede Schneider (EB's sales person) did a good job suggesting that instead of filling.. it will be an added feature instead. I'm quite happy with it.
• Because of the step down we have to put a corbel in the formal lounge which again will be an added feature.. great job Bede!!

Those are the minor structural changes, other than that we're quite happy with the design.  We upgraded the kitchen, and the electricals heavily, the facade, and a bit on the floor tiles.  I'd probably render the front side in a couple of years or so, and change the floor tiles to a white porcelain which is what I really want - these I consider my room for improvement.. just so I have something to look forward to again in the future  :D

I have also selected all those timber feature screens (in the powder room and the rumpus room) that the display home have, I think those are part of the reason why the display home looks so appealing - for that I've decided to keep it.

We've also selected our window coverings from Abbey Shutters and Blinds and is now in the process of lay-bying it.. :D  I've picked double roller blinds for all front windows on the ground floor (and where it's sunny at some part of the day) just so we have an option to see through when we want too.  We've also picked a motorized sheer blinds for the void just because there's no way that window could be reached without a remote control!

I also love the doors that I picked, the laundry door (from kitchen) is bi-fold with obscured glass panels as well.  We did the same thing for the main bedroom door.  I love obscured glass doors with timber frames!!  We've also upgraded doors for all the other rooms except that they won't have any glass at all.  And speaking of glass, for the kitchen, I've picked a red glass splashback and made all doors poly.  I removed the soft close mechanism as it could be added in the future anyway.  So for now, I'm going with a normal close for my kitchen drawers.  :)

Yep, I did all the selections and didn't let the husband pick any to avoid a "mismatch" lol!!  He basically just went with me for moral support.. lol

Final Documents Signed!

Yeeepppeee! we had our site start appointment last Wednesday and have signed all the documents.. I've found out that our colour consultant forgot to change some colours on our sheet. Gutter is changed to Jasper however, Balustrade and parapets were still Monument which was actually complimenting our very first selection. Anyway, it's just a minor mistake, good thing I always frantically review all documents.. LOL I don't wanna see a black parapet roof on my white house that has a mocha choc tile roof.. hehehe...

I got really excited seeing the plans having all our variations and upgrades.. I will post them when I get a chance!