So, we finally settled on our block of land! We thought we had everything in place to go straight to council and lodge our DA but in a cruel twist of fate Basix would come to rear its ugly head. Unfortunately our Basix had expired but Rawson thought they could get the council to lodge the DA and they could “update” the certificate with the DA number therefore making it valid even though the 3
For us the Landscaping plans are as important as the house plans. We like to spend a lot of time outside and really wanted a space that would meet our requirements of being low maintenance and provide space for entertaining. First thing we knew was we didn’t want a large amount of grass. We like grass but just requires too much water and maintenance, we really want to cut back on the watering requirements of
Wow what a full on week it’s been, time for a build update! We finalised our landscaping plans with our landscaping architect on Tuesday, we completed our Electrical and Tile selections on Friday and we received news that the electrical works on our subdivision which have been in progress for almost 5 months might be approved by AusGrid in a couple weeks! On top of all this we’re ready to submit our DA to the Council!
Well eight weeks have come and gone and as expected but still somewhat disappointing the settlement of our block of land is further delayed. There are some small matters which the developer needs to attend to for council approval and then we need to wait for land titles to be completed. This means that we will probably not start within the Rawson Homes tender period we were given and probably won’t have settled until early
There’s not been much to update on lately, Rawson have completed the Bore Hole Test and are waiting on our developer to give the go ahead to organise someone to do the Site Contours. You definitely need to learn the art of patience when building, you’re always waiting for something. Things take time and the more you think about it the slower time seems to move, luckily for us we’ve got other things to take