Land Registration & Colours

I can't believe I forgot to update here.

Our little block of land finally registered on Tuesday 6/5/2014 which is super exciting. Still waiting on a date for settlement but hoping for next week :)

We had our colour selections appointment yesterday afternoon. All going well the builder anticipates to be on site in 3-4 weeks and the build to take 3-4 months so very exciting times ahead.

Here are our colour selections:

Bricks
Boral Horizon: Emerald

Roof Tiles
Boral Contour Gunmetal 

 Guttering & Fascia
Colourbond Woodland Grey

Windows Trims
Clean White

Garage Door
Colourbond Shale Grey

Driveway
Charcoal

Front Door
Oiled/Stained - dark yet to be confirmed on colour

INTERNAL

Walls
Dulux Silkwort 1/4 strength

Skirtings, Doors etc
Dulux White on White in a semi gloss

Floors (including bedrooms)
- its a really bad photo but you get the idea.


Kitchen Benchtop
Quantum Quartz Turino


Kitchen Cupboards - Poly
Dulux White on White in high gloss

Bathroom Tiles
Feature tile is the bottom right. Floor tile charcoal. Light grey gloss is wall tile.

Draft Working Drawings

Two days earlier than expected our builder sent us through the draft working drawings through on Tuesday. Overall I am pretty happy with them - there is things missing/wrong but all in all minor things. The list is up to about 25 things but most of them are queries or small changes like

There is 2 issues that need to be sorted

1. The side second frontage fence is installed by the developed which we have known. Its a timber 1.8m fence that the real estate told us would come up to basically in line with the ensuite/garage. The contract actually states that it can only cover 50% of the second frontage unless its dropped to 1.2m in height. Our conveyancer is putting a request into the developer to see if we can get it extended to 2/3 or 3/4 of the house. The bold line is the proposed fence just so you know what I'm talking about.

Conveyancer has put a request into Walker to get the fence line extended to the 3/4 or 2/3 mark up the side of the house.

2. The ensuite/WIR/BIR of the main bedroom.
This was the original design:

We changed it to maximise the BIR space but caused an issue with the door of the bedroom and ensuite. This is what we changed it to:

But are having issue with the doors and I don't really think we are gaining all that much except a big ensuite? Thoughts ideas? Which do you prefer/which one is the most practical?

April 30 Registration

We had a call from our conveyancer this week advising of a April 30 registration due to some delays with Wollondilly Council (no surprise there) but the estate is open and our builder is organising the soil testing and contours so hopefully that keeps the ball rolling and we can be organied for when it does settle around to 21st of May.

Stage 1 Registered

We are another small step closer as stage 1 registered this week. 2 weeks behind schedule due to paperwork issues but is registered in the right month in the end.

This means that Stage 2 (which is us) is next! They are predicting registration to be the 18 April however that is Good Friday. I don't like our chances of registering early or on a Public Holiday so I would say sometime in the following week would be more realistic and looking at a May settlement - just in time for my 21st birthday :)

Builder is saying they will get access next month to do soil testing so that they can get final construction drawings finalised and we can pick colours! YAY. I'm so looking forward to this part of the process.

Hopefully this time next month we should be registered and waiting for settlement :)

We also now have grass on the verge - a neighbour just sent us this photo!

A few other photos of the playground - looks fantastic!

We have roads!

We got notification on Tuesday that the roads in Stage 2 had (finally) been done! So excited because that seemed to be the last thing major that needed to be completed for registration. We drove past and it looks amazing - even the street lights were on.

Our block in the one of the left hand side - basically from the green power box forward. Its so excited to see it so close to being finished :) They are saying registration is due for mid April but we will just have to wait and see!

The Waiting Phase

I guess this is what they called the waiting phase? We have exchanged with Walker on the land, signed all the necessary loan documents, paid our 5% to the builder and signed the building contract and now all we can do is wait.

We had a peak at our block last Sunday - it looks almost done with the except of the storm water drain curbing that looks like it just needs to be connected with the rest of the guttering. Light posts are in as well.

The roads look like the next thing to go in and then we should be set for registration. At the moment Stage 1 is due to be released on the 3 March and Stage 2 (thats us) to following in April - conveyancer thinks we should settle in May which means I won't get my slab for my 21st birthday but oh well!

Waiting Waiting Waiting....

Quick Update

Not a lot has changed since our last update. We are exchanging contracts with our conveyancer tomorrow - 5% has already been paid so it should be a simple process.

We don't have a date for registration. Some people in Stage 2 are saying by the 31st March and others are saying mid to late April. I'm not really fussed as if we aren't in by the 5th October than it will at least give us time to have the wedding, pay everything off etc before our full mortgage repayments start.

No roads down yet on our street which is a little disappointing. Hoping to go out there tomorrow with the other half to see if much has changed.

I'm assuming the next stage with the builder is colour selections etc? This excites me and scares me but I have a pretty solid idea on what we want so hopefully its not too stressful. I have only got a few weeks till uni goes back and then life is going to get crazy for the next few months :)