Land Settled

The land settled! Thankfully we avoided any penalties with the developer being a day late to settle.

The plans are being stamped by the Mine Subsidence Board which has added another few days but we are still expecting plans to be approved next week. 

We also had to alter the plans today. Our certifier has raised and issue need resolution on the secondary facade, to be compliant we need a 600mm step along this elevation, this is a new rule which for CDC which came out a couple of months ago. We ended up fixing this issue by adding space to the ensuite and master bed, but this time with an added cost of $1945. The only other option was to reduce the space in the living areas as the house isn't big enough.

Delay on Land Settlement

Unfortunately we are STILL waiting for land settlement - all issues with the bank.

The first delay was that the settlements department were looking for the lot in WA not NSW (idiots). The second delay was that the bank hadn't applied for the FHOG that they needed to release funds for the land settlement so we only applied for that on Tuesday. The third delay is now that it has to be re-certified by settlements before our conveyancer can book settlement. We NEED to settle on Tuesday otherwise we could incur penalties and the bank is nonchalant about the delays (which they have caused).

 In more positive news, we have our 147 certificate and it was the last piece of the puzzle needed to get approved by the certifer so I'm expecting our plans should be approved next week. It has been 2 weeks since the builder said he wanted to be onsite in 3-4 and with the exception of the land settlement we are all on track so its getting close!

The master bed ended up being extended without cost as it needed to meet with a compliance requirement. We ended up changing the secondary frontage windows to 2 vertical windows to match the front of the house as we needed to met the requirements of the corner block rebate. We also upgraded to a metallic ultra clear glass splashback which was a bit of a hit to the bank account but I think it will be well worth it.

Our updated plans:

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.