We own a block of dirt!! Well Sort of....

Well it is official we own a block of dirt!! Well have a mortgage on a block of dirt to build our house on :)

Finally a step forward in the process.

We had a call yesterday and have to do a Bushfire Report as the corner of our land is officially in the Bushfire Buffer Zone. Basically the report will say we don't have to do anything to the house but $350 down the drain.....

The report was completed and our plans have been sent to the Private Certifier for the approvals and then we can sign the building agreement. YAY

Land Registered finally!!

Finally had the call we had been waiting for, the land has been Registered so now all the final paperwork begins with the conveyencor and builder to get everything rolling :) Settlement in 2 weeks

Plans are FINALLY right!!!

Walked up to the Allworth Head Office today and picked up my plans, I got scared as the Elevation stuff was different from the last plan....... Asked to talk to someone and the Head Draftsman came out and explained everything to me and answered my questions.

Really happy we are at this stage!!! No it's time to sign them off and get all the paper work done so that the plans can be sent for the necessary approvals

 

 

 

 

Floor Plans

Elevations

Landscape Plan

Need to get moving on our Landscape Plans so roughed something up on paper. I've been messaging a new neighbor in the same land release and he told me he used SmartDraw to do his plan up. So downloaded it this morning and threw this together.

Now we just need to work out what hedge plants to use next to the driveway, the plants for the front garden area (Blue Grey zone) and the type of trees to plant in the backyard.

No Deal.....

Left two voice mails at Allworth head office when in the afternoon gets a call from my Sales Consultant advising me he has been informed by Management that all correspondence has to go through the Sales Office.

So no contact between me and Head Office staff...... Sounds good for down the track!!

Raised my concerns that I didn't want to have the same errors come back and that I wanted a change made to the pier I had asked to be moved to align it with the Facade. Explained what I wanted and he called the person that I had spoken to, the return call indicated that there would be no issue with my suggestion.

The next issue was that I couldn't get the plans back to them until the weekend. The Sales Consultant said he would come to our place the next day to pick the paperwork up as it was his suggestion that I meet with Head Office direct.

To make sure 100% what I wanted was going to be done I decided to draw up each section of the floor plan that needed modification to send that in with it. If they get it wrong now I'll be going to the office weather I'm allowed there or not!

Plans ready for review

Got a call this morning while making a couple of Bacon and Egg rolls for breakfast from Allworth. The plans are back and I can pick them up for review. I was around the corner so ducked across and checked them out.

The things I'd asked to fix the first time were still not correct........ Started to write up what needed to be changed further and was told the plan had a letter attached that any further amendments would be all that would be completed. So I wrote everything out and asked if it was possible to speak/meet with the Drafting guys to make sure everything was done correctly and to find out why one of my requests could not be completed due to a 'Construction Constraint'.

I was told that would not be and issue and given the person to call and organise a time to head into the office. So I took the plans and amendment list ready for tomorrow.

Veriations all costed

Finished my training early enough to go past Oran Park on the way home to pickup a sample of all of the Trend window colours we can have. While I was there I got a copy of all of the costings for our variations and had a general chat about what needs to be done next etc

Popped down to the Land Sales office to find out what is happening with the land. It is still at the council and then has to go to the Land Title's Office which will be another 2-3 weeks.

So need to give a final answer about Bricks over the garage at some point over the weekend so the plans can be modified correctly.