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How often do you visit your site?

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bigted
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PostPosted: Jun 10, 2012 1:10 pm 
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So far all we have is a block of land and we visit that every day. I can't imagine how bad we'll be when there is actually something to see!


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We visit our every saturday. we used to go during the week but because its get dark very ealy and there isnt much you can see anyway, so we go saturday.


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Loshto, I agree, winter is a terrible time for visiting the sites cos its dark by 5.30! I miss summer and the sun that lasted until 7pm :-)

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I agree with that :)


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me too especially now I'm working some days. Means I have to skip going there from a Tuesday to a Friday morning :(

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We rented the house next door, so we go every day and then when someone is on site I'm standing up on the kitchen next door with my phone out taping so I don't miss anything, I have 3 small children and a ladder p against the fence and 2 of them go up and down several times a day to check if anyone is there...

I love it it's great... Except when no one is on site, as then we appear crazy... :::


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Before we built, I visited the block every day to figure out wind direction, sun movement and angle - all to make sure the house we built was cool during summer and had plenty of light for the winter. It paid off handsomely :D .

During the build, the same thing - hubby and I were doing the electrics, so we had every right to be there. Great way to see it change so much. This is how we made sure the **&^&^builder wasn't going to pull any more swiftys than what he tried to do ::angry:: . We were not happy campers, and certainly won't recommend him again :n: ever.

The next build - I'll do the same thing again, it's worth it.


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We only started building last week, but I was planning to go over about once a week. Having read everyone else's comments though, I'm now thinking maybe I should go over more frequently........just to check on progress (and be honest, I can't wait to start seeing the house come together.)

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Our slab went down yesterday :) We usually do a drive past each day but that's only because there were houses going up on either side and the builders were forever dumping crap on our block, not happy!


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I wish we could go everyday, but I think the kids would get fed up of all the driving very quickly. I know what you mean about neighboring builders dumping stuff on your site, we even had a big pile of cement there a few weeks ago. I was worried our builder might try and charge us extra to remove it, but they havnt mentioned anything.

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:oops: :oops: twice a day usually. After school drop off and before school pickup as new house is one the way.

Sometimes not a good thing as you can see when there is no tradies on site.

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Now that we're actually building, my non-hypothetical answer is weekly. Occasionally hubby will call past on his way home from work if there's a need, but given it means adding 20+ minutes to an 80 minute commute it's not a common occurance. I expect we will continue the weekly visits until the house is actually locked up (lock up stage was completed weeks ago but it's laughable how not locked it is) then we might drop back to fortnightly, as it's a 2.5 hour round trip.

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We visit most days. Fortunately we owner-supplied the front door handle and lock and kept a set of keys for ourselves. Now we can let ourselves in whenever we want!

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Haha DreamHouse, that's tricky! What a good idea! :lol:

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My site start keeps getting pushed back, so there's little to see going on other than the back neighbours house getting built.
At the moment I'm dropping by about every fortnight, just enough to check that noone's dumping stuff on the lot, and to get the puppy used to long drives in the car and running around the general area :D

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2-4 times per week
makes it easy when i work 6 minutes :D


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unfunkable wrote:
2-4 times per week
makes it easy when i work 6 minutes :D


exactly the same as me.


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I Visit mine every morning . afternoon and night..


(I live next door to where we building :) )

And too top it off I have 2 security cameras pointing at it 24/7

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I just find this website, If you can make more good friends, I believe I would often come


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every single day..sometimes twice on weekends, but I live and work very close by

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