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I have been following quite a few builds and have gleaned some valuable info from the posts here.
This is our first build. Lived mostly in an old house in Mount Lawley which I loved and for the last 7yrs have rented a hospital house in Exmouth - home of the Ningaloo Reef.
Great as Exmouth is it is a very long way from our build in Myalup. We have engaged an independent building inspector whom was recommended to us from someone in the forums here.
We bought our land in Myalup approx 11 years ago.
We put down a deposit with Rural Building Company to build one of the Bushland Retreat homes. Had plans altered to suit our needs and was going to visit the block with the architect . Unfortunately architect returned to Sydney and when we went to RBC offices they had no record of us at all. Disappointed we decided to leave it and look elsewhere.
The building boom was just starting and it was hard to get someone to build in Myalup which is approx 30 min drive North of Bunbury and the smaller builders though happy to build a house to design we made, were way to expensive. So the plan to build were shelved for a quite a few years.
January 2012 we were on the way to build our dream rammed limestone home. We got the contract sent to Tasmania where we were having our long service leave and it was already to be build once the building permit was obtained.
The builder however was not able to get builders indemnity insurance so that was the end of that build. We were very lucky as the builder folded shortly afterwards and left quite a few uncompleted houses.
So it is third time lucky for us.
Grant from Redink was fabulous and was very busy customising one of the plans and added a loft area as well. Can not speak highly enough of Grant. He was the main reason we decided to go with Redink. We exchanged numerous emails with Grant and Sue our press start person. In fact I came to believe that was it, endless planning with the house never to be built. My health has been very poor for a number of years so very difficult trying to get things together I think I nearly drove OH mad.
Heard from Redink on Monday that our slab was laid either last Thurs or Fri when there finally was a break in the rain.
The soak wells were installed today and the guy from Filtrex rang to say that they will start installing the septics tomorrow. He has also agreed to take some photos of our slab for us
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This is all going very fast now after a very slow start. We had our pre-start meeting in early March. Most of the delay down to us still getting new quotes etc. for things like Blum Drawers , freaking out about the colour selection etc. Very hard being so far away. The selection at pre-start was all very hazy as still feeling the affects of the long drive down from Exmouth. Made longer by all the stops to let the dog out.
Well that is is sorry for the long ramble. Promise I will not do it again.
Hope to post my floor plans when I have figured out how to do this.
All help gladly accepted.