Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our New Home Adventure with Masterton 122Mar 19, 2014 6:21 pm Masterton Overture 17/12/14 - Handover ...... we got the keys !! blog - http://www.mcnamaraadventure.blogspot.com Re: Our New Home Adventure with Masterton 125Mar 20, 2014 3:52 pm Masterton Overture 17/12/14 - Handover ...... we got the keys !! blog - http://www.mcnamaraadventure.blogspot.com Re: Our New Home Adventure with Masterton 126Mar 31, 2014 4:33 pm Masterton Overture 17/12/14 - Handover ...... we got the keys !! blog - http://www.mcnamaraadventure.blogspot.com Re: Our New Home Adventure with Masterton 129Mar 31, 2014 6:40 pm exciting fingalbrad!!! I hope the rain has finished for a while so we can all get some building done!!! Masterton Overture 17/12/14 - Handover ...... we got the keys !! blog - http://www.mcnamaraadventure.blogspot.com Re: Our New Home Adventure with Masterton 130Apr 08, 2014 5:17 pm Now, I love rain usually, but needless to say I am not loving it lately! We had about 25cm rain over a few days a week & a half ago, and drizzle on and off most days or nights since then. Our SS expected the excavator to be working on our block this week, but now it appears that our block is still too wet and the excavator may not be able to do its thing till next week. The forecast is for more rain heading our way..... Masterton Overture 17/12/14 - Handover ...... we got the keys !! blog - http://www.mcnamaraadventure.blogspot.com Re: Our New Home Adventure with Masterton 131Apr 10, 2014 6:19 am another 18 pallets of bricks were delivered yesterday. I hope the brickies get in today and do some more Re: Our New Home Adventure with Masterton 132Apr 14, 2014 9:02 pm Well, its now been 4 months since we got council approval, and there is still nothing happenning on our block. We got past our 20 day pre-construction period over 2 weeks ago, so we are over 2 weeks into our building contract period, and still nothing has been done on our block. We do have a port-a-loo and construction fence, but I would have thought something more should be happenning. Our SS says the excavator guy says its too wet to excavate, but our block has quite a slope, and the block on our downhill side (ie: should be wetter than ours) was excavated today (and their council approval was only about 6 weeks ago). I wonder if the excavator guy has even looked at the block? Or is he just enjoying a bit of a holiday? Feeling frustrated...... Masterton Overture 17/12/14 - Handover ...... we got the keys !! blog - http://www.mcnamaraadventure.blogspot.com Re: Our New Home Adventure with Masterton 133Apr 15, 2014 12:18 pm Breathing a sigh of relief today..... the excavator is at our block and scraping it!!! Woohoo!!! I'll sleep a little better tonight! Masterton Overture 17/12/14 - Handover ...... we got the keys !! blog - http://www.mcnamaraadventure.blogspot.com Re: Our New Home Adventure with Masterton 134Apr 24, 2014 8:00 pm Well, they didn't scrape all the block..... only did about half of it and then left a large pike of dirt/grass in the middle of the block. And nothing has been done since. Hasn't rained since then, but still nothing has been done. Feeling frustrated. Masterton Overture 17/12/14 - Handover ...... we got the keys !! blog - http://www.mcnamaraadventure.blogspot.com Re: Our New Home Adventure with Masterton 135Apr 28, 2014 5:50 pm Today (and 2 days ago) they have been dumping large piles of dirt on the block. I hope this means that they're going to start doing something towards building our house! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Masterton Overture 17/12/14 - Handover ...... we got the keys !! blog - http://www.mcnamaraadventure.blogspot.com Re: Our New Home Adventure with Masterton 137Apr 28, 2014 9:11 pm we really have no idea!! But the truck driver had a key to the gate so i guess he was supposed to be there. Given the slope of the block, I wouldn't be surprised if they needed extra fill to level it, but only time will tell!! No doubt I will be stalking the block, possibly several times each day, just to see whats happenning!! Masterton Overture 17/12/14 - Handover ...... we got the keys !! blog - http://www.mcnamaraadventure.blogspot.com Re: Our New Home Adventure with Masterton 138May 02, 2014 5:23 pm woohoo!! finally some action on the block! today the excavator was there, spreading out the piles of dirt, to create the 4 different levels needed before the slab can be done. Had a chat to the guy doing the work, apparently it will take a few days to get it all done, but it's one small step, and at least its something!!!! On a different note, the builders who have recently started on the block on our lower side, had moved our construction fence so they could get access for their excavation. In doing so, they have knocked out one of our surveyors pegs. M called this morning to say that it will cost us $470 to have another survey done, to have the peg put back! Ha, I don't think so! Hubby put forward the concept that, as they have taken temporary ownership of the block, then we also can't be held responsible if their fence has been moved. M suggested that we should try to get the $470 out of the neighbouring builders...... we suggested that it was their problem....... next phone call from them was saying that they will wear the cost as a gesture of goodwill. How nice of them..... maybe if they hadn't wasted the 6 weeks since we got out of pre-construction, and had actually done something before today, then the pegs would have been there when they needed to be, and the next door builders wouldn't have been driving over our block. Masterton Overture 17/12/14 - Handover ...... we got the keys !! blog - http://www.mcnamaraadventure.blogspot.com Re: Our New Home Adventure with Masterton 139May 04, 2014 11:11 am GillyM woohoo!! finally some action on the block! today the excavator was there, spreading out the piles of dirt, to create the 4 different levels needed before the slab can be done. Had a chat to the guy doing the work, apparently it will take a few days to get it all done, but it's one small step, and at least its something!!!! On a different note, the builders who have recently started on the block on our lower side, had moved our construction fence so they could get access for their excavation. In doing so, they have knocked out one of our surveyors pegs. M called this morning to say that it will cost us $470 to have another survey done, to have the peg put back! Ha, I don't think so! Hubby put forward the concept that, as they have taken temporary ownership of the block, then we also can't be held responsible if their fence has been moved. M suggested that we should try to get the $470 out of the neighbouring builders...... we suggested that it was their problem....... next phone call from them was saying that they will wear the cost as a gesture of goodwill. How nice of them..... maybe if they hadn't wasted the 6 weeks since we got out of pre-construction, and had actually done something before today, then the pegs would have been there when they needed to be, and the next door builders wouldn't have been driving over our block. That's very good news Gilly - I hope it keeps up. Keep us posted yuo deserve a good run from here onwards. Villina Grande Handover 10/9 Re: Our New Home Adventure with Masterton 140May 10, 2014 4:00 pm The excavator finished his work on our block on Thursday. SS says that piering should be Monday/Tuesday. Great to see some progress! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Masterton Overture 17/12/14 - Handover ...... we got the keys !! blog - http://www.mcnamaraadventure.blogspot.com 4 17001 "Losers" "humanity" "off time" "your" "top notch" "love symbol" Sounds like ponzo is done using other people's toilets 36 24340 Is it just a report written to give to the bank initially and it is based on what and how your payments are made up for, or is it a full service where they go out and… 2 5849 |