Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jul 02, 2009 11:21 pm Happy dance! Our land settled today! There has been so much mucking around to get to this point that I was surprised to actually feel excited about finally owning our little allocation of dirt. Woohoo! The building contract arrived in the mail this afternoon and hubby spent the evening reading it through. It's my turn to read it tomorrow. That'll be... uh... fun. The site cut is scheduled for Saturday, weather permitting! It's not looking good at the moment but you never know, it might work out for us. (We've organised the site cut ourselves which is why it's happening already). Contract signing is booked in for next Friday. So, it's all happening! And then there will be the unbearably long wait for anything else to happen, but at least we're on the way now! Just had to share! We're home!!! Site start: 13 Aug 09 Handover: 29 Jan 10 Hubby & I are building the Santorini 26 with M3tr!con My thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20570 Re: Finally... I actually have something to report LOL 2Jul 02, 2009 11:23 pm Congratulations!! Who are you building with? Custom European Cabinets - Melbourne Kitchen Specialist PM for business details as website currently being updated! Our Crazy Owner Builder Journey! Re: Finally... I actually have something to report LOL 4Jul 03, 2009 8:06 am Thanks for celebrating with me! We're building with the Big M - the Santorini 26. We're home!!! Site start: 13 Aug 09 Handover: 29 Jan 10 Hubby & I are building the Santorini 26 with M3tr!con My thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20570 I work with owner, he/she is my man on the ground and I instruct them when to visit the site and take photos and I have other tools in the bag. 4 15284 Hi Everyone I learned something this week that I thought would be worth sharing. In NSW a lot of developers of subdivisions put covenants on the land which normally… 0 6588 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 39753 |