Our First Home - Ballarat - Handover Friday

icat2000 · Jul 28, 2018 9:39 pm

Yeah it seems to be on track. Final walk through is scheduled for 6 August so I just have to confirm that its still on track. It seems to be, they have done the driveway and crossover and all the outdoor concreting. What I can see left to do is

Laundry tower
Carpet
Oven, dishwasher
Island bench to be finished off
Feature walls
skirting boards
shelving in pantry and walk in wardrobe
some painting of the eves and under the alfresco area.
Watertank

And probably some other stuff that I can't think of. But at the moment.

icat2000 · Jul 30, 2018 10:32 am

Because that blocks either side of us haven't sold yet. I think there maybe offers on them but they not sold we had to make a decision re fencing. There was a half share in our build contract, but we have bitten the bullet and decided to pay for the whole lot. Who knows when the blocks will sell or even when they start building. And I really do not want my backyard unsecured. So there goes a few more $$$$

There is now mothballs in my wallet haha.

Trippypossum · Jul 30, 2018 10:44 am

We have the same problem. Only one of our 4 connecting properties have sold. As we have a dog we will require the fence to be up when
we move in. The sale of properties in our estate appears to be at a standstill currently. What colour fence are you going with ?

blackcat20 · Jul 30, 2018 10:46 am

Not quite the same but our right hand neighbour shows no sign of starting, so theyre just going to have to deal with the presence of a fence. Just hoping we can get them to pay half....

bestspecials · Jul 30, 2018 10:48 am

icat2000

Because that blocks either side of us haven't sold yet. I think there maybe offers on them but they not sold we had to make a decision re fencing. There was a half share in our build contract, but we have bitten the bullet and decided to pay for the whole lot. Who knows when the blocks will sell or even when they start building. And I really do not want my backyard unsecured. So there goes a few more $$$$

There is now mothballs in my wallet haha.

Both of our side neighbours have only just started building, so I sent the quote to both of them and asked for half of their side. They have both agreed. The block at the back isn't even on the market yet, so won't be getting anything from that side.

The block on one side is doing a zero lot boundary which will now form part of the fence.

icat2000 · Jul 30, 2018 11:13 am

Trippypossum

We have the same problem. Only one of our 4 connecting properties have sold. As we have a dog we will require the fence to be up when
we move in. The sale of properties in our estate appears to be at a standstill currently. What colour fence are you going with ?

Colourbond Monument as we have estate rules. I guess its one of those things you win some you lose some. However, I want my house protected when they start to build (don't want my house to get splashed with anything and if they ruin the fence well then they can pay for it.

pEast · Jul 30, 2018 1:42 pm

icat2000

Because that blocks either side of us haven't sold yet. I think there maybe offers on them but they not sold we had to make a decision re fencing. There was a half share in our build contract, but we have bitten the bullet and decided to pay for the whole lot. Who knows when the blocks will sell or even when they start building. And I really do not want my backyard unsecured. So there goes a few more $$$$

There is now mothballs in my wallet haha.

Ask the land developer to pAy the half and he can then on ball the cost to the buyer

blackcat20 · Jul 30, 2018 1:43 pm

pEast

icat2000

Because that blocks either side of us haven't sold yet. I think there maybe offers on them but they not sold we had to make a decision re fencing. There was a half share in our build contract, but we have bitten the bullet and decided to pay for the whole lot. Who knows when the blocks will sell or even when they start building. And I really do not want my backyard unsecured. So there goes a few more $$$$

There is now mothballs in my wallet haha.

Ask the land developer to pAy the half and he can then on ball the cost to the buyer

Would depend on the land contract, ours excludes the developer from paying for fencing.

icat2000 · Jul 30, 2018 1:56 pm

blackcat20

pEast

icat2000

Because that blocks either side of us haven't sold yet. I think there maybe offers on them but they not sold we had to make a decision re fencing. There was a half share in our build contract, but we have bitten the bullet and decided to pay for the whole lot. Who knows when the blocks will sell or even when they start building. And I really do not want my backyard unsecured. So there goes a few more $$$$

There is now mothballs in my wallet haha.

Ask the land developer to pAy the half and he can then on ball the cost to the buyer

Would depend on the land contract, ours excludes the developer from paying for fencing.

Same. Fencing is the responsibility of the landowner i.e us.

icat2000 · Jul 30, 2018 8:22 pm

Got emailed our occupancy certificate tonight. Still some stuff to do on the house. I guess not far away now.

icat2000 · Aug 01, 2018 9:07 pm

Popped by house tonight. Garage door installed, water tank installed, carpet done. And we still have out big pond.

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bestspecials · Aug 01, 2018 10:20 pm

Looks great. Wow!!!

mj-mac4 · Aug 01, 2018 10:39 pm

Oooo I like 😊💜

Mr. Sausage · Aug 02, 2018 6:10 am

What sort of concrete / finish do you have for the driveway? It looks interesting.

icat2000 · Aug 02, 2018 7:54 am

It’s just an aggregate concrete mix. We not sure how it would turn out as the poured it then had to cover it as the rains came down but it seems to look okay.

JoseCruz · Aug 02, 2018 8:31 am

Hi Icat!
Very nice! not long to go now! just wondering, what height ceiling do you have?

icat2000 · Aug 02, 2018 9:21 am

Just standard height ceilings. I wish they would have been higher but I had to restrict all my wants to needs.

Mr. Sausage · Aug 02, 2018 3:37 pm

Well, working to needs versus wants is a sensible thing. I'm building my last home at the moment and I could still produce a long list of things I really would have wanted if I had not cared about being sensible with the money. But at least this time around I have covered the fundamental bases, unlike the previous time where I had no experience at all and didn't include even the most basic "upgrades".

But there are advantages of standard height ceilings. Maybe I'm wrong here but with a lower ceiling you have less room volume for the same floor space, so cooling and heating costs should be less all other things being equal. And it will be easier to change light bulbs, clean ceiling fans and clean out your airconditioning filters!

icat2000 · Aug 09, 2018 8:06 pm

Popped by house today as we have PCI tommorrow. They have commenced the tiles outside. Just need to grout them. Also started finishing off the island bench. Wasn't too sure how the three colour scheme would go in the kitchen but think it looks okay. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅
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Mr. Sausage · Aug 09, 2018 9:55 pm

I was wondering how things were going! Have fun tomorrow!