Building the Drysdale 30

inglewood · May 30, 2013 10:06 pm

TinaG

Good luck with settlement. Your choices look lovely

Thanks Tina!

inglewood · May 30, 2013 10:12 pm

Mumtomonkeys

inglewood

Mumtomonkeys

Perfect choices inglewood!
My girlfriend has the schots lights in her shaker style kitchen and they're amazing. If you frequent the decorating forum you would have seen it

June is soooo close, woohoo

Thanks Mumtomonkeys - will have to check out the decorating forum. Have you decided who you are going to build with yet?

Just don't blame me when your hip pocket suffers lol

Yep, carlisle, the ascot 29

LOL! I know that they're around $200 each - but I have seen some twice (or more than that) the price!!!

Will have to check out the ascot!

inglewood · May 30, 2013 10:16 pm

Back Pocket

Fingers crossed for you inglewood! Hope contract went well. When is your site start month?

Thanks! Contract went well. Just a few minor changes to go in the variation. Nothing major.

Site start was originally set for August - but PD said that once the land settles and they have the needed paperwork done they can start building about 4 weeks after settlement.

Contract says build will be 168 days - so with any luck we should be in by Christmas if they can start mid July.

MummaDJ · May 30, 2013 10:32 pm

inglewood

Back Pocket

Fingers crossed for you inglewood! Hope contract went well. When is your site start month?

Thanks! Contract went well. Just a few minor changes to go in the variation. Nothing major.

Site start was originally set for August - but PD said that once the land settles and they have the needed paperwork done they can start building about 4 weeks after settlement.

Contract says build will be 168 days - so with any luck we should be in by Christmas if they can start mid July.

Wow, 168 days, if only! We are doing 2 storey in zone 4 so 308 days! Sooooooooooo Long. We have started at least so on the journey. Hope you do get your July start, very exciting.

inglewood · May 30, 2013 10:58 pm

MummaDJ

inglewood

Contract says build will be 168 days - so with any luck we should be in by Christmas if they can start mid July.

Wow, 168 days, if only! We are doing 2 storey in zone 4 so 308 days! Sooooooooooo Long. We have started at least so on the journey. Hope you do get your July start, very exciting.

wow - almost twice as long for a double story! We're in zone 2. Bet you're excited to have the frame going up! Each step is exciting!

inglewood · Jun 01, 2013 10:27 am

Last weekend's visit to the land - almost finished.... Layer of bitumen on the road, second layer yet to be put on. Still lots of piles of dirt needing to be moved.

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Will pop up there tomorrow and hopefully see further signs that it is coming to completion.

inglewood · Jun 10, 2013 8:57 pm

Land is almost finished. Wish they'd tell us a date...

Street signs are all in, nature strip trees are in, land is pegged out and they've started landscaping the park and reserve. Won't be long!!!

Final layer of bitumen is yet to go on, and fences need to be done, then it's finished!

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HomeAngels · Jun 10, 2013 9:19 pm

Looks like you'll get your date soon. How exciting!!

Back Pocket · Jun 11, 2013 10:31 am

Fingers crossed you get your date soon! Would be great to be in for Christmas.

inglewood · Jul 01, 2013 3:33 pm

June has been and gone and no settlement

I contacted our conveyancer and he reckons end of July - so we certainly wont be in by Christmas - never mind...

The gates have finally been taken down so we've been able to drive to our block and park in the driveway LOL! The boys even kicked the footy on the road. Fencing has been started in the estate, so we'll prob have a fence by the weekend.

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HomeAngels · Jul 01, 2013 8:04 pm

Congrats on the first game of street footy!

inglewood · Jul 10, 2013 10:51 pm

Still no word on when settlement will be... Grrrrrr!

On a positive note we have the beginnings of a side fence

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MummaDJ · Jul 11, 2013 11:28 am

Stay positive. Hopefully once you start the build will run smooth. We are contracted for our 2 storey house to be finished in Feb 14, looks like we might be in by Sept/Oct if everything stays on track. So you just never know. My hubby always wanted to be in by Christmas and I used to say, if you think we might get in by Jan and it happens to be any earlier, well that is super. So fingers crossed for you.

inglewood · Jul 11, 2013 11:33 am

MummaDJ

Stay positive. Hopefully once you start the build will run smooth. We are contracted for our 2 storey house to be finished in Feb 14, looks like we might be in by Sept/Oct if everything stays on track. So you just never know. My hubby always wanted to be in by Christmas and I used to say, if you think we might get in by Jan and it happens to be any earlier, well that is super. So fingers crossed for you.

Wow! Hope it all does stay on track for you! That's a huge time difference!

Tracyw · Jul 26, 2013 12:25 am

I love your kitchen choices, maybe cos they are somewhat similar to mine!!! We are going for ice snow benchtop and same profile door as you but in a polytec vinyl wrap. However, we are having a subway tile splash back. I also love those pendant lights from schots and plan on ordering them for my island bench. I haven't seen anything as nice as those to date. Good luck with your build, can't wait to see your finished kitchen!

inglewood · Jul 26, 2013 8:54 am

Tracyw

I love your kitchen choices, maybe cos they are somewhat similar to mine!!! We are going for ice snow benchtop and same profile door as you but in a polytec vinyl wrap. However, we are having a subway tile splash back. I also love those pendant lights from schots and plan on ordering them for my island bench. I haven't seen anything as nice as those to date. Good luck with your build, can't wait to see your finished kitchen!

Thanks Tracyw. Looking forward to seeing your house come together! I'd love the subway tile, but hubby wanted the glass splash back - and he only requested a couple of things so I figured he should get what he wants since I'm getting 'my way' with the rest of the house!

I'll just have to enjoy the laundry with the subway tile in there

I'm tossing up between the lights from Schots and the Hamptons lights from Cape Cod Designs. Early Settler have a light fitting I'm in love with for over our dining table and it's a great price too. http://www.earlysettler.com.au/products/lighting/chandeliers/zola-4-light-chandelier-satin-nickel.html