Hi
I've been reading lots of progress stories on this forum and decided to contribute our own story. All the stories I have been reading are from the Perth area, we are a little further north in Dongara, which 65km south of Geraldton.
We purchased a block of land in Feb 2013 (813sqm) and have been looking at Display homes and loads of builders floor plans to get an idea of what we want in our dream home. We got engaged in Jan 2014 and are due to be married end of Oct 2015. This is when we decided it was probably time to get organised and start the process of getting our own house (currently living with my parents)
We had planned a meeting with the bank for early Feb to check what we were able to borrow so that we could go looking for a design we knew we could afford (the joys of living in regional WA means we are charged more for construction costs). As luck would have it Redink had a monthly promo on for a design we loved and was within our price range! After speaking with a sales rep and making a few changes to the original plan we signed our PCQ at the end of Feb.
We received our site report and survey mid March. At the moment we are just waiting on the working draws.
We have already picked out flooring for living areas and bedrooms (to be installed after handover) and have been looking at colour schemes for tiles and benches (so many choices!)
Timeline:
9 September 15 - Earthworks started
22 September 15 - Plumbing & Electrical run ins and Footings
23 September 15 - Framing of slab
24 September 15 - SLAB!!
6 October 15 - Bricks delivered
8 October 15 - Frames and mortar delivered
13 October 15 - Brick work started!!
19 October 15 - Internal bricks complete
27 October 15 - External bricks complete
30 October 15 - Roof timbers started
5 November 15 - Roof timbers finished
9 November 15 - Electrical
11 November 15 - Plumbing and Colorbond started.
12 November 15 - Roof completed
13 November 15 - Internal render started
23 November 15 - Internal render complete
24 November 15 - Gyprock and cornice delivered
25 November 15 - Ceilings started, windows in
29 November 15 - Ceilings and cornice finished
30 November 15 - Locked out!
5 December 15 - Internal doors and shelving done
11 December 15 - Grano poured, tile meet
12 December 15 - Bricking up in wet areas started
14 December 15 - Tiles started
5 January 16 - Gloss painting done
6 January 16 - Pavers delivered
11 January 16 - Paving started
12 January 16 - Paving complete
19 January 16 - Air con installed
28 January 16 - Tiles complete
29 January 16 - Garage door installed
2 February 16 - Electrical finals started
3 February 16 - Plumbing finals started, Door furniture installed, air con complete, oven/cook top installed, gas finals completed
4 February 16 - Rangehood installed, hot water unit and solar installed, toilets installed, bathroom accessories installed
12 February 16 - Electrical complete, insulation installed
24 February 16 - Mirrors, robe doors and shower screens installed
26 February 16 - PCI complete
14 March 16 - KEYS