While our build has begun, we have a slab, timber and bricks have been delivered, it has been a very long wait to get to this point. Desperately waiting to see it all come together.
We searched for a house for around a year in the Tea Tree Gully area wanting a traditional sized block. Because of the older area most of the house are very boxy and small. After not having much luck we considered building once we visiting the Willaston display in Mt Barker.
We're building the Willaston through Statesman in Tea Tree Gully SA. 4 br, 2 living and 222sq mtrs
On the 16th Dec 2015 we purchased an old house on a 700sq block.
Got married on the 16th April 2016 so rented the house out to let ourselves enjoy getting married without the stress of building as well
Rented the house out until May 2016
Demolished the old house 15th May 2016
Since then we have waited, and waited, and waited. Of course we built during one of Adelaide's wettest winters ever!!! And we seem to have clay meaning we had a puddle the size of a swimming pool so we couldn't begin for months.
Timeline of Build:
18/07/16: Released to construction
28/10/16: Block levelled and compacted
3/11/2016: Footings dug and soil removed
4/11/2016: Plumbing and pipes laid
6/11/2016: Plastic laid
7/11/2016: Steel and mesh laid
8/11/2016: Slabbed!!
18/11/2016: Bricks delivered
21/11/2016: Timber framing delivered
24/11/2016: Windows being delivered
Some pics so far...
The floorpan. We have made a few small adjustments. The back living room has a 4mtr door opening out to the backyard, we removed the back set of opening doors in the living room and replaced them with a window, and have extended the garage width by 1mtr.
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Demolition complete
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Footings. Due to our reactive soil we have 1meter deep footings! slightly over budget there
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Also, arranged our own soil removal and saved $3,500!!!!!!
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Our bricks were delivered. PGH Northbridge. Actually not available through statesman in SA but we pushed for them and had them transported from Victoria. And paid a heap extra lol but they have the character and texture we were after
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Timber delivered
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Looking forward to sharing more photos along the way