I've been hanging around on here reading about everyone else's builds and admiring their pictures, for the last few months. It appears that something may happen with ours shortly, so I figured it was time to start my own thread.
My boyfriend and I are building a house with Statesman Homes in SA. In November 09 we placed a hold on a block of land that was owned by our builder, and signed the building contract. We signed the land contract in December 09 and were told that land settlement should be in February 10.
By early February, we had received the master plan and construction footings report back, and the application went to council. No sign of land settlement yet.
We did colour selections early April. By mid April we started contacting the builder about council approval. We had been told it would take between 6 and 12 weeks, and we were already 10 weeks into it. After numerous emails to client liaison, with no response, I contacted the council direct. They advised that the land hadn't been subdivided yet, and until that had happened, they wouldn't even look at our application.
Anyway after months of waiting, on 30 June we finally got council approval. Land settlement is booked for tomorrow. It seems like we might actually be getting somewhere.
I will put our plan up when I work out how to.