Anyone else building in Glenmore Ridge?

We got part of a roof tiled, I would have thought that with a full week of rain the tilers would have been there all day.. but not... oh well...

Wow Richard - congrats - not long and you will be enjoying the fun of moving in!!

I drove by this morning and the estate is coming along well. Everyone is doing a really nice selections for their homes.

The last of the blocks across the road from us was cut yesterday but the block on the corner beside me still nothing. I wonder if they now have to pay stamp duty?

I am really getting excited now even though we still have a long way to go its exciting to see it all coming together and getting a feel for the rooms. Having picked off a plan, you really don't get a true feel of the house until you walk into it.

Anyone thinking of a pool? if yes, have you looked at any pool builders? We have had a few quotes. I am still in two minds of the reasoning behind the cost, is it worth it with kids, will it get used, does it add value to the home.. or are we crazy in adding that much more onto our mortgage?

CamKat..

We would like to wait a few more years as well just to save the money rather than adding it to our homeloan, but once the block behind us starts then we won't be able to get excavators in.

Our kids are at the right age for a pool, both can now swim without any floaties so it means that they can swim more and jump in etc and get more use. They like diving down to get things off the bottom of the pool... me I am happy just to sit in the water and watch them.

The crunch is basically an extra $50 per week on top of current repayments if we added the pool cost to the loan... hmmmmm decisions.

CamKat - I will have to check out your bricks. I know ess and tims bricks were done in a week, roof on in a day and now it looks like they are preparing for the internals.. its taken us 8 weeks for brickwork and top roof to be done.... curse xmas shutdown and rain...

How are everyone who has kids, how are they finding the building process. My kids are totally into it and my 8 year old asks lots of detailed questions. Its funny to hear him speak to others and use building terms....

Richard, I have just PM'd you

Clear blue sky and no tradies on my site yesterday or so far today....... grrrrrr

i have power points and lights!!
tiles are almost finished.
some internal tapes are in now aswell,
we have also started to meet people down there now,

i have a weird issue....
my house has finished to fast.
i did a budget for the house to be finished in 2 months, but we might get the keys in 7 days.
the credit cards are going to get a work out now.

I am sitting here in a state of fury. We went to check out the house today to find the builder next door erecting timber fencing. We are in a bushfire zone and it states that we must install colour bond fencing. Further to this they are installing the crappiest materials with untreated steel posts. We have not been contacted or consulted at all about the fence.

We called the builder and they don't give a damm. We are spending 10K in bushfire items that we have to do as stipulated by council and then if a crappy timber fence goes up it basically errodes any bushfire protection.

Stockland have no legal leg to help us, even though they are the developers. I have 5 neighbours, and I sure in the heck do not want 5 types of different fences, let alone crappy looking fences

What would you do in this situation.. just ignore it and hope that you dont get asked for the money or would you fight it?

Cass, that's no good. When we found out you could do colorbond I was happy as I would prefer that over timber. Looking at the neighbor behind us I think they are doing timber, although I hope it was before the new rule came in. Maybe I should contact them and see as it will be our back fence and we will see it the most so don't want timber. We have no neighbors on one side which saves that hassle and the other side there is no movement so will be colourbond going up there.
Surely if it's in a brushfire zone they can't put timber up???

Ah yes the rain is back... I wonder if it will take another 4 weeks to get the rest of my roof on!

The ugly fence is up. Council will not help, Stockland do not have any legal authority to do anything about it. Basically, we have the take it to the department of land and fight it.

I have had to spend so much money on bushfire protection, which even that is a pick and choose and lots closer to the bush then what I am have not had to do anything....

I rang masterton homes today to find out what they are putting up and they are doing colourbond, so at least our 32m fence side will be colour bond.

Just so everyone knows. If you want to put up a fence you have to issue a fencing notice to your neighbours and get 3 quotes. I still have no idea who any of my neighbours are and we still have a vacant block at the back and one to the side of us...

I just hope our SS can get our scaffolding down this week so the site can be cleaned up and we can move onto the lower roof so we can lock the house up....

Richard - I do hope that the rain holds off, but at least it gives you another week or so that you needed.

CamKat - your house is coming along now - looking great.

Ess and Tims house is flying along!!!

We have been "homeless" now for 9 months.. its getting hard now not having any of our belongings with us.. as they are all in storage but fingers crossed that hopefully by May we will be in.