Not to be????

Oh well, we ventured down to our block on Saturday and again today, Monday the 24th Dec to see if we had power connected. But no, there was no power to our site... The rain has been persistently falling the past three (3) days so that could be one of the reasons why it didn't eventuate.....not sure, but either way it was not meant to be....

We will wait to see what 2008 brings....hopefully Henley's timeline will be accurate and we have great weather to accomodate the work being completed.

Maybe more news???

Have been advised that "D" is eager to get as much done prior to Christmas as he can... (i think i like him already). We are supposed to be getting the meter/power installed by Monday 24/12...

Do they still work right up to Christmas eve????

But not sure if the timeline is still in the correct order now....

14/12/07 - Site cut - DONE
7/01/08 - Set Out - DONE
8/01/08 - Drains
9/01/08 - Underground Power - BEFORE X'MAS???
10/01/08 - Concreter to start
15/01/08 - Commence Framing

Can the meter/power be installed before the drains???
Does that mean that security fencing needs to go up????

Will check out the block tomorrow.... and maybe on Monday arvo to see if anything has changed.

Definitely more updates to come....
Well done "D"..... you are off to a great start already....

Hello from our Site Supervisor

Today hubby recieved a phone call from our Site Supervisor, we will refer to him as "D" from here on in... "D" confirmed that the work will re-commence on the 7th of January, 2008 with the slab to be poured on the 10th of Jan.

He went through the procedures of site access , his availability, and that contact should be made through "T' our CSR. Which is all pretty standard....

Well, what a surprise to also hear that the frame will commence on the 15th of Jan!!!! I didn't think it would be that quick after slab pouring, but regardless, still happy.

No news as to when plumbing, roof, brickwork etc. will commence, but hopefully it will not be too long after.

We have advised Henley that we will have Kevin from New Home Inspections in for a few visits during the build process so that might keep the quality levels consistent.....which i'm sure they would be anyway.......



Oh also a quick update that our site was actually cut/set out on Tuesday the 11th of December. Our neighbour kindly let me know as she came round to visit her building site...



There are now 15 houses out of 21 in our street that have commenced with 2 already complete and the new owners have moved in. Next year is going to be really busy when everyone seems to be moving in within the space of 3-4 months i would say.....

Have to have a street party i think.....yeah right i hear you say......any excuse..... LOL.

SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE!!!

I went down to the block on Thursday 13/12/07 to check if the earthmoving equipment was there ready for the site scrape on the 14/12 (the revised date).
But didn't i get a surprise when i drove down the street (which by the way is all abuzz with building activity!!!!) to find a toilet on our block....... at it has already been scraped and set out!!!!!!!!

Woooo Hooooo how happy was i?????

The revised timeframes given were:

14/12/07 - Site cut - COMPLETED 11/12
7/01/08 - Set Out - COMPLETED 11/12
8/01/08 - Drains
9/01/08 - Underground Power
10/01/08 - Concreter to start

We can only hope that the drains, power and concrete is on-schedule for first week back in January or earlier would be great too....

No fences yet though, no problems there.


Had a small issue with some tradies from Carlisle Homes though. There is one of their homes being built 2 doors down, and they sent an apprecntice over to gather water from our tap!!!!

Anyway i sent him packing and the next day we went back with a padlock to lock the meter.....that should put an end to their theiving days!!!!

But i suppose i'll have to keep it unlocked when our builder starts back on site.....don't want to hold anything up now because of lack of water now do we????

Just a little hiccup!

Okay so not really little, we called Henley on Thursday 6th of December to confirm a couple of things and it seems that our Site Start has been postponed due to the unavailability of concreters to pour the slab. Site start was going to be changed to mid- January 2008!!!!

Well, then i get "heated" and start firing off e-mails/phone calls to see what i can do to "fix" this problem. After much discussion it was resolved with a satisfactory result- well we think so anyway.

The dates are now as follows:

14/12/07 - Site cut
7/01/08 - Set Out
8/01/08 - Drains
9/01/08 - Underground Power
10/01/08 - Concreter to start

We hope it all goes smoothly from here on in.

Thanks to Henley sales/construction staff and Management for working out an acceptable solution to what was indeed going to be a very angry christmas.

Our Home - Slideshow

IT'S A DATE!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

IT'S A DATE - THE 7TH OF DECEMBER, 2007!!!!!!!!

Our CSR has given us the site start date and we know that it is going to be a lucky # 7 for us!!!!! How exciting - we will be the last slab that Henley pour before Christmas 2007 - feel slightly honoured - although i don't think that it can happen fast enough for us....

I will spend the day out there and watch and capture as much action as i can to upload onto the blog.

So exciting - it seems that it has taken forever to get to this point - so much planning and the decision making process - although fun has been not without issues.

BRING ON THE 7TH OF DECEMBER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Some special friends from the Homeone forum are also celebrating special things on the 7th of December, they are:

Matt has handover of his Carlisle home:
http://ourgrandeplan.blogspot.com/

Arkraider is having their title released:
http://www.arkraider.blogspot.com/

BMP has handover of their home:
http://peedleville.blogspot.com/

DeeElle has their site start Date:
http://buildinginadelaide.blogspot.com/

and VJ is having their site start on the 6th - near enough to the 7th though....


Congrat's to all of us - i hope the day passes with no issues and we can all celebrate with plenty of alcohol!!! - theres been lots of hard work behind each and every one of these celebrations......i think we all deserve a nice drink!!!