Bugger, our splashback is delayed because the paint has to come from Sydney and the glass guys were not that bright to tell the paint shop which paint we had…

LOL Jess i'm not one to normally let these kind of things get to me. I guess it's just been a LONG road to get here so far and…

Hi Mango
No, unfortunately this join is where the two slabs meet and is clearly to see by anyone sitting at the breakfast bar or standing behind the gas cooker. I…

Sure, Mango. You are not alone. Our Emerald Pearl Granite Bench Top was installed two weeks ago and only when the painters removed their sheets from it, we discovered an…

We supply all the electricity and potable water too, but we are building rural. I'm not sure if that makes any differences in regard to those buidling in suburbs with…

Oh dear, sorry Eljay, I clearly might have misinformed you. The only cement I saw being used was the grey one, but that might have been used to lay the…

We have Off White mortar, Eljay. The brickies used grey cement and bright white sand. When they were done the wet mortar was dark grey but it dried up in…

Today the granite for the kitchen will arrive. I am excited and working hard to find a suitable colour for the kitchen splashback. We have been to several paint shops…

Very unfortunate mistake Bek, but HEY, Thursday you will have a slab. I'm sure !!
Hang in there.

Hi Mummabubba
We just installed Under Tile Heating after we discovered that in slab heating would become to expensive. We installed it in our Ensuite and Bathroom ourselves.
For the system…

WOW people, reading all this and I am so very very happy with my SS. He is very hands-on.
The morning of the site scrape he was on site at 0700…

Nice progress, Jess. Can't wait to see some of your chosen colours coming through in the pictures.
Next week, you'll have a roof

Me neither, Jess. I hope the Emerald Pearl will look good. Only one week to go from Tuesday and we'll know!! When it is in we immediately have to organise…

The plasterers did their bit today and are done now. We got some delay because not enough bricks has been delivered so the brickies will be back next week.
The Sparky…

It was a hot day today, debry from the skip is flying everywhere in the strong wind and big dust clouds are wirling around the house, but ......
we are HAPPY!!
Today…

That is a beautiful slab, Jess. Look svery much like ours. After almost three weeks there is not as much as a hair line in ours, so Coral must use…

Beautiful block of land you've got, Beck. Congratulations with the site scrape.
They told us that we would be in before Christmas and the estimated building time would be 16 weeks.…

Thanks Jess. Not much continuity in this thread though. We are exhausted after days of Insulating and Cabling and today is the first day that we can lean back a…

Hi King Willy
we had the following schedule:
21/8 -site scrape
24/8 - delivery piers
25/8- 70 piers in
26-27/8 - further slab prep
28/8 - no pouring because of weather forecast
31/8 - 300M2 of slab…

Keep positive, Jess. It happens all the time indeed. You are always in the que so there is always a job that has to be finished before they can start…

Thanks for your eply, Cyclone. I'm not sure yet what kind of filter we are going to use. I just discovered a couple of websites with several type of filters…

Last Friday the Carpenters started on site (4 men), they came back at Saterday (3 men) for 6 hours and today again (5 men) from 7 Am until Sunset and…

I wouldn't worry about that, Jess. The day after the slab has been poured the bobcat will be back to push most if not all of the dirt back around…

Sorry Cyclone, had some problems with Internet, did not check this topic for a while. The thermostats are automatic, solid state and programmable with LCD.

Thanks for your reply, Chris, very helpful to make up my mind. I think it is wonderful to live of tank water too. It gives a feeling of independance, doesn't…

We are going to live on tank water for the first time in our lives and for the first time in our lives we have to decide how we are…

Thanks Renee, yeah, we are very happy with the result.
At the moment I am behind my laptop killing time while waiting for the SS and the Carpenters to show…

Just to finish this Topic: we got a reply from the State Revenue Office with a small list of documents that we have to send in within the Application…

We got a septic tank and the lid is definitley not to be driven over unless you made special arrangements with the factory and payed extra money for it. I…

Congrats with the work on your block, Jess. Luckily that your dad can help you a little bit, he
Good luck with everything this weekend…