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What it was internally...... as purchased


What happenned step 1 - after salvaging anything of value including leadlight windows,…

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Last Tuesday we finally signed our final contracts at M HQ. Everything was in order and our final figure was a great deal below what was in the first draft…

Well things have just about come to a complete stand still - on M's end anyway. Its fast approaching 3 weeks since our original 'final contract meeting' and only…

Well, we had our 'final contract meeting' the other day. The meeting had been scheduled in for sometime and we were very much looking forward to it - seeing…

1 July 2011
Abolishment…
We are getting really close to demolishing the old house now and as a result this week my task was to get the electricity and gas lines/meters abolished.…

30 June 2011
More studio M and colour selections.
The last few weeks have flown by and we have been snowed under trying to get things organised to demolish the old house…

Monday, June 20, 2011
Electrical Appointment done and dusted - PART 2
Continuing on from our last blog, we had our electric appoint last Thursday and over the weekend I noticed…

17 June 2011
Electrical Appointment done and dusted!
It is nearly 9pm on a Friday night, Cam is out on the town with his mates for the night, the boys are in…

10 June 2011
Studio M – finally! (sorry no photos here, check out the real blog www.camandkirsten.blogspot.com instead)
Tuesday was a big day for us! After months of…

7 June 2011
Preliminary Contract – A retrospective entry…
Well it has been one week since we signed out preliminary contract and things have been well and truly moving. And when I…

28 May 2011
Settlement Finally…
Well tomorrow we finally settlement on our new (old) property, some 3 months late.
Going back 5 and a half months, I received a phone call…

16 May 2011
The Countdown is on!!!
Settlement is about to occur any day now on the old house and pretty soon the demolishers will move in and knock it over.
We…

We have just spent the evening going through our sites costs for our build with Metricon.
I was wondering if anyone out there has had any luck negotiating on price…

I am in the process of building/tendering with Metricon. We are being quoted $6000 for a new underground power pit...
Contract states "Provide underground power pit to left hand front boundary…

I am also in the process of building/tendering with Metricon. We are being quoted $6000 for a new underground power pit... This seems ludicrous.
Contract states "Provide underground power pit to…

Brick Update - we may not go with AUSTRAL Latrobe anymore. Stay tuned!

Brick Update - we may not go with AUSTRAL Latrobe anymore. Stay tuned!

Hi Starz, lovely selections so far. I hope DH will let me choose some funky tiles like you have for our place.
Kirsten
www.camandkirsten.blogspot.com

Had a look at the page, thanks Trinity.
Hopefully the electrics people will know all about this when we go for our selections.

Loving the colours Mike, I LOLed at your first post about being a lurker! I love looking at other peoples threads but have only jsut started posting myself. You…

thanks or the replies guys.
@Dmoorev8 - can you please tell me where I can find out more information about these changes?

Hi Sleven, I only just came across this thread and even though we are at the beginning of our build, I am loving having a look at the finished product…

Make sure that you put powerpoints in positions where another double can be piggybacked off the wall behind by your own electrician. This may save money.
Also consider getting batten points…

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Sunday, April 17, 2011 Brick choices??
We had a look at Austral yesterday to start narrowing down the brick and tile choices.
This one we like the look of and it…

Sunday, April 3, 2011 Deposit Paid...Woo Hoo!
Today we took the biggest step so far. After a 2 hour meeting going over our Preview Estimate with SC Mark, it was…

Decisions Decisions...
Well the tour of Studio M turned out to me better than expected with our CSC taking us on a private tour to look at standard options and…