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10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

So we've been sleeping in the new place since Friday night.. and the new owned of our old house took possession today.. so we're in! House is a state though,…

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

Hi - I have a 13 and 15 Y/O. Both at Campbell High (oldest to Dickson next year).
I plan on dropping them off each morning at the bus interchange at…

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
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Hey thanks.. yeah only thing we need to do is a bit of planting which Mrs Covalima wanted to do herself in the back..
We are all booked in to move…

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

Yeah I'm a bit over struggling through this build.. Our builder mentioned we could buy a booster but who knows what that will cost ::dizzy::

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
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Bugger.
Is that a QCC thing?

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

For those that have already moved in... what's water pressure like? Checked our taps during our walk through and it's terrible ::cry:: we need to…

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
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We're banking on being in there on the 20th... well we have booked all our furniature to be delivered that weekend so we better be! We have our walk through…

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
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Anyone know how long the cert of occupancy takes to come back? Ours went in to QCC today....

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
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You can see what we ended up with by just looking over the back fence.. I think there will be problems in the future.

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
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Be careful... we got screwed by the builder behind us even though I asked them to be careful. Beter Building - couldn't care less basically ignored us.
Classy.

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
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Shutters went in today.. carpet tomorrow then done.

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
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That is awesome! Must be a bit sureal..
We have our first defects walk through next week - so hopefully there's not too much for them to fix and we…

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

Awesome mate - really happy for ya :D
We started our build early Dec 2013, and we should be in mid Sept. Pretty long…

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
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Quick question - how tall will a 70 ltr Japanese Maple be when planted? We are getting two, but I'm no green-thumb so have no idea.

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
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Painter has painted our front door a gloss... I really dislike and didn't expect. Anyone else have expectations re front door? I am annoyed it wasn't raised as a choice.....

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
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Our porch was reduced too by CIC.. main problem for us was we had to reduce the size of the posts.... oh well.

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

Quick update from us:
Painting will be finished this week.
Last of the concrete (driveway and paths etc) will be finished next week and landscaping started.
Rest of the fitout finished over the…

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

Yeah the gym being open a bit later will allow me to get to the gym for 30 mins of cardio each night which is nice... also means the kids…

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

I haven't posted for a while.... our build has gone slowly I guess. All our kitchen and bathroom cabinets are in now, and the tiler started today.
Not sure how long…

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We spent about 130k on extras.. We seem to have gone with upgrades on everything.. So much for watching the budget! And that doesn't include the swim spa

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
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Chippies let us down... Plus the rain... Lost nearly 3 weeks because the can't finish the roof until the cladding is complete.. New chippies are there Friday to complete it…

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
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Yeah I havce a work phone so at this point I can only use Telstra.. I might have to get them to get me a new phone with another providor.

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

What's everyone's mobile coverage like out there? Mine is terrible.. Telstra ... I would have thought those new towers would have made it great.. Or are they not on yet?

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
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Yep we're happy with all the colours. Hopefully they get us to lock up soon!

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
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Got our first progress payment invoice today.. but we haven't even been escorted up to the site to take a look at what they claim has been done. I have…

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

First floor framing seems to have gone up today... Very cool!

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

Hey thanks for that :)
It seems everything has worked out and we sign a lease agreement to cover us until we move on Monday. Pretty…

10 years10 yearsCovalimaCovalima posted:
Anybody building at Googong ?

Too much going on! Had some dramas the last few weeks and... well.. it's a drama.. might be homeless with 2 kids 2 dogs 2 cats and a bunch of…

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