A clear block and some headaches!

Not too much has happened since our initial post....

I say not too much, however the block is finally cleared, and in the process of cleaning up the last tiny bit of concrete... this happened!!!

The demolition had gone beautifully and right at the last second the neighbours garage had a slight run in with a massive excavator... points win to the excavator. Needless to say we were devastated and felt awfully responsible!! Our lovely new neighbours were great about it so hopefully insurances get it fixed very quickly so we can look them in the eye again.

The Demo company had done such a wonderful job, and it was another guy taking care of the last bit! Needless to say, his future prospects with the company would be questionable at best!

Anyway to balance the bad with the good, here's the block all clear ready for Porter Davis to begin!

We also had a minor blip at the end of the week with news our Kitchen Island would need a slight re-think as the Sink (promotional item) and the Bin Drawer (again, promotional item), wouldn't quite fit in said kitchen Island! We panicked a bit thinking extra stone (massive dollars) or no bin (massive smell) or single sink (massively angry wife) would be the solution. But Vanessa (Kitchen Guru) found that a slight tweak to the size of the Island was all that was needed to fix. A very slight price increase but better to nip now than nip onsite when someone tells you the sink doesn't fit!

So all to do now is attend PD on Wednesday for official Contract Signing! 

Dream is under way!!

Hello peeps! So here goes an attempt at something you kids are calling 'Blogging'!

Last year we decided to build the dream house. After much deliberation we decided to sell the family home, buy a knockdown and build. We found a house with a suitable block close by, we sold, bought, moved into rental and began our journey... hate the word journey but according to reality TV, that's what we are doing so, journey it is!

We found a design we loved at Porter Davis and were helped immensely by Damon at PD who was a godsend in taking us through all the initial planning and prep. We are building a Rochford 40 with Master Suite option and Alfresco. It should look a bit like this...



We've attended both World Of Style days (immense fun and seduction by pretty shiny things) and Tender (discovery that pretty shiny things cost money!). As this is probably the last time we do such a mad thing we let the pretty things win!

Over the last week, the old house has been taken down and site being prepped for final soil test. Once final contract and drawings are signed on March 2 we should be good to go! If all is o.k. with the soil test we've been told a start date of the first week of April (fingers crossed).

So far the process has been quite smooth and all at Porter Davis have been great to deal with.

We can't wait for the first pegs to go in!!