Tom and Mel's House Building Adventures

Hi Everyone, Friday was a busy day at 'the block'. We had the last of our gold/ dirt removed from the neighbours land and after paying for it, we never want to speak of it again! :) We did also received a bill for 'pump for piers' which we had no idea what that was for. Apparently only 1 in 5 houses need it and it depends if the concrete truck driver wants to get their wheels dirty! So another bill to pay, Oh well! On a happier note, they managed to put up most of our frame on Friday! All but the garage and roof have been put up. Which is very exciting! The concerto is not on display anywhere so it was great to be in 'our house' and get a feel of the size and what it will look like. :) I have been there 3 times in 3 days! :) Can't wait for the rest of the frame to be added this week and then the bricks! Really looking forward to the bricks being added it will look more like a house! It's all very exciting. I have a few photos to add but I will do it lat

Hi everyone, Sorry for the delay in keeping this blog updated! A few different things have happen since then. 1. The plumbers put in our plumbing drain/ hole things in all the wet areas. After that the reinforcement and waffle pods were laid. To quote Tom ' what the hell are waffle pods?’ Well waffle pods are big foam box looking things they put down before they lay the concrete. This is a cheaper option as they don't need to use as much concrete. Apparently you need to be careful if you jack your car up in the garage as the concrete might crack! Oh well! We didn't have an option waffle pods are standard these days and I guess they have been working for many others! 2. After they laid the reinforcement and waffle pods they then poured the slab. Hooray for a slab, it now looks more like a house then a patch of dirt! :) It's a nice looking slab! (Ok slightly bias!) 3. Yesterday the plumbers came and did something! They laid pipes around the outside of the house. I guess

These pictures are of our land before exavation, after excavation and after the peirs went in. I have also added the house plan and a picture of the house that we modelled our external colours on. We have the same bricks, gutter colour, garage, colour driveway etc :)

Hi Everyone, Tom and I are in the process of building a house which I am sure many of you already know! :) I am currently obsessed with it so I thought I would write a blog to share our journey. We bought land in Kellyville Ridge 2155 back in August 09. We are first home buyers and were enticed by the governments $24,000. We had been looking at established homes for almost 12 months put apparently I was too picky! :) Buying land and building seemed like a good idea and it was cheaper. It has taken what feels like forever to get to where to are now but hopefully it will all be worth it in the end. :) We are building the Concerto Alfresco Home Theatre, with Allworth Homes. Although a little slow they have been great. (They are building sooo many homes at the moment.) We have had many I mean many forms to sign, decisions to make and colours to choose. We have even decided things amicably! We were originally told registration on the land was going to be November 09, however this didn't