A Siting for Sore Eyes

I wish I could upload a copy of our siting - this is basically what we've been waiting for, for 4 weeks - the tender and site costs are based around the siting and reports.

We knew that our site costs would be quite expensive, but they came in at basically what was estimated so we were prepared.

So, our sites costs will cover the following:

• Class M slab (standard inclusion)
• Water tank at back of house - will be moved to side and smaller water tank provided to comply with estate guidelines (no extra cost)
• Step up onto porch (extra cost)
• Step down into garage 340mm (extra cost)
• Step down to study and home theatre (extra cost)
• Higher ceilings to front of house - we basically have a split in the front of our home because the front is so steep
• Cut to front of home to comply with driveway angle standards/guidelines (will be used to fill at back, however extra costs to export excess dirt)
• Steps to laundry (extra cost)
• Because of the curved kerb and steepness of the front, they will need two concrete pourers (extra cost)
• Drop edge beams around the home (extra cost)

They hit rock within the standard/included range so piering should not be a problem, other than if the rock becomes more shallow when they begin construction and they need to excavate - this means additional costs too.

Other than the steepness at the front of the house, the land is pretty good!

Revising the tender over the weekend, we've decided to increase our electrical budget also - I still think that we've grossly underestimated the cost of electricals though, so I can't wait to get stuck into our electrical appointment! Oh, and timber look garage sectional door was a must - we forgot to add this but that's been included now :)

Hopefully signing off land and revised tender this week, or early next week. I will include a list of all our upgrades once we've signed off on the revised tender.

See you again soon!

Cx

Pass the Parcel

After we decided to take a break from continually calling around different developers, real estates, etc that are selling land in all the different parts of Edmondson Park we figured we would just wait it out. We figured we had two choices - we settle for something we are only 'ok' with, or wait for something else to pop up. We aren't exactly risk takers, so the latter was not appealing at all - but we didn't have the choice. Why would we settle for something we weren't both 100% on?

As mentioned in our previous post, one of the developers we had unfruitfully been attempting to contact finally returned one of calls about the final three blocks available in 'The Pinnacle' release of Macquarie Links.

Immediately we requested plans, prices, and there was a pretty little parcel that ticked all our boxes - budget, location, flatness, size and dimensions. 

So there she is. Sorry about that terrible sign - when it's ours we'll take it down. The land is relatively flat, there's a bit of a rise at the front but it flattens out which is what we want.

We have received contract for the land this week, and have ordered soil tests, contour and bore hole reports to be done on the land in order to evaluate site costs by the builder. Apparently these were done yesterday, which means we should be receiving some indication as to how much extra we'll be paying to build on here!

After the reports have been completed, we'll receive a tender from our builder (which could still change at this point if we decide it's gone over budget!) and decide on whether we sign the contract for land.

Anything could happen from here - wishing ourselves luck for the coming weeks!

Cx