After a couple of days, one of our neighbours came over with
a box of chocolates to introduce herself. How lovely! We have met the majority
of people living in the houses we can see. Makes you feel more at home, safer
and more community oriented I guess. There are a few people who go walking in
the mornings with dogs, bikes, people. Seems like a nice community so far. The
tradies we have spoken to have been awesome. The guy over the road at Allworth
even tried helping us out with the air conditioning. Hopefully the Masterton
tradies next door will be just as good.
Something I wanted to touch on was trespassing on your site.
It's very tempting to do it. You should definitely not do it, but if you can't
help yourself, be sure to tell your SS that you plan to go to site for whatever
reason, whether it be to measure something (to order blinds, to plan for
building something for the house). At least he can prepare to meet you on site
and prepare any necessary paperwork to cover himself AND if you are going on
site, don't be an idiot and wear thongs. Wear appropriate closed in footwear.
Runners. There are pieces of colorbond, nails, screws, reo, shards of brick and
pavers on site. Slippery clay, loose rubble. You do not want to be slipping on this
or having a nail go through your thong and into your foot. Plus if you get
hurt, you aren't covered. Our SS told us some horror stories of people who had
been hurt (or worse) on site. We have seen people take their kids up
scaffolding in Oran Park. If you are going to be on site when you shouldn't, at
least use your common sense and don't climb on things or put your life in any
more danger than you already have. You want your SS to be on your side - and he
is - so don't risk irritating him by injuring yourself when you shouldn't be on
site. (This is a huge case of "Do as I say, not as I do". We had been
on site, and I never felt comfortable being there. And if you feel
uncomfortable, there's probably a reason why! I did a lot of looking from afar
and sitting in the car haha...)
How about I go and take some photos of the work done to
date? :)
Hey Guys, we stumbled onto your blog when we first signed our contract to build the Drysdale 31 with Eden Brae... your tips have been invaluable as my partner and I are first time builders and complete and utter rookies at this stuff.
ReplyDeleteYour place looks amazing! We have our Home Options Gallery appointment tomorrow so looking forward to parting with more precious dollars and we start building in Harrington Grove in May... wish us luck
Regards - Chris and Stephanie Austrin
ReplyDeleteHi Chris!
I'm glad the blog has bee nable to help you. I had hoped that my perspective as a first time builder with no idea of building might be able to give people a bit of a heads-up in terms of what to expect, and what you might not think about.
Nice choice of house! We love living in a drysdale. There's the perfect amount of space for us. We're still filling up some of the rooms but that is to be expected. It's kinda fun. The thing that is getting us at the moment is the landscaping. I'll mention that in the next blog post, which I should have done a month ago!
Hope colours went well. We enjoyed it and it took us half the time than what was booked in. We are pretty happy with how things are looking in the house. We have found some great savings and great pieces at places like Masters, and Splendour Interiors in Camden. A lot of nice stores in the local area.
Good luck with the build, I am sure that part will be smooth for the most part. It's admin that is the drainer lol! But you'll soon forget about it when you are moved into the new place :)
Your place looks amazing! We have our Home Options Gallery appointment tomorrow so looking forward to parting with more precious dollars and we start building in Harrington Grove in May... wish us luck
Regards - Chris and Stephanie Austrin