08/12/10 - Let the games begin!

We drove past the block yesterday and we have a digger on site!  Yay!  He has cut and filled the block as per the plan.  Today a load of gravel was delivered for the site entry.  I think we will definately have a slab before Christmas!

26/11/10 - Interior Colours

Here's some pics of the colours we have selected.

Kitchen

Cafe Cream & Truffle Lini for cupboards

Ice for Benchtop

Reiki for Walls

Flokati for Joinery

Powder Room

Truffle Lini for Vanity

Reiki for Walls

Flokati for Joinery 

Main Bathroom

Carbon Micro for Vanity

White Pepper for Walls

Flokati for Joinery

Ensuite

New Barron Alder for Vanity

White Pepper for Walls

Flokati for Joinery



19/11/10 - Colour Choices

We have finally decided on our colours!
Paint colours are by Wattyl:

• Rieki (downstairs)
• White Pepper (upstairs bedrooms)
• Flokati (skirting/architraves)

Kitchen Colours are:

• Truffle Lini (bottom cupboards)
• Cafe Cream (upper cupboards)
• QuantumQuartz Ice (benchtop)

Vanity Colours are:

• Truffle Lini (Powder Room)
• New barron Alder (Ensuite)
• Carbon Micro (Main Bathroom)

 External Choices are:

• Boral Roof Tiles - Gunmetal (Contour Profile)
• Rendered Finish - Wattyl Granosite Slate
• Weathertex Sheeting - Slate
• Gutters & Garage Door - Woodland Grey
• Fascia & Barge Board - Dune
• Window Frames - Woodland Grey
• Water Tank - Paperbark

It took us a while to choose but we got there in the end!
I will try to post some picture of the colour choices soon.
 
The next drama will be choosing the tiles!  Can't wat :)

We are hoping to have a slab before Christmas but aren't holding our breath.

22/10/10 - COLOUR SELECTION

Ahhh, what a day.  We travelled to Sydney to meet the Kitchen guy @ 9.30am (we were late...got lost).  We picked cupboards, drawers, handles, etc etc.  It took 2.5hours!  Then we drove to Baulkham Hills to meet the Interior Designer.  We picked taps, toilets, doors, paint, lights, shower screens and went over everything!  We didn't leave til 6.20pm!  What a massive day.  And I still have a few changes to make!

21/10/10 - We have PEGS!

They have put 4 lovely red and white pegs on the block!  Not very exciting but at least it's a step in the right direction!

11/10/10 - Our Land is CLEARED

The earth-moving company arrived this morning to clear the block.  Shane had already cut most of the trees down but they knocked over the largest tree and pulled all the stumps out.  Now we are ready for the house to be pegged out!

The 20 tonne excavator with the "claw" arrives

I totally missed the big tree being pushed over...distracted by another truck and missed the photo op...not happy!

The CLAW!



01/10/10 - Our Land

Hi!  We thought we would attempt to share the journey that will be

 "Building our new home!" with family and friends. 

So here goes...

We bought the land (finally) in March 2010. It's a battleaxe block with plenty of room for the kids to run around.  It slopes downwards so we are building a split level home.  

After looking around for a home for a few months we found a Huxley home that we really liked. We have made a few changes to their plan to make it our own.

Plans have been approved with no problems and hopefully building will start shortly!  We are very excited!