Demolition!

When we received the news that our application to council to shorten our from setback had been refused, we hesitated on the demolition, later finding out we'd have to wait another 6 weeks to get the ball rolling again which would have meant demolition would have commenced on the 17th of August.

Excitingly, we just got the last minute news that demolition would commence on Tuesday 8th August, yay!!

Here's our progress so far...

Now eagerly awaiting approval of our dispensation application - fingers crossed Whitehorse 🤞

Colours, Colours & More Colours!

Having made all our colour selections ahead of contract, it really is a long time to second guess all our choices! Since our colour appointment in January and before our contract in May we have made many refinements to our colours and even the floor plan - really happy with how it's shaping up.

Here's a snapshot of all our choices and colour schemes. Really excited to see how they come to life!

Exterior colour selections include:

- Facade render: Ashlite

- Garage: Mt Eden render & Colourbond Monument

- Roof, Fascia & Gutters: Monier Elebana Sambuca & Colourbond Night Sky

- Pivot Door: Corinthian 19H

Kitchen Selections Include:

- Flooring: Istanbul Oak (Category 8)

- Interior Paint: Casper White Quarter

- Cabinetry: Polytec Thermolaminate Classic White Matt

- Island Bench: Caesarstone Calcutta Nuvo 

- Benchtops: Caesarstone Snow

- Glass Splashback: Vanilla Quake

- Tapware: Phoenix Vivid 220m Goosneck Matte Black

- Sink: Franke Fragranite Kubus Double Bowl

- Cooktop: Smeg 90cm Induction

- Oven: Fisher & Paykel 75cm Double Pyrolytic

- Dishwasher: Smeg 60cm

Bathroom Selections Include:

- Flooring: Nile Grey Matt Porcelain 450 x 450

- Shower Walls: Gastonia Carrara White Shine 450 x 450

- Feature Tile: Carrara White Herringbone (to rear of vanity)

- Shower: Vivid Twin Matte Black

- Tapware: Vivid Rush wall mount Matte Black

- Benchtop: Caesarstone Snow

- Cabinetry: Classic White Matt

Timeline

A little time has gone past since my last post, I'm going to do my best to outline our timeframes to date.

• Home Purchased: 14th February 2016
• Tenants Moved In: 1st July 2016
• Initial Deposit: 13th August 2016
• Colour Browse: 3rd September 2016
• Colour Selections: 16th January 2017
• Tender: 17th February 2017
• Underground Power Pit (United Energy) Quote Requested: 20th February 2017
• Asset Protection Permit Application: 4th April 2017
• Application to Extend width of Crossover: 2nd April 2017
• Underground Power Pit Quote Recieved: 12th April 2017
• Asset Protection Permit Recieved: 18th April 2017
• Underground Power Pit Ordered: 21st April 2017
• Contract Signed, Sealed & Delivered: 4th May 2017
• Underground Power Pit Installed: 19th May 2017
• Report & Consent Dispensation Application: 9th June 2017
• Tenants Vacated: 9th June 2017
• Gas Abolishment (Multinet Gas) Ordered: 9th June 2017
• Power Abolishment (United Energy) Ordered: 9th June 2017
• Engaged Independent Building Inspectors (Darbecca): 13th June 2017
• Power Abolishment Completed: 16th June 2017
• Gas Abolishment Completed: 10th July 2017
• Report & Consent Dispensation Rejected: 19th July 2017
• Report & Consent Dispensation Amendment Submitted: 31st July 2017

Seriously feels like the longest journey already and we haven't even started building! Whilst the tenants were happy to move out ahead of their 12 month lease, we had some setbacks with our council application which have taken up far too much time - had we have known this might be the case we would have pushed our builder to work through these much earlier in the process.