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David

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I am 30 male, married and building a new house.

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Latest News

For anyone who may have been following our progress I have the latest news. Our council supposedly don't do interim occupation certificates so we had to finish all landscaping and the pergola before w...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:57:00 GMT

New update

Hi there all, It is now a bit over a month since we got the house. Christmas nice a chance to relax for a couple of days with the inlaws on the Gold coast. It was a very nice break from house stuff an...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:04:00 GMT

Handover

Hi guys it has been an action packed week or so since the last blog. First the inspection went alright. We picked up a few things and got a temporary key. Were supposed to let the floor guys in on Sun...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:34:00 GMT

I told you so

Well at the moment it seems to be a case of another day another problem. On monday we went to the house to get a driveway quote and Kath Fractured her toe by accidentally kicking a bag of concrete. ...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:40:00 GMT

Oh The stress!

Well we are getting near the end of the journey. The plumbers and electricians have been in and have hooked up the rainwater tank, just in time for all this rain! The electricians have hooked up the m...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:15:00 GMT

Almost there

Hi there blog fans, Well the end is finally in sight. The painters have been and gone. After an interesting and humorous sidetrack, were they had the wrong vcolour. The walls are to be painted "Saffro...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:15:00 GMT

Concerned

Hi there blogs fans, Well, talk about a rollercoaster ride of emotions. This house building thing takes you up and down between excitiement and worry. From the excitiment of seeing the slab poured to ...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:03:00 GMT

Fast workers

Hi there, Well after speaking woth Antony last week he stated that the painters were due next week. My visit to the house on Thursday afternoon didn't inspire a lot of confidence. The cornicing and s...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:00:00 GMT

Bathrooms

Hi there all, We dropped by the house on Sunday and they had delivered the tiles and started putting in the kitchen and laundry cabinetry. We took a look to make sure the tiles were correct and then ...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:19:00 GMT

stairs

Hello there everyone. Just thought I'd give you a quick update on the house. We  have now past lockup stage. Which we discovered when we got there on sunday to find the front door locked. I had t...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:33:00 GMT