Nothing is ever easy.....

So we knew that we had to relocate our crossover, and planned to do this after handover so it stays looking all clean etc. We have spoken to council, got the approval that this will be ok. Went out to the block today and Barwon Water have installed the taps - right in the middle of where the crossover is to go!

Speak to Barwon Water, get on to an approved plumber, who says to move it the distance we need (1.5m) will be about $2000! I nearly died. At this point I can just see the dollar signs racking up....and up....and up......

After some further discussion, marking out where we wanted them and pleading, the plumber agreed to move the taps the distance required for the price of moving them 1m - $350. Bullet Dodged!

So we are all happy, get the taps moved, email it all off to the builder and developer and the next day the developer puts a tree in our nature strip - right where the relocated crossover is going to go!!! Beginning to feel like the forces are against us. Hubby has decided to leave the tree for now, and when we need to move the crossover, we will relocate the tree at the same time.

So you would think that is the end of the drama - you'd be wrong!  We go out today and the nature strip has tyre tracks over a FOOT deep. The block next to us has had their site scrape, and for some stupid reason the excavator has decided to drive OVER our nature strip to access the block instead of using the crossover. Thats fine - but no attempt to fix what they have done - they have just driven off.  I will be contacted Dennis Family Homes on Monday to complain...loudly.

Our Land has settled!

On the 28th April 2015 our land finally settled! It is now ours!  Hubby and I were beyond it with excitement - it felt like Christmas as a kid again, yet our poor girls couldn't quite understand the level of excitement! They are just happy they will each have their own rooms again when we finally move in!

I never thought a big block of dirt could make me so happy!

We have our land!!

After much stressing and looking around at different estates, we finally found a block that we fell in love with AND met all of our needs!

For the past 6 months we have been completely in love with a particular house.  This house is wide, but short, allowing a largish backyard - as the most disappointing thing is how small blocks are in new estates these days. 

We were determined to find a 17 or 18m wide block, 32 deep so we could build our dream home. Ideally we wanted a 18m wide block so that in years to come we can add a carport to the side (we have 3 girls who will eventually grow in to 3 girls who drive!). 

Our search paid off a few months ago when a couple wanted to pull out of the block they had purchased over 18 months ago, but was only due to title in March 2015. In order to remove themselves from the contract of sale, they had to "nominate" a new purchaser, and they were not allowed to sell it for any more than what they initially agreed to paid (developer guidelines). 

So we quickly agreed to take over their contract of sale, and to be the nominated purchaser upon title. Nothing ever happens quickly when Conveyancers,  Lawyers and Money Men are involved, but 6 weeks after agreeing, we have just signed the contract, paid our deposit and now wait for our land to title in about 4 weeks!

Looking across our block

I never thought I would love a patch of dirt this much!