Home Building 101

Our first home building adventure.

Tahanan Time Line

All about the land

Land auction (28-Mar-2009)
Land Settlement (11-May-2009)
Land Title Transferred (25-June-2009)

Construction
Free quotation / Initial Tender
Security Payment
1st Draft of Drawing
2nd Draft of Drawing
Hydraulic Plan
Colour Selection
Final Drawing for Approval
Revision Requested by Certifier
Revised Drawing
Approved Plans via private certifier (24-March-2010)
Final Contract Review / Signing (21-April-2010)
Tree Removal (1-May-2010)
Submission of Letter to Commence Construction (9-May-2010)
Drawings Revision Required (22-29 May 2010)
Rev2 drawings sent to the Private Certifier (24-June-2010)
2nd revision of the plan approved by Private Certifier (30-June-2010)
Day 1 - Construction (11-June-2010 ??, within 28 days) - 12-July-2010
Piering - 28-July-2010
Slab - 16-August-2010
Frame - 23-Sept-2010
Brickwork - 10-Nov-2010
Roof Tiles - 12-Nov-2010
Lock Up - 16-Feb-2011
Fixing Out -4-March-2011
Painting - 8-April-2011
Final Inspection 13-April-2011
Completion -
Handover -
Move-in -

Friday, May 14, 2010

Is this Week1?

Just after sending the letter to the builder, there was some little things happening that indicates that things are already moving ahead.

  1. Margaret from the builder called to ask about if all the services are available already - funny that she'd ask me when it is for them to tell me what is available and what is not so it can be organized. Anyway, the call ended well that she'll check it out and let me know. For the record:
    1. Gas connection - I sent an email 2 weeks ago to the person in charge of contracts that I tried to follow up with Jemena but they said that the requestor is the builder so I should coordinate with them.  I forwarded it to margaret to help me follow up. 
    2. For the electricity - during the contract signing, they asked me to call a number but ended up that the area is handled by Energy Australia, CC said that they can deal directly with Energy Australia. 
    3. Water - I remember filling up a form for Sydney water.  I hope that covers it.  
  2. Someone who does excavations called me up today and he said he will check the land tomorrow (Saturday) and let me know about the fill requirement.  
  3. I was able to check the block of land again today to see the grinding for the tree removal.  Looks like everything is ok.  Time to pay them up.  
  4. Another surprise is to see the silt protection is up.  I guess I can expect some excavations to be done hopefully by next week.  
 I am not so sure what this is for but any progress at this point is good enough. 







Some of the silt protection has been set up already. 

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