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 -

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Frames Up!

Yesterday I went to the site to visit the progress and was happy to see all of the wall frames has been set up. Then today, I got a progress update from the Customer Service of the builder that the roof trusses has been completed yesterday afternoon. That excited me since it is nicer to see physical progress rather than exchanges in plans and emails.  Now here comes the 2nd progress payment.

Things ticked off the list:
1. Finalized with the tiler the changes we wanted to do. Paid them and the invoice has been received.
2. Finalized the A/C to be installed in the house - Actron ESP+, supposedly more energy efficient since you are able to control the temperature and fan speed. Hopefully the slight investment is worth the extra cost we spent.
3. Received the FHOG and now the balance has been deposited on the MISA account.
4. Received an invoice from the builder that the water connection has been completed.

Things needed to work on:
1. Finalize tiles / flooring - November
2. Finalize the supplier for the downlights - early October
3. Finalize the electrical upgrades - early October
4. Finalize the landscape cost - retaining walls, driveways, etc.. - November