We have a Pool

Well, a hole in the ground at least.

Things have really started to move now.

The site has been scraped


and we have a hole in the ground which will become our pool


Apparently they will be concreting the pool tomorrow and then next week they are planning on pouring the slab.

It's great to see some action at last. Let's just hope it keeps moving at the same pace.

Good News at Last

Well we finally had the news that we have been waiting 10 weeks for. We have got Coucil approval. This came through last Tuesday and then on Wednesday the builders were out there scraping the block. We now have a block of dirt rather than grass :)

We had a site meeting with the builder on Sunday morning to go through a few decisions and have a look at the house layout. The builder had staked out the approximate outline of the house so we could get an idea of it's placement and size on the block. It's really hard to get a true perspective of the size without anything there to guide you and it all looks so small. I'm sure it will all be OK though.

Anyway, the plan at this stage is that the surveyor will be out this week to survey exactly where the slab is going to sit and then next week on Tuesday they start to dig out the pool.

It's great to see that something is starting to happen, even if it is only a scraping of the block!

Frustration!!!!!!

Well the frustration is building more and more. It's just a shame that it's not the house that is building!

Our plans have been in council now for about 10 weeks. As far as I'm concerned this is a ridiculous amount of time. Especially considering we used a building certifier. Our builders have spoken to the council a few times about this but never get a very satisfactory response. It almost sounds like they haven't even looked at it yet!

Is it any wonder there are housing shortages when things like this take so long.

Anyway, vent over now. I guess I just go back to waiting.

At least in the mean time we have been able to get out and about to look at bathroom fittings and tiles for the pool. Hopefully this should keep us relatively sane.