Day 15 - 25th of Feb - the slab has been laid. On one of the hottest day's this summer (38 Deg) we got to the block at around 8.00am to find a convoy of trucks at our site with a concrete pump dumping cement. We were a little concerned that the heat may be too much, but trusted it to the professionals. They started around 6.30 and were done by Midday.
Saturday 25 February 2012
Tuesday 21 February 2012
Monday 13 February 2012
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| Fence installed - Day 3 |
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| Loo and bin delivered 1st Day We have a start... |
Day 1 - Monday the 6th of Feb, we received a call from MV letting us know that the site will be scrapped on Friday the 10 Feb with the cut and fill to be done on the same day.
On Wednesday the 8th of Feb 2012, portaloo and dumpster were delivered; finally some progress toward our new home...
Day 3 -Today the temporary fence went up along with pegs along the boundary of the house, with a new front tap, hopefully tomorrow the plumbing starts in full swing.
Wednesday 1 February 2012
The house we have chosen is the Emporio ER432
Builder: Mainvue homes
Start Date: 10th of Feb 2012
To renovate or rebuild?
When deciding on the age old question of renovate or knockdown we considered many options and found the best for us was the latter. Our house was build in the 70's and we came to the conclusion that renovating was not a viable option given the amount of money required.
So the search began for a builder. We looked at a lot of houses and many different builders, Porter Davis, Metricon, etc... Then we happen to come across a Henley display village in Cranbourne Vic. The sales consultant we spoke to at the time suggested we give MainVue a try after a brief description of what we wanted from our new home. After visiting the Saltwater coast display village we finally found what we were after. The staff at Saltwater coast were very helpful and a big thanks to the sales rep who looked after us, who was very knowledgable.
We payed our initial deposit in May 2011 and went through the tender stage in October, to signing the contracts in November. The delay was brought about by our decision to try and sell our existing home (for re-location) rather than demolishing. After waiting 4 months for a sale to come through, (which never did) we decided to call the demolishers in.
Quotes varied from 13K to 9K for the same service. We ended up demolishing on the 5th of Dec (the whole process took 2 weeks - due to delays in obtaining the demolition permit and the demolisher themselves) but you get what you pay for. We handed the block over to Mainvue on the 17th of Dec.
Given the Christmas/New Year break we had to wait until Early Feb for Mainvue to get to site.
Emporio ER432
We originally looked at the single storey Almafi; however this would not fit on our block, and settled for the Emporio. Some options we went for:
*Upgrade electrical package
*Hydronic heating
*Double Glazing
*Fireplace option
*Fully glazed internal doors
*Double Plus garage
*Triniti Facade
*Kitchen Island Bench
Builder: Mainvue homes
Start Date: 10th of Feb 2012
To renovate or rebuild?
When deciding on the age old question of renovate or knockdown we considered many options and found the best for us was the latter. Our house was build in the 70's and we came to the conclusion that renovating was not a viable option given the amount of money required.
So the search began for a builder. We looked at a lot of houses and many different builders, Porter Davis, Metricon, etc... Then we happen to come across a Henley display village in Cranbourne Vic. The sales consultant we spoke to at the time suggested we give MainVue a try after a brief description of what we wanted from our new home. After visiting the Saltwater coast display village we finally found what we were after. The staff at Saltwater coast were very helpful and a big thanks to the sales rep who looked after us, who was very knowledgable.
We payed our initial deposit in May 2011 and went through the tender stage in October, to signing the contracts in November. The delay was brought about by our decision to try and sell our existing home (for re-location) rather than demolishing. After waiting 4 months for a sale to come through, (which never did) we decided to call the demolishers in.
Quotes varied from 13K to 9K for the same service. We ended up demolishing on the 5th of Dec (the whole process took 2 weeks - due to delays in obtaining the demolition permit and the demolisher themselves) but you get what you pay for. We handed the block over to Mainvue on the 17th of Dec.
Aerial view - prior demolition |
Demolition in progress |
Demolition complete |
Emporio ER432
We originally looked at the single storey Almafi; however this would not fit on our block, and settled for the Emporio. Some options we went for:
*Upgrade electrical package
*Hydronic heating
*Double Glazing
*Fireplace option
*Fully glazed internal doors
*Double Plus garage
*Triniti Facade
*Kitchen Island Bench
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