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Construction

We're released into construction!

Monday, July 25, 2016
Woohoo...! After finally getting all our documents sorted, we have finally been released into construction! Awesome news. Our CSA at Eden Brae has been great, and she has been on top of the whole situation, advising us with what's been happening, and what we need to do etc. We also received an email from our Construction Supervisor, which was great too. At least...

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CDC

CDC Lodgement

Monday, May 02, 2016
A couple of days ago I received an email from our CSA advising that they have lodged our CDC. Awesome! She advised that it will take 2-3 weeks for approval  This was great news! It also said that our 'site start date' was still for 31/05/2016 which is soon. I thought the date was going to be rescheduled but I guess not! We...

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Land

LAND = REGISTERED!

Thursday, April 14, 2016
Great news! I got an email from our CSA at Eden Brae advising that our land has been registered! Awesome news! She sent us details of our next steps as to what we need to prep for - Copy of email attached. I don't know if this is for house and land packages only, but hopefully this will be of assistance to some people!...

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Land

Our land is registered!.. Nearly!

Friday, March 25, 2016
I am so lucky we checked our mailbox because j only check about once a month! We received a letter from our solicitors saying that our land will be registered in 14 days. Awesome! The letter was dated about a couple of days beforehand so really we have about 9 days or so. So glad we checked our mail! Time to get our...

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Land

Land registration = delayed!

Thursday, February 18, 2016
So I got an email from Eden Brae saying that our land registration has been delayed =/ which means our start date has been delayed to the 31st May 2016. As much as we wanted it to start on time (so that we were able to get in by Christmas), it isn't the case. Oh well, what can you do! Let's hope that...

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Upgrades

Upgrades.. completed!

Monday, February 15, 2016
They were seriously 2 full on days! If you're keen, you can do them one after the other but I wasn't. We had a week break in between to talk and fight about our upgrades haha. None the less, all our upgrades are complete and all PCVs have gone through to Eden Brae which we have also now approved. It was a fun...

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Carpet

Day 2: Di Lorenzo Carpet & Tiling Appointment

Monday, February 15, 2016
** very late post ** We completed our tiling and carpet appointment with DiLorenzo a couple of weeks before Christmas. Our budget for carpet and tiling as $7k (I know.....)! We were introduced to Annabee who was going to be our consultant for the day. We started off with tiling first for the bathroom. There are a few options to choose from the...

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Electrical

Day 2: Home Option Gallery Electrical Appointment

Monday, January 25, 2016
Day 2, and we were ready for our electrical appointment! The night before, we plotted out on our house plans where we wanted power points (and extra power points), downlights and tv outlets. Us planning the night before made it so much easier the next day. We were introduced to Malinda who would be our electrical consultant for the day. What I loved...

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Land

Our Land is slowly getting there!

Tuesday, December 29, 2015
I'm too indulged in our appointments that I completely forgot to show our land progress. It's so far so good. We go and check out it about once or twice a month. Let's hope registration is on time (Feb/Mar 2016)! 15 October 2015 \ 15 November 2015 6 December 2015 ...

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Home Option Gallery

Our Kitchen Culture Drawings

Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Once you electronically approve your variations, Kitchen Culture send you your kitchen drawings. It looks pretty cool! Surprisingly there were no changes to these drawings! haha Final drawings attached: ...

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Scandinavian Inspiration