LOTS of progress!

We have a slab! We also have a frame! Woohoo!!! :-) :-) 

It's amazing how quick things are going along! 

The slab was poured last Thursday, so in the space of a week there has been a lot of progress! We will be ready to move in next week at this rate hehe ;-P

Wes and I after the site was cut 

Showing a mate our slab! 

Sunset over the slab

The frame kicks off!

 Just after a week of having the slab poured this is where we are at! :-) tiles have been delivered ready for the roof next week.......

KICK OFF!

We thought at times we wouldn't get there, but we can now officially say CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED!!!!!!!!!!  :-) :-)

After a few life hurdles including both of us changing jobs, me living away for work for 6mths and a family tragedy, life is fiiinaallyy looking up and our dream is starting to become reality. Construction on our home officially started on Thursday the 26th September 2013 :-D

So far the site has been cut, the surveyor has pegged out the home and plantation have set up :)

SO EXCITING!!!!!!

Ps- cannot speak highly enough of Plantation re: the delays. They were patient, understanding and never pushed us once. 

DAY 1- site cut 26 September 

Our neighbour took the first photos for us and delivered the surprise that they had kicked things off :)

A word on Plantation :)

Ok, so a little word about Plantation so far...

They have been FANTASTIC!!! We have been dealing with them since July/August and have been very impressed with just how organised, lovely and easy they are to deal with. We hope it continues when we start the build next year :)

One of the best things so far is that they are super organised and on top of things. When you pay your initial deposit you receive a handy folder that has all of the building process explained and organises all of your documents into sections as you receive them. For an 'organiser-nerd' like myself, I was def impressed ;)

So to give an overview of where we are up to in the building process-

-We paid our initial deposit and had the soil test completed (M-class soil, which was good)
- We attended our New Home Proposal meeting & signed the NHP
- We had our contract appointment, went through all of our plans & signed it - lock it in Eddy!
- We had our colour selection appointment (more to come on that soon) This was a HUGE day of decision making, but it went really well and we are super excited about what we've chosen in our selections.
- We have had our electrical appointment on the Sunshine Coast. It was really informative and the lady was very helpful. It took us nearly 3hrs, but it was well worth it as we're very happy with the additional lighting we've put in :)

So we have almost completed the 'administrative' side of things, which is what we had aimed to do by the end of the year. Our timeline (if all goes to plan) will see us ready to kick things off at the beginning of next year. We would rather this as the builders & PH go on leave over the Christmas/New Year break :)

I have attached our plans.

Some additional changes we have made:
1) Extended the alfresco
2) closed in the butlers pantry with a feature door
3) Added a spa to the ensuite
4) Added provision for ducted air-con (we will buy the unit down the track)
5) Added a long bench in the laundry
6) Upgraded to the 'Blake' facade

The journey so far! :)

A little bit of background on our journey so far...

My partner and I are going to be first-home owners and have decided to take the plunge and build our first home through Plantation.

We have spent many months planning and saving to get to this point. We started looking at display homes towards the beginning of the year and have changed our minds a few times (originally we were going to build through Metricon) to finally land on our dream home...the Aurora Q1!! :)

We are very lucky as the Aurora Q1 display home is only about 5 minutes away from where we currently live (very handy indeed!) I think the sales staff there are quite used to us wandering in to have a look all the time lol!

Anyhoo so basically our journey has been broken into two stages:

1) First step was to find suitable land and settle. Again, after lots of searching, research and negotiating we chose a 3/4 of an acre block at Ningi, which is about 6mins off the highway on the way to Bribie Island. We  settled on the 8th October 2012! Very exciting!!! Welcome to the world of having a mortgage lol!! :-S

2) Next step is to continue on with our plans to build the Aurora Q1 through Plantation! :)

Anyhoo, that might be enough for the first post- more on our journey so far to be continued......

PS - some piccy's of our block of land :)

Our Street (our block is on the RHS)

FYI - the neighbours across the road have built the 'Majestic' through Plantation, its a very nice looking estate and an extremely quiet area :)