Packing!!! :)

We spent all yesterday packing boxes. We will also spend most of today packing so that we can move this weekend :D :D

The builder has been chasing the council all week. They are meant to be insepecting the house today (fingers & toes crossed!!) Once they give it the all clear it is ALL OURS :D :D and we get the keys and can start moving in.

It's been raining all night and all day today (34mm this morning alone) and it looks like rain all weekend. The roads are starting to flood so it might be interesting :S

The slab for the double garage was poured on tuesday so here are the pics:

It came a day early = happy campers :)

Graffiti ;)

ohhh i like a good slab... (of concrete! lol)

Side of house - now with weed lawn and stakes to mark our pop up sprinklers

Latest pic of the front - complete with weed lawn :P If it keeps raining we might still have grass to mow before Christmas LOL. Oh well, it's better than mud.

Sooo close!

Just a quick note to let everyone know that we are very close to moving in :D :D

The bank have given us their final approval, the builder has the final payment and the house is officially ours! We are still waiting on the council to inspect and approve for occupancy. The builder has told us that he can give us the keys but we can't move anything into the house before the inspection or we will be fined by the council. We will have our walk through this week.

Although we will soon be able to move in we are still waiting on a few things. We still don't have turf but the builder has applied for a special application to allow us to move in and get the turf after (possibly even in the new year) Our builder says that the turf farm is underwater and our yard is also way too wet to scrape again (our yard is COVERED in weeds after all the rain) We are also still waiting on a clothesline, mailbox and tv antenna which i think will be done this week (?) and the whirly bird won't be here til the new year.

The power, gas and water are all connected and we have to be out of our current rental by the 15th. We have booked the carpet cleaner for the 14th and are hoping that the council will approve everythnig this week so that we can move everything this weekend.

In other news the site for the shed slab was boxed up today and the concrete will be done on Wednesday. We need to start packing but haven't done any yet :S It still doesn't seem like it is real and we are FINALLY moving, even if the move is only ONE WEEK away!!

I can't wait to put up the Christmas decorations! :D :D We plan to have the shed, paving and a basic garden finished before we host Christmas at our house. Here's hoping we get time to get it all done!

Progress!

I'm happy to report that there has been some action at the house during the last week :)

We have this:

A shiny new driveway and concreted verandah! :)

and a nice big water tank :D
It isn't connected yet, it will go down the back next to the double garage

Front view :D

And here is a pic of the new rug we got last week, love it - so plush and soft :)

I should have vacuumed it first though! :(






The shed progress is as follows:
*We have now got owner builder approval (needed for owner built constructions over a certain price)
*The lady who does our paperwork has sent off all the forms and she thinks we should have everything ready to go next week! (her job is to process and approve applications, the same as the council but she is quicker at getting the papers done, helps with the forms and she is much more approachable)
* We have paid the deposit on the shed, so once we have the go ahead we can order the kit and book the concreter :D - It's looking like we will have a shed to put our stuff in while we wait for the house to finish! :)

I bought some nice native shrubs and pretty flowering plants at Agquip (agricultural field day) a week or two ago. I chose lots of plants that are frost hardy, minimal watering and have pretty flowers. There are a few different shapes and sizes so now i'm starting to think about how i want the garden to look and where i want the plants to go. I have also potted a few offcuts and seedlings growing at our current house. I like some of the plants here and know how they grow. I can't wait to start planting everything in MY OWN GARDEN!!!! :) :)

So that's it for this week - i hope we get lots of progress next week too :)