Pipes and a Portaloo!

Taps were in on Wednesday April 23

Portaloo was in on Friday April 25

The cure for anything is salt water:

Sweat, tears or the sea.

- Isak Dinesen

Ensuite Choices

Mushroom Linea Base

Carboni II Basin

Espresso Top

Outback Latte Floor and Shower Tiles

Kitchen Choices

Westinghouse appliances

White Shimmer Caesarstone Benchtops

Mushroom Subway Tiles

Lidingo Overhead Cupboards

Exterior Choices

Traditional Facade

Boral Slimline Contour Roof Tiles in Gunmetal

Colorbond Monument Gutters and Fascia

Truffle Brick

Colorbond Dune Windows and Garage

Dulux White Duck Render around Garage

Colori Concrete Driveway in Stone

For Every Action

... there is an equal and opposite reaction.  We have had our soil report back and unfortunately it is not good.  We are Soil Class P, which is described as:

Problem sites: The ability of the soil to evenly bear a load is very poor.  Sites may be classified as 'Class P' as a result of mine subsidence, landslip, collapse activity or coastal erosion.  Ground movement as a result of moisture changes may be severe.  If you are building on a Class P site, you will need to consult a structural engineer.

It is quite common in our area.  Luckily, we are covered for such an event in our contract.  Our builders will use piers and waffle slabs at no extra charge.  The landscaping design we chose would not be suitable, as it had garden beds right up to the wall of the house.  We chose one of three that were specifically designed for our soil type.  I think I like it more than the original one.  HBC did not charge us for the variation and we had the addenda signed and returned on the same day.

It's Settled!

Just a bit frantic.  Got a call on Thursday, March 13th from the conveyancer. Deposit for the land had to be in her office by 12 noon the next day. Got a bank cheque and brought it straight - on her desk within 90 minutes. Then we returned to "our land". Just so happens they were redoing the cement curb. So we did what I always wanted to do. Stamped our initials in the drying cement, forever and eternity.

Celebrated the settlement of our land, on Wednesday March 19th at the Settlement Hotel in Cranbourne, that night.

Casey Fields Hosting Hawthorne - Phizer's Footy Team

March 8th, 2014

Melbourne vs Hawthorne

Practice match at Casey Fields

9723 in attendance!

Parking is crazy. So where do you park?

In your driveway of course!

I reckon we've met our neighbours' cars,

just not our neighbours!