Things have moved slowly again. We finally got the construction certificate. Our retaining wall is over 1000mm and of late our council has started a requirement that we have an engineer certificate for that wall prior to CC being issued. Anyway after a bit of drama we got around it by using the specs for boral retaining wall blocks "keystone" and kopper logs down the dead side of the house. I don't really like koppers but it was worth it as otherwise we had to fork out over $700 for the engineer and there would have been a further delay of 5-10 days.
Things are back on track for the time being. Today we meet to discuss the final electrical plan, discuss and order further variations and talk about any questions we may have before the final plan is drawn up.
We sent everything outstanding to the bank and now just await the final construction loan paper then once signed they will issue a commencement letter.
We have been told we should be in to sign off on everything for the builder within two to three weeks and first break of soil should be the week after. Here's hoping. Oh and if it doesn't rain.
On a lighter note the tiler has got a new great range of tiles for us to chose from. Awesome tiles. Beautiful florals, stripes, mosaics and some nice art deco inspired ones. Can't wait to go and chose those now. I ma designing bathrooms in my head as I type. So I guess the question is to decide whether to be brave and choose a modern tile with some serious wow factor that will date eventually or go for plain white, boring but won't date. Hmmm. Decisions.
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