Under Contract

Our heads are spinning!


Our house went on the market yesterday. A couple looked through our home this morning, by lunch time we had accepted their offer and by tea time the documents were signed and a 10% deposit paid. No conditions and flexible settlement dates.

Our agent was blown away, these people had been looking for the right house for about a year. They certainly knew it was the one when they saw it!

It is a beautiful house, and the gardens are just lovely. We will miss this home.

Tiles, Lights, Switches and Bench Tops

We met with our site supervisor yesterday morning. The tiler wanted to meet with us too. He wanted to check that the tiles were correct and double check the way we wanted the tiles to be placed.  He was only a young guy with a thick accent (eastern European) and we were really impressed, we could tell he takes great pride in his work.  Really happy with how the build is progressing.

The house was a hive of activity, there were a couple of electricians, wardrobe fitters, tilers and our site supervisor and a second site supervisor who will be taking over and seeing out our build.

Feature tiles for ensuite and bathroom

Squeeee! It's gonna look soooo good!

Bathroom

Our Caesar Stone bench has been installed. It's beautiful.

So close!

The fires came within 500m of our new home! So close.  So thankful to the CFA and the awesome work they did in our area. So many homes were spared thanks to them. Fires came within 2km of our school. The smoke will be with us for a few days.  The landscape is so black.

Looking North towards our home

Looking South towards the fire area

V-line train going along the Bendigo line. The fire jumped the train line. This is how close it was to our new home!
The timber in the foreground is our boundary fence and the black next to the tree is stones.

Riddell Road

Clean up begins on some properties on Riddell Road

Riddell Road

Riddell Road

Riddell Road

In other news, our current home is on the market now so we are living in a state of heightened tidiness! Hope and pray it sells quick. Got our first potential buyers coming through in the morning. Open house this Saturday too.

Oh no. More sirens going off - these fire bugs have to be caught!!!! :-(

Fires

The latest spate of fires have come terribly close to our new home. Looking at this map I'd say they were less than 1km from our house.

Our current home goes on the market sometime in the next 24 hours. The agent came around this morning with a photographer to take pics. So now we are living in a heightened state of tidiness.  I really hope and pray it sells quick!

Tomorrow we will meet our site supervisor and the tiler at the house to confirm that the tiles that have been delivered are the ones we ordered. It will be sobering to see how close the fire actually did get to our new home. We've already seen photos on the internet of Riddell Road and the area, but it will be a shock to see it for ourselves. We are so glad that our friends and the school community have not lost their homes.

Small Changes

The painters have been very busy this week. They still have a bit more to do though... We're really happy with the colours we chose for the walls, doors and trim.

Loving the colour of our front door
(Woodland Grey - matches the roof).
It's going to look great after the second coat!

Bath and spa delivered

In one of the kitchen cupboards.
Seems like someone has been having some drinks while on the job!

Gorgeous doors to our bedroom

So in love with our kitchen! They've plastered the bulkhead now.

Not sure what the developers are doing with the back part of the fence.

Downpipes have been installed

We will meet with the site supervisor Monday week to check the tiles before the tiler starts. The tiler doesn't want to start until we confirm that what is delivered is correct - good idea - guessing he's had problems before and would rather do the job once, than twice!  

During the next week the painting will be finished and the electrical points, switches and fittings will be installed. Our site supervisor says we could be in by the end of Feb. Wahoo!

Once we have the date, we'll be able to organise the floors. Better start working out what we're going to do about window coverings too.

Mark is drooling over sheds so we need to get cracking on getting some quotes as the shed needs to go in pretty quick.  

First thing on our list will be to dog proof the fence and put in a side fence. 

Second on the list is the shed. Concreting for the driveway will prob be done at the same time as the concrete for the shed.