A Slab!! A slab!!
As a first time blogger, I have been meaning to create this
for a few months now. After re-entering
the workforce full time in early 2011 I had decided to finally bite the bullet
and start the hunt for a more permanent family home. By late 2011, after much
research and hunting around I finally settled on a land package at Fox Creek
with Rawson Homes (no thanks to the sales department at Rawson Homes here…perhaps
more about that later). The package sold
itself to me. It was a close decision at the
end between this and a completed home with Allcastle which was 20,000 less but
for this extra amount I could gain an alfresco area, a downstairs study and an
upstairs living area. I would have
to be patient for a little while longer and wait out the build time.
The land at Fox Creek was completely undeveloped. Therefore, it would require some time to
clear the land and to place underground piping and cabling before actual building
could commence. To date this has
taken about 6 months since contracts were exchanged on the house and the
land. Time is of no financial
consequence as other than a deposit all other monies are only payable by me on completion. The longer it takes the
more I can try to save.
As a busy mum of two a package requiring little input from
me was appealing. Rawson have had a
colour coordinator develop 4 colour sequence choices for everything. I simply had to choose from option A, B ,C or
D. I had to do nothing after this but wait.
I drive past the estate twice a day as part of my usual routine;
so, I have been able to see each stage of development from the very beginning,
which is interesting and exciting.
As of sometime Friday 13/July the slab was finally laid for
four of the homes at Fox creek. One of
which was mine. Yay!! I imagine things will really start to move
quickly from here and each stage will be all the more exciting. Thinking 4 1/2 months from here and counting. Although we were advised of a September completion
date initially by our sales guy, we never really imagined this to be realistic.
We are expecting, weather permitting, for
completion some time in December. Before
Christmas? Hopefully!
Now that the slab is laid we are hoping for 2 weeks of light
rain to help the slab to settle and to prevent house movement and cracking
later.
