Our Home In Progress

It's been four months on the 15th of April since construction began and this is what those slabs and frames have become ...



... starting to get the shape of a house.

Starting a new home...

Last year, I was talking about the vacant lot we bought on my birthday. Well, it's a vacant lot no more. Progress has been made since the 15th of January 2007.

Jan 15th - The builders started to be on site, doing excavations, leveling the land.
Jan 17th - Site is ready.
Jan 19th - Slab has been laid. (That was fast!)

Jan 29th - Frames have been started on ground level.
Feb 12th - Frames have been completed.



This week, brick work will start. Not sure how long this stage will take. But I'm hoping we can move in by June. Can't wait to move into our own home.

It's been a while since we were in our own domain. I still miss our first townhouse. Little dreams started in that home. And this home we're building is part of those dreams.

Happy 4th

Nope, I'm not celebrating this American tradition but today is just a happy day for me.

We've just been to Domaine for our first building tender appointment. Well, this is our second first.

A year ago, we had the same appointment with another builder. But early this year, just when all the house plans have been drafted and approved by the council, and internal colors, kitchen and baths were selected, hubby and I decided to pull out. We knew that our hearts were not fully set on this "knockdown and rebuild" idea of our investment property. And the last straw that made us turn our back was that the street this property is on does not have gas line and I really love gas cooking. Hehehe!

Then, Domaine launched their 3 new big homes and we visited the display home and I fell in love with the nursery room adjacent to the master bedroom with an easy door access. (Leon was still 6 months old then. But I think a nursery room will still suit him well for the next couple of years.). So, we did our assignments hoping to find vacant lots within the suburb we live in. And found one around end of May. But before we can do anything with the land, we had to wait for the subdivisions to be registered in the Council. End of June the registration got completed. So we took our interest to build a Crestmead home to Domaine office. Hence, the initial appointment today to know the overall cost.

Anyway, back to the main headline... hopefully this new "start" will reach the finish line. Luis is way overdue to have his own room. While I'm already excited to have my own scraproom that's why I'm very very happy today. As for my squeeze, I think he wants his office, bigger garage and theatre room.