25th November update

Everything is coming along nicely. Looks like the bricks will be finished tomorrow (depending upon the weather). We are also hoping that the tilers will start soon so that we will have a roof so the woodwork has a bit of protection from the rain.

Update on our build to date

Down goes the house. It was originally built in the mid 1970's. We lived there for the last 18 years of it's life.



Our Demolition went smoothly - only a day to drop it, then the next to clear the site. (except keep our garden at the rear and the shed)

Friday 9th October 2009 - No Roof.

Monday 12th October 2009 - House going down. Site was cleared completely the next day.















Tuesday 20th October 2009 - Trenches dug. The plumbing pipes went in the next day.













Thursday 22nd October 2009 - Mesh and trenching covered.



















Wednesday 28th October 2009 - Slab poured.




















Friday 13th November 2009 - Frame started.
















Monday 16th November 2009 - Roof frame completed.







Tuesday 17th November 2009 - Internal plumbing pipes put in. We now have a running water tap on the side of the house. (it is going to make watering the garden so much easier)











Wednesday 18th November 2009 - Windows and sliding doors are in.

Wow...no mucking around here. Something just about being done or delivered every day.

Well, it has been sometime since my first post...have had internet issues. Since moving to a temporary house it has taken sometime to have our phone line set up. All sorts of delays and issues. I also spat it at the fees charged to move my broadband access (even though we are using the same phone number - and only moved 1km from where we were), we are now back on dial-up, so everything is very slow. Hopefully, not for too long though. Going on how fast everything has been happening up till now, we may be in our new house sooner than we first thought.

09/10 - OK to Start Date

09/10 to 13/10 House demolished

15/10 - Base laid

20/10 - Site cut into blocks for the slab

21/10 - Pipes put in

22/10 - Plastic down along with the wire mesh

We are now looking at the slab being poured tomorrow

It all starts

We have been thinking of getting a bigger house for some time now. Our main thought was that we didn't want to move out of the area. With the house prices continuously rising, it was going to be difficult to find the perfect house, at the right price. It was then (some 10 years ago) that we started to think about staying where we were, and knocking our house down and then building one. After many years of just thinking of it as a dream - we have finally bitten the bullet and decided to do it. Our thoughts, why wait...everything is only going to get more expensive, might as well start paying it off now.


So we started looking at display homes and asking questions. After an extensive search, and driving all over Adelaide - we came across the Tusmore by Statesman Homes. It seemed to fit the bill OK, however we would have to modify it a bit so that it would fit. We have a decent sized block (640sq) but desperately wanted to retain our shed. (and the 18+ years worth of stuff in it) It was then that this nice Statesman bloke told us about some new designs that were just being released. (he doesn't work for Statesman anymore - which we found out just 3 weeks later)


The 'Delamere' worked really well, we didn't have to chop it and it fit perfectly, leaving enough room down one side of the house for our good old caravan.