Building and Construction of our New Eden Brae Waldorf 50 at North Kellyville

We had our day one appointment today with Eden Brae Homes. We went through and completed the following things: Colour Selections (Both Internal & External); Blinds with Abbey Shutters; Air Conditioning; Staircase; Kitchen; and Power room & Ensuite. It's been rather an interesting day and we were graced with the presence of James Treble who is our interior designer and his assistant Amy Pacewicz along with Amy Tanner from the Home Options Gallery. Colour Selections We have chosen the following for our external colours: PGH Bricks - Mild Steel Mortar Joints - Ironed Off White Gutter & Fascia - Monument Monier Horizon Roof Tile - Barramundi Front Timber Door (Entry and Balcony) - Quantum Timber Stain Merbau Garage Door - Decowood Ironbark Aluminium Windows & Doors - Stegbar Basalt Rear Balcony Door - Basalt Hinge Garage & Laundry Door - Basalt Render to the front-middle of the home - Dune Driveway - Baines Pavers Metric - Char...

Another step in our journey towards our new home today as it's been almost three months since the exchange of contracts. Stamp duty is payable on vacant land even if it is off the plan within three months. If you bought a unit, you apparently have up to 15 months to pay. Based on our land value being $735,000 the amount of stamp duty payable was $28.585.00 At least it's now complete and we can continue to move forward.

Today, we went to the CSR PGH Bricks & Pavers site in Schofields to take a look at the range of bricks, tiles, and pavers. I contacted Eden Brae to see what range of bricks the Prestige Luxury Inclusions package included.  I was advised by the builder the range available without any additional charges would be Range A, B & E. In addition, the $1 sale included upgrades to the Premium Horizon Roof Upgrade with A-Line Seamless Capping. In anticipation for our Day 1 appointment, we made a trip to PGH Bricks and Pavers to see the options available.  Prior to today, we had gotten a list of addresses of homes where we were able to see how the colour scheme works with the brick we had in mind, however, we decided to see PGH and work on a colour scheme we would believe would fit our own home. We were met by Sue who is a consultant at PGH Bricks & Pavers.  She was extremely helpful and did a remarkable job spending plenty of time with us in terms of as...

After transferring the balance of the 5% deposit to Reid and Vesely's Trust Account which was negotiated previously, the Contract for the Sale of Land was posted to the Vendor's Solicitor for exchange. An exciting day even though we might be watching our bank account balance dwindle, but at least our dream of building our new Eden Brae home has begun!

Today we received correspondence from Samantha Skrzypiec, Customer Service Administrator at Eden Brae notifying that she has received our file and that it will be inactive for a few months, primarily due to the land not being registered at the moment. BASIX cannot be done at the moment as it is only valid for 3 months so it won't be until February at the earliest before they can look at getting BASIX approval. In addition, we received an SMS and an email from Carolyn Maher at the Home Option Gallery and that the colour appointments must be done no later by the end of February 2017 for our new home. For the Home Option Gallery, we have been asked to put aside 2 days where: Day 1 involves being scheduled through Kitchens, Plumbing, Air, Blinds , and of course colours . This is all day appointment. Day 2 is usually booked by the consultant at the completion of Day 1 and involves consultations with Dilorenzo tiles, Electrical, and stairs.

Building Contract Day has arrived! Met with Sara Amorelli today at 2pm to sign the Building Contract and in addition we went through the plans to see if there were any errors whatsoever. Added and changed the following as a Post Contract Variation: 2 x Flush panel hinge doors - One for the Laundry Storeroom and the other was for the BED 1 Walk-In-Wardrobe (WIR); Delete the 'Manhole' to the garage; Relocate of the air conditioning unit; Relocate Gas Hot Water System; Relocate the 4000L rain water tank; Change the size of the aluminium sliding window for the Home Theatre; Deleted the aluminium sliding window for the Laundry and replaced with an aluminium awning window; and BED 1 Balcony Slide Door replaced with French Windows. Cost of the Post Contract Variation: $2,356.00 (This amount is to be paid at a later date) Balance of the 5% deposit was also due today, totalling $28,065.40 Once we were all done, we decided to have a selfie with our Tender and Co...

Received the draft building contract today from the Tender and Contract Presenter Sara Amorelli. Reminded that balance of 5% is due upon signing Building Contract. 2 Days to GO before signing the Building Contract.