Lots of rain.....and more to come

Earlier this week we took a photo of the pool, after last weeks rain.....

So we have now had another 24 hours of rain, with more rain forecast tomorrow......so it will be interesting to see how much more water is in there.

Our formwork for the driveway has also been done. Hopefully they can pour the concrete next week.

Pool formwork and concrete shell

This week the pool builders were back, completing formwork, plumbing and concrete shell. We needed a tap installed for the concreting and Wisdom arranged to do this for us.

Now that it is concreted, the pool looks a lot bigger than we thought, which we are happy about. So now that is done, they won't be back til we have the house completed and handed over, which will be some time next year.

Now we wait for the house to start, hopefully it will be early August (keeping fingers and toes crossed!). Currently construction plans are being drawn, we've been told they should be completed in approx 10 days time.

Pool excavation done

The pool guys finished the pool excavation today, ready for formwork and hopefully complete the cement shell next week some time.

Our pool design is a bit different to the usual. The deep end is actually in the middle and shallower at either end. Hopefully will work well with pool games.

The pool has a pretty solid rock base. Was a little worried if it rained before cement is completed, but given the pool shell is mostly rock, I don't think we'll have much of an issue.

Third pile of dirt and rocks

Job done, ready for formwork

Pool excavation

Pool excavation commenced today

But then we hit rock.......more $$$$$$!

Pool build start

Well the house plans have been revised to raise the slab by 200mm. There will now be four steps to the front porch and a landing and step for the laundry door on the side of the house. Good news is the back of the block will now be nearly level to the back of the house, so we may not need any retaining walls there. Not sure about the side yet, we'll look at that once the house slab has been laid.

While we wait for our house construction plans and construction certificate, the pool builder is ready to start construction. Pool peg out has been completed and the pool works scheduled to commence on Tuesday and weather permitting, concreting the following week.

Photo of the pool pegout from the backyard.........the house in the background is another Wisdom Majestic.

Still waiting for council........

We are still waiting for council approval for the house DA, it was expected to take between 6 to 8 weeks (we are at week 7). The latest update from last week (and the week before that) was the council assessor had looked at our plans and apparently it all looks OK but she just needs to check one thing......so fingers crossed approval will be soon and then we can move onto the next stage, construction.

At least the pool plans have been approved, so hopefully we will hear from the construction team soon to advise on a date for the digout! Here is a photo of the proposed pool.

While plans have been in council we have in the meantime been busy selecting everything. We finally decided on our kitchen colours after seeing a display home kitchen in the colours we liked (white and a very light moss grey). Much easier to decide once you see it in a kitchen, colour looks different in the kitchen compared to a small sample. We like these colours much better than the first one's we chose, so glad we changed our minds, even though the process was initially causing much angst and confusion.

We also completed electricals and carpet and tiles........all the decisions are now made (thankfully!). As one does during the selection process we have completed quite a few "upgrades" and consequently over budget for each one,  however I am sure it will be worth it in the end.

Pool approval

Received notification our pool plans have been approved. SS should confirm construction date in a couple of weeks. So just need it to stop raining!