Trusses are up, roof is on, ducting is in...as of last weekend.
The Metricon plumber has made recommendations for getting the tank organised...the roof will drain to a small tank beside…

Slab went down today, and got the invoice today too - 6 months after the 5% payment was made.

That was out of Warrnambool.

I got charged for laying for 450x450. 400 was the "free" limit.
I just went over on the floor tiles for the bathroom/ensuite and the splashback....a shade under $2,500. I did…

It does get frustrating, doesn't it? I did the original Planning Permit in December, was rejected and redone by early Jan. Came through in Feb and the final building plans…

I currently live in Essendon...have lived most of my life in the relatively close south and south-south-east of Melbourne. This is 10km north-north-west.
Moved to the ancestral stamping grounds of Essendon…

Wow, 600km, I though 60 was a hike ... Where and what are you building slugger?
Next week, how exciting Tribe ... we are…

I've just realised I don't have even a scintilla of artistic nature in me. I like function and it looking good, but so many of these things just leave me…

pffft! I have a 600km round trip. I was going to go today but the weather has been average down Warrnambool (20mm in Port Fairy yesterday) and very high winds.…

Finally getting underway after a bit of a kerfuffle over the tank and its position. I was talked into getting a 22,550 l tank rather than 15,000 l because it's…

I heard on Friday that having a 22,500l tank means that you have to have more downpipes connected to the tank, and that means a double sealed stormwater system, where…

Ta.
Single storey and a site with a milder slope means it's not necessarily appropriate for me.

I thought one of the Metricon builds on this forum was doing Hebel (not that I had the faintest idea what Hebel is).

Planning permit is through. Now it's got to be displayed for 2 weeks in case of neighbour objections.
I'm now looking into solar power and a 22,500l tank plumbed into the…

Thanks...I'd better start seeing about that.

Are Metricon putting in the tank? I was planning to leave it after handover, just making sure the concreters do the pad for the tank.
How big is the tank? And…

I didn't really see that much point. Most of the time I come and go by the garage anyway. If I need to open the door, I'm there to open…

Yeah...took me 8 weeks in total and cost a pretty penny. The main automation guy had had a family tragedy so that messed the first fortnight, then there were double-ups…

I was told 5 months, but I just got an acknowledgement from Council (or Shire) that they've got the planning permit, and a receipt for the $490. I'm hoping to…

Contract signed...now for the planning permit, or whatever...the one you need to say you're staying within the beachside tastes.
Another couple were in at the same time as me, building further…

Got the contract yesterday (should have picked it up Sunday but wires were crossed and I spent the day in Warrnambool otherwise engaged). Site costs were up a bit…

I'm always happy to leave the freezer in the garage myself.

There's a cemetery near my new place too...but round the corner, and behind across the road. Probably a bit older since the town's been there since the 1840s.
Only thing that…

Finally got the quotes for the electricity extension - data access points all over the place, a degree of home automation - about what I expected - using C-Bus and…

Finally got to talk to the electrical/cabling people in Geelong, and I've got to say what a pleasure it is to talk to guys who actually know about the products…

Still no joy....they won't share the Melbourne electrical expert with us, so they're trying to tee up the originals, whose estimator has been off work. I've got a day off…

Still no joy....they won't share the Melbourne electrical expert with us, so they're trying to tee up the originals, whose estimator has been off work. I've got a day off…

I got the electrical and the other stuff within a couple of work days....and nothing was outrageous. I'm a bloke, though, with simple colour tastes, and didn't get too much…

$700 and change for my 26 squares Metricon build.