More plumbing and the forgotten pipe

Great pick up by DJ last night about the pipe in the alfresco area, it seems that it has been missed and will be put in this week.  Further plumbing work continued today with more trenching digging and pipe laying.

This is the view from the centre of the house looking towards the street, these are the pipes for the kitchen area.

Plumbing

Plumbing work started today, lots of trench digging and laying of pipes.

This is a mammoth job, DJ actually noted that a pipe that we requested to be installed in the alfresco area didn't seem to be there, so he will be on the phone to the builder tomorrow to ensure that it hasn't been forgotten.

Our front garden tap was also installed today.

Power on the block!

The electricity box was installed today putting power onto the block, allowing the tradies to come along and start their work.

Cut into the ground!

"Any Day Now" has finally arrived! Our new home started today with the first cut in the land! Luke rode his bike to the block today and called me on my mobile to tell us that there was a huge back hoe on the block digging into the earth.  We jumped into the car and drove around, the kids were beside themselves with excitement  when we turned the corner and they saw the soil getting moved all about. 

 Erin had an absolute ball running around in the freshly cut ground right where her bedroom will be, she was extremely excited by the house next door and chasing Laura around.

Laura and Erin had to climb up the fence again, which seems to becoming a tradition each visit.

This is the view of the cut in the land from the back fence, and will be the back of the house, Jennie's bedroom and the rumpus room windows will look out into the backyard.

 Here is a photo of Laura standing in her bedroom.

Here's Jennie in her bedroom.

Erin just gravitates to any mound of dirt and squeals with delight as she climbs to "the top of the big hill" as she likes to put it. 

Today was a wonderful day filled with excitement and joy with the house finally starting after many months of planning, it sure has been a lesson in patience, especially for Jennie, Laura, Luke and Erin.

Temporary Fencing

It is all about to start, the temporary fencing went up today on the block, which means that they will start the house Any Day Now!

Builder's Sign

Today we visited the block again to see if there had been any movement, and the kids were so excited to see that the builder had put a sign up on our lot.  As they were all running around Miss Erin decided that she needed to go to the potty, I pulled it out of the car placed it on the ground and she did her required business.  I snapped a shot and thought it was pretty cute.  We then sent this photo to the builder with the message "When is my house starting? I need my own toilet please."  They thought it was very funny, and the great thing was that by the end of the day we actually were given an estimation of start date. 

Cavalier Homes believes that they will have someone on site to cut the ground very soon, we are keeping our fingers crossed!

Final Documents

Today we came one step closer to the house starting with the issuing of the final documents and house plans.  Now we just need to sit back and wait for the house to begin!  We went down to see the block today, Miss Erin had fun running around in the grass, and also asked, "Where is the house Mummy?"