Up to speed of where were at..

Since I only decided on this blog recently we are well ahead of the stages of council approval.
Our biggest hold up was the waterboard approval on sewer zone of influence.. Fortunately we didn't need additional peering, this though has cost us another month of delay.

So here we are today...

• We paid our post variation End panel on the 14/09/2010
• Provided the last of the paper works on 18/09/2010 to Wisdom
• Wisdom installed the sign and sediment screening and ofcourse the porta toilet 21/09/2010
• Wisdom installed the temporary fence as can be seen on the photo 22/09/2010

That leaves today - no progress still waiting. Shortly I will post our colour selection and house plans...

Demolition.

If you're going with a builder that offers demolition as part of the tender make sure you take on their services.
Wisdom unfortunately does not do this and so the headache of the demolition.

A few things to note if your doing this on your own (as in organising demolition) get a quote as soon as possible and find yourself a demolisher. Make sure to get a quote on removing everything, tree stumps, footpaths, driveway, anything that will be a pain to remove. Also ask if they will provide a temporary fence and toilet as per council requirement.. if not then you will have to organise it or just ask them to include.

Once you have decided on a demolisher he will have to provide you with the councils requirements such as how they are going to demolish the house, waste management etc.. (we were lucky to find a demolisher considering we left it too late, we had no idea of the council requirements) Submit to council all relevant materials.

Once you recieve your DA approval for demolition here are a few things you need to keep in mind. You will have to get GAS(licensed plumber required) , Electricity disconnected from supplier and then by a level 3 electrician from the grid.

Here are some photos of the demolition which took 3 days.

Everything on the land was removed including a tree stump concealed under our above ground pool.. lucky demolisher got caught on it.

This was our home for 6 years!!

A 3 bed, 1 bath, 1 garage and a really small kitchen

Knockdown Rebuild - Wisdom Home Sorrento 28MKII

This was an abandoned project from nov 2008 when our land value didn't pan out. We had paid $$$ to get to just before the 5% deposit when we bailed. Here we are 1 1/2 years later going ahead with the project. Mind you it was hard to swallow how much the the price has gone up!!!!

We are a knockdown rebuild project so we have had a few headaches to get to where we are today which is waiting on the builder to get on the land and move some dirt to start the process.

I hope to share our experience with the knockdown rebuild process so as others can better prepare for what is at hand with the demolition of an existing dwelling and ofcourse the construction of our new home.