Demolished!

So now we are officially homeless! Our home of 14 yrs has been completely destroyed and in a matter of three days. Whelan the wrecker have been great in getting the job done; no neighbours were upset in this process which is a huge bonus as we hope to move back there some day soon!

Its an amazing process to watch as your home seems no more than leggo or matchstix as it tumbles down. The operator of the bull dozer(?) commented that "she went along peacefully"! So 10 massive truck loads later and she is now down the tip. I wasn't as upset as I thought I might be - perhaps the delays gave me time to get ready.

The delay was due to the tree. Porter davis advised us at tender that the tree had to go - I was very dissapointed at first but lets not have that get in the way of progress! We applied to council to have it removed and expected long delays to ensue. Fortunately I was reading the abourists report and the council vegetation protection overlay specs one evening and discovered that our tree was exempt - JUST!- as it was not over 10m as specified by council but rather 9.8m. You can be lucky huh?!! anyhow council agreed and the application was refunded. Yay me!

So now we move to another soil test and hope to hell the site costs remain the same. The electrical and colour are a 10 days away and we still haven't decided on the brick! Contract is 10 days after that and then all being well - A SEPTEMBER SITE START!!! Wouldn't that be wonderful she dreams...

We had chosen our brick - only to find that it is now no longer produced - stupid EPA shut down the manufacture of high energy needing bricks - but I so love all those burnt looking bits. Bugga! So now we think we will go choc brown brick as the remaining red bricks are very monotone and thus in our opinion very pedestrian! Worried a dark brown two storey may not have much definition; may look like a big brown blob?

Found the carpet we liked on the weekend - thought it was too easy - as it turns out we were lead astray and the carpet is not a Porter Davis selection and so now to talk to the supervisor at Hopetoun. Don't like our chances tho!

Sooo many decisions still to come but we (after visiting many displays) are defining our preferences. More colour profiling this weekend - our last before colour selection. I hope the consultants are good at Hopetoun is all I can say as we may need heaps of help!!!

Have decided not to go with the ducted vacuum and to just buy a really good second vac for the upstairs. Some have suggested the ducted vac is cumbersome, the hose can damage the walls and suction isn't brilliant. So think we will put the savings of $2000 to other things like clear glass splash back as the green glass tints the paint colour on splashback.