Clearance Certificate now received from the demolition company

Thursday 27 March 2014

We’ve had a week of widespread heavy rain and storms which have thankfully extended far into the drought-stricken regions along the eastern states.  It’s a good thing all the demolition work was completed last week.

The All Weather Access gravel/crushed rock was delivered and installed on Monday 24 March 2014.  Sydney West Excavations did a fantastic job for us.  On the same day, Digger Dunlop, erected and installed the silt barrier fencing.  We really appreciate their help with installing those anti-erosion measures for us, particularly at such short notice.  Luckily, the inclement weather and heavy rain has not adversely affected the demolition site this week, and there’s been no evidence of any sedimentary run-off to pollute our environment.

The long term weather forecast for Sydney and Australia-wide appears to be favourable for our forthcoming construction work, which should be in full swing throughout the remainder of our Autumn and the coming Winter and Spring.  A dry Winter is forecast along with the return of the El Nino causing a long, hot, dry Spring and Summer ahead.  This current rain might be the last heavy falls that we’ll be blessed with until the end of that El Nino.  Thank God we decided to upgrade all the wall and ceiling insulations to the maximum possible sizes/ratings and for the decision to install the local Aussie-made big Actron reverse-cycled, zoned and ducted air conditioning system in the new home.

 

We received the Clearance Certificate and copies of the relevant weighbridge receipts today from our demolition company.  Copies have been duly sent to McDonald Jones Homes and Holroyd Council.  We anticipate McDonald Jones Homes will be notifying us shortly about when we’ll be placed on their Construction List – hope it’s soon, it feels like it’s taking forever to get to Construction (it’s now 10 months since we first started this project with real earnest).    

We arranged a booking today with Council for their inspector to conduct their required Post Demolition Inspection.  The first available time for that inspection will be on Monday morning 31 March 2014.  Fingers crossed that all will go well with that inspection and that nothing else will delay things any further.