Saturday 3
May 2014
We're now
at the end of the 3rd week into the construction work on our Douglas 10M with Chase façade. A
lot has been done and achieved in just 3 weeks.
On Tuesday
29 April 2014, we received the Tax Invoice from McDonald Jones Homes for the
payment of our First Progress Payment (just a tad under $45,000.00). The bank will be paying that for us within
the required 7 days.
On
Thursday 1 May 2014, workers on site appeared to be trimming the concrete slab
and removing any excess or protruding concrete from wherever necessary.
Yesterday,
Friday 2 May 2014, there were workers/plumbers (?) on site. They were digging
trenches and laying more pipes around the external perimeter of the new
concrete slab that was laid on Monday. We’re not really sure what all
these other pipes are for. We took some
photos from outside the front security fencing this afternoon and I've attached
them to this posting.
The new
concrete slab has started to dry and cure and has turned a lighter colour in
its appearance, and in doing so, it seems to make the dimensions of the slab
look bigger. We’re amazed at the height
of the concrete slab. The new home’s
going to be raised-up much higher on its foundations than we’d previously
imagined. It’s still hard trying to
visualise the depth and dimensions of the various rooms just from outside the
front fencing. We can’t wait to be
allowed a visit to the slab to quell our curiosity if/when the Site Supervisor
might be able to let us.
Overall home
and land dimensions
Dimensions quoted in metres (m).
Home width:
|
8.45m
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Home length:
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21.21m
|
Width of block of land:
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12m
|
Depth of block of land:
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49.5m
|
Size of block of land in square metres:
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594m²
|
Internal Ceiling Height (raised to):
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2.70m
|
Height of doors (raised to):
|
2.34m
|
Room
Dimensions
Open-plan Family & Dining rooms:
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4.4m x 6.6m
|
Master Suite:
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4.1m x 3.6m
|
Bedroom 2:
|
2.9m x 2.9m
|
Bedroom 3:
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2.9m x 2.9m
|
Home Theatre room:
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4.1m x 3.5m
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Single Car Garage:
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3.0m x 5.5m
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Alfresco Cabana:
|
3.0m x 3.9m
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All being
well, the erection of the steel frame work is scheduled to commence on and from
Tuesday 13 May 2014, after the concrete slab has sufficiently cured.
We’ve
started to get some cold, wet, autumn weather now and our days are getting
shorter. Sunset today was at 5:14 p.m. It was only a cloudy maximum of 15⁰C
here in western Sydney today. Pete’s
brother and sister-in-law in Katoomba, up in the Blue Mountains (about 90
minutes west of us), shivered through a maximum of 5⁰C today. It’s been snowing a lot, further west in Lithgow and
Orange and further south across the Snowy Mountains. The snows are early this year, we’re only 2/3
of the way through autumn and 1st June is the start of winter in Australia.
Here’s a picture
of our Douglas 10M with Chase façade,
a copy of the Floor Plan and the photos that I took on a cloudy, cold, autumn afternoon
today.
(Click on pictures to view enlarged
images)
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