Thursday, 29 September 2016

And still waiting........

Will we ever get a price quote from the builder, at this rate I don't think so. We have the BAL report, soil test, the house plans , and some prices, all we want it the final price, how hard it that?

Seems we have a overlay for land slip, steep  land, waterways protection, and scenic corridor. Add that to the dispersive soil, BAL 29 and I sometimes wonder why we started this whole thing off.

From what I read online about dispersive soil it's a very bad thing to have, not supposed to have a septic system as the water sitting on it is a bad thing, even digging a trench to lay a pipe or wire has risks. Tunnelling is a big one, so we have on our plan 3 septic trenches, and one storm water trench that the builders drew up, makes you wonder hey, see if that passes council! 


And to top it off we received an email from the builder asking us to sign a form because the council  received something from crown land office, seems holding a access licence isn't good enough for them, they want a copy of the whole DA from us, because we are building, I just don't understand why though, we are not building on their land only ours, the licence lets us use their land to cross into our driveway so what else do they need?

2 comments:

  1. Hi Lorraine, I stumbled across your post on homeone & had to check out your blog.
    I was born in Tassie but moved to WA with my family when I was younger. Most of my extended family still live there & we love going back home to visit everyone.
    It is such a beautiful place and im sure you will love your new home. I can't believe how long it is taking to get the quote back!!! Then again, I guess thats why they call it Tassie time, life is alot less rushed there.
    Im looking forward to following your journey & hope you get the quote in soon.
    Best wishes, Ms Prez

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  2. Thanks Ms Prez, the waiting is getting to me I think, just can't believe how long this is taking! Once we get here it will be great, got so many things to do and can't wait to get started.

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