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    November 7, 2007 - 9:49 am

    Hi All,

    Day 68 and all the framing is complete…wating for the brickies

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    Dave

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    November 2, 2007 - 10:27 am
    elkam wrote:
    Hello Dave

    This may be a stupid question, but did the slabs need all this time to dry? Is that the reason that the frames have only just arrived?  

    Cheers
    Elka 

    Hi,

    Yes it takes a few weeks to cure and get really hard.

    Now on Day 63 and the frames are coming up fast…

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    October 28, 2007 - 4:58 am

    Day 58: The wood frames have arrived , this week should see some more action

    Dave

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    October 14, 2007 - 9:29 am

    BTW we have already received an offer to rent, it's tight around here.

    Dave

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    October 14, 2007 - 9:26 am

    Hi all,

    Thanks all for your comments, the bricks have turned up on site…
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    The 2 slabs have now been invoiced around $40K
    The surveyor bill was $2K
    Because we took more than a year to get going after we signed the contracts with Fairmont they added $4k and put in an extension with the council.
    The area I am building in is Sturt.
    After the first slab was completed it cost $1200 to take excess soil away, if you see the latest photos there is still a large pile left.

    and so it goes…
    Dave

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    October 2, 2007 - 12:02 pm

    Hi,

    The Memphis is basically the II as well, single story. First up we went to see the town planner at the council with the rough idea of what we wanted to do. No problems there, chose the houses at Fairmont, they do most of the work submitting plans. They put us on to a surveyor who didnt want to do the survey until the old house was down so we waited for the council to approve…

    more soon.

    Dave

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    September 29, 2007 - 1:30 pm

    Hi Elka,

    As background, I purchased this property in June 2000 for $105k, land 800 sqm, subdivision on Torrens titles, each block was valued at around $150K. I am getting Fairmont Homes to build 2 Memphis II houses. I will use one for my PPOR and the other as a rental.

    I'll detail some of the other costs when I get these together.

    Dave

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    May 9, 2006 - 6:50 am

    Check for a Significant Tree Those can hold you up, set you back a couple grand or increase costs of footings even if its next door

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    April 4, 2006 - 6:52 am

    If you get an old one look out for asbestos, it may cost 5K or 6K to replace it.

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    March 30, 2006 - 1:54 am

    We have to remove the asbestos panels on our old house before we knock it down and we have had a quote from a pro outfit for 2.5K

    The laws have changed in the last couple of years and has to be done by qualified removers not the spivs.

    Dave

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