It's not raining, its pouring.

But in the most acceptable sense of the phrase!... Which made us very happy, because a 'no rain' day meant that our concrete slab has been poured!
After all the wait and anticipation, having all that gray matter on the ground is the best news of the month!!!

Mud, glorious mud!

Well, well, well! That's exactly what the block looked like last night :) every hole dug by the crew who are preparing for the slab was full of water. Still, it was very reassuring to see that, despite the unfortunate weather, work is underway.

And today, the plumbers were on site, digging the trenches and installing the PVC drain and waste pipes. The block was a big pile of sludge but credit due to the guys for pushing on!

To top it all, I got to meet Wayne, our Site Supervisor. He comes across as a straight and honest guy an it was really useful to hear him share some of his insights about building on The Range. It was impressive and reassuring to see him giving up his Saturday morning and dropping in to see that work was under way on all Big M houses with subcontractors working over the weekend.

Fingers crossed for dry weather next week.

Where things are at

We have been waiting for the subdivision to be registered so that we can settle on the land (ouch $$$) and start building (ouch $).

We were told that early September is the target date and that the builders are just as keen as we are.

It's now mid-October and we still haven't heard anything. As much as I want to minimise the overlapping payments for the loan(s), I also want to see progress; and I want the concrete slab to be poured before Christmas and having it curing over the summer period. Let's see...