Project Regent

We were out looking at the progress of our land today. Nothing to report there. Still looks like its ready and still on track to title in a few weeks!

While we were there we say another Regent 23 that is being built a few streets away. They’re on the same size block as us so it was good to see how it will sit on the land and how much space we’ll have outside. We just wish our house was at lockup stage too, but we’ll just have to be patient.

Also while driving around that building area we saw a couple of houses being built with our bricks too. They look good!

Lots of grass...

Well, we now have grass. We did our routine drive-by at Point Cook (and yes, we just received our notification of settlement from Peet - woohoo!), and alas there is still a fence up around the land release. But… but… but… so exciting… we have grass. At first, it looks like just some fresh growth after a shower of rain, but when looking at it more and more, it actually looks like grass has been sown. And while the initial excitement of landscaping gets the eyes wide, the realisation that the grass won’t survive contractors, trucks, builders, palettes of bricks and a swarm of utes during construction puts a dampener back on the situation. But for now, we have grass. And by the time the land titles and we can wander on our block, we’ll have a nice paddock to wander over.

15 Wylie Way... with Grass!

Even the newly planted fence is grassing...

But the debate still stands… do we get real grass or fake grass? The jury is still out on that question, but Mikey’s been drawing up garden plans, so I should do the same and we can then start to picture what our superb outdoor area will look like.

Yes thats right, the bank has given us formal approval.  Its only been 8 weeks since we submitted our mortgage application, but we finally have the money to make our house a reality!  It’s just too exciting for words…

Land is expected to title mid-June so all is on track for us to spend Christmas 2009 at Wylie Way!!!

To show you the way: Wylie Way

It’s been eight weeks since we put our names down for Lot 1317 and the initial civil works for Release 19a are coming together quickly - so quickly in fact that (finger’s crossed) the land titles earlier than expected. Weee!

But what exactly has changed? Well, 8 weeks ago, we had a dirt road, a gutter, and some land markers. But now, we have a bitumen road (with line markings and reflectors), flattened land, a smooth and complete footpath, a lamp post, the start of a fence along Sneydes Road and street sign posts. But, the requirements of OH&S and public liability insurance are making the experience less than fun that we would like. Still surrounding the entire release is a 6 foot fence - but the benefit of being 6′2″ is that it’s easier to stick a camera over the fence to get a less disruptive shot.

Looking down Wylie Way

So looking down Wylie Way, you can see our block just at the second light post - that’s our light post. I’m sure the team from Peet Innisfail probably don’t see it as our light post, but hey, it’s out the front of our block, it’s therefore our light post.

Building the fenceline

But anyway, continuing the new civil works is the currently-being-erected fence down the left of that photo. The posts down the far end of Wylie Way are still supported by beams as the concrete cements, but the remainder are set in stone. This fence, assuming it will be identical to that in the Innisfail Estate, will be a neat wire fence, with shrubs and small plants alongside. Will go quite nicely with our fresh farmland view across the road.

So given we have had so many changes, we thought it would be good to update the background - and just as a refresher, here’s a look at what has changed in the last eight weeks:

Lot 1317 on March 7, 2009

Lot 1317 on March 28, 2009

Lot 1317 on April 4, 2009

Lot 1317 on May 3, 2009