Project Regent

We just received some exciting news from PD.  They’ve been able to bring our start date forward by 2 weeks to the 14th August.  Thats super exciting!!!

There is a very small chance of bringing it forward again, but no guarantee.

Well its official.  We’re land owners.  We settled on our land today which was the final step needed before building can commence.  I’d like to say it was smooth and stress free, but it wasn’t.  We received an email from the solicitors this morning informing us how much money they needed today to settle.  I almost had a heart attack as it was several times more then expected!  After many phone call by me, our solicitor and the mortgage broker it turns out the bank completely forgot to take into account the deposit we’ve already paid.

One of the forms we signed last week was an authority for the bank to take the balance of the money required for settlement out of my account.  For some reason they they didn’t have the form (interesting seeing as we’ve completed and signed that and several other documents twice now) so I  had to run to the bank and get 3 bank cheques and drop them off to the solicitor.  Should I invoice the bank for $30 in cheque costs plus time???  I think I should.

BUT, now that’s all over with we can relish in the fact that we own a piece of land and can somewhat relax for the next few weeks until the build starts….  Stay tuned, the ride is just beginning!

With our final mortgage documents handed to BankWest and our settlement date this coming Monday (20th July), we heard a little birdy tell us the fences had been taken down at Point Cook. But given we would have driven out there anyway, we had that fore-warning so made sure to have the camera.

And hurrah, for the first time in five months since we saw our land, we’re actually able to set foot on it. Yes, it’s one small step for Marty and Mikey, one giant leap for Project Regent.

So as a picture says a thousand words, here’s 9,000 words’ worth.

Our front Marker and border line

Far corner marker post

Down the other side marker...

Here's one for Lisa...

Land owners

Welcome home

Looking down Wylie Way

Our driveway

From across Wylie Way

Well we signed and delivered our final mortgage documents today.  Settlement for the land is still on track for Monday!

I also had to drop off some paperwork to Porter Davis today and had a chat with our administrator.  Our current official start date is the 28th August .  They are going to push for an earlier start seeing that our file is complete (28th July would be fab!).  Fingers crossed!

We just received notification from our solicitor that our land has finally titled and settlement is set for Monday 20th July - thats next week!!!

Everyone is now putting some pressure on Bank West to get their act together, produce the final mortgage documents, get them sent out and be ready for the big day!

Next step - lock in a build start date, hopefully within the next month…