badnews

right a few on here wanted some updates on how i'm going with my new house down under so heres where i am at. so i don't know where i should post this so if mods want to move it so be it. anyway it has started at last i had a machine in today to level out the pad i had cut a while back and cut me a driveway down to my shed i orderd a tempory water tank for on site use mainly the plumber at the moment as he has to have water to do the test for council. so just a few piccs at the moment but i will update as it go's along. this should now take 16 weeks to build so fingers crossed all go's well.

this is what i started with a while back a 3.5 acre sloping block


not a small task but the machine driver was a good bloke




and this is what i ended up with



so house pad done i want a pad for the shed


just far enoughaway from the mrs lol, so while i had a machine in i thought i'd have a pond dug out for me dogs to play in







so that was it for a while due to lots of shite with council and planing the job stoped for a few months until we got over the planing issues. but one thing i was aloud to do was put a shed up so this was what i did



i turned up one friday afternoon to discover the concreater had been and made a start and i had a slad for the shed



this was the monday when i went back to have a look



tuesday woo hoo they are flying lol i am well pleased



and i picked the keys up on the thursday with instructions to leave it unlocked for the council inspection friday morning. from ordering it to it being all done and inspected it took 3 weeks foking fantastic and the fack they built the whole thing in a week including the concreate i was well happy. i now have a toy shed again hahahahahahaa.

so back to the house lol i got a call on friday to say all is good and they will be starting on monday and a machine will be here to level out the final cut on the pad for the piering to start tuesday. so off up there this morning to see what sort of machine was coming and to meet the site forman and get the gen on whats what and a time scale for the job.

this was what turned up





sets up his level and away he go's 1 hour later job done all nice and level being a cheeky fecker i asked where his next job was he replyed thats it for the day i havent got a lot on, so i agreed on $100 an hour and got him to drop a drive way down to my shed




bonus i now have the driveway cut and all done for $150, so thats it for today you are now up todate i will post piccs as it go's along each week' oh and before i forget one last piccy of my pond lol after seeing rods i want to do something with it other than just a whole in the ground. i have some lillys to pick up now it's settled and i have order a lorry load of rocks to place around and about it not to sure what i will do but heres a picc with water in it





so thats it for today any ideas on landscapeing would be good

yappstar

Looks great mate. Where abouts are you? Im off to fremantle at the end of the summer

badnews

i'm in queensland matey i went to perth before i came over here, gor a holliday or to live mate as if you don't know it's one of the most isolated place's in the world
cracking place though

jeans43

Looks ace mate thats one hell of a shed aha. What kind for total price are you looking at for this build??

yappstar

Yeh its a bit far from...........everywhere

Ive got mates over there, another one of em just landed this morning!

I'll be over east at new year to meet a load of mates who are coming out for a holiday
If its nice I'll stay that side

CraigoScott

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cool!!!

badnews

price wise it won't be to bad i recon all up house land shed and a decent pool will owe me around $400k, anyway yappstar if you are out this way give us a shout pal i'm only 140k from bribane

jeans43

Realy thats not fookin bad at all

badnews

better off building over here you can still make a quid lol estimated value will be around $600k done so still worth while, i'm looking for another building plot at the moment as land is going up so want to buy another plot this year, i recon i will wait till this one's done before i start again.

yappstar

will do matey

Dangerous Malcolm..

Looks spot on fella.

MATCOS

iTrader: (1)

Very interesting

Andy_R

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Hey hows it going, love the pics! can we have some more?
I had a good chuckle to myself at how you got your drive way to the shed done Nice work Look forward to your next update

dojj

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was i the only one who thought when you said "i decided to put up a shed" pictured this:

Lambchop

iTrader: (1)

I missed this first time round mate! Well i've seen some pics but not this post.

Fucking awesome

trebor

looks mint i need a shed like that

CaftDunt

Nice work You've got a hell of a lot of land to play with....

Makes my land thread look fooking pathetic

badnews

so things are moving on so i though a few more piccs are in order


















roof going on hahahah it's starting to look like a house at last



wraped and ready for the brickie



plasterboards turned up today





boarded out and first fix on plumbing and wireing done



coving now sorted they are flying lol



now renderd





garage doors go on tomorow and the joiner has now fitted skirting and doors so moving along nicely



and looking back up from the pond ahahah i'm well happy i have a finish date of the 27 of next month, so i will put some more piccs up of how it looks next week lol the kitchen is in and awaint the granit tops bathrooms are tiled out and awaiting the shower screens but it will all be done in 11 weeks start to finish

scoobypete

thats awsom m8.any need for a garage on the house when you all ready have a mansion for your cars lol any way,good lock,looks awsom

Red16

Excellent stuff... that shed is biger than my house

badnews

hahah i putting a loft in the shed at the moment 6x4 mtr to store a few bits and bobs out the way and make a bit more room . and i need a garage on the house mate i'm not walking up and down to the shed every time i want to park inside

scoobypete

youve got the money buy a lil quad or a golf cart lol

MadMac

OMG

That is the FUCKING SHIT!!

I sooo want to do this myself one day.

How much are you estimating this to cost?

badnews

i am getting a pit bike lol one that i can register i pick it up next week rego is $135 so it will be road legal so i will be able to nip out on it ahahahhahah, i will let you know how much next month but i have been spending on a few extras so i,m not sure. i had two 25ltr water tanks deliverd yesterday and the septic system fitted plus i need some subsurface irrigation fitting so it is going up a bit but not to much i hope. i just had a call from the decorater he starts on monday and the tiler is back to do the floors the week after next so alls going good. price will be around $400k

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

House thats a bloody mansion lol.

MadMac

Jesus thats nearly half the price of my mothers two bedroom house

badnews

i know don't ya just love australia

MadMac

Actually, you know what, its almost as my "cheap" on bedroom flat in london we are buying.

You are a lucky cnut you know this

badnews

this was the first look out of the lounge window

Stu @ M Developments

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That is absolutely amazing and I am in awe at what you have created for only Ł195K mate. What the hell am I still doing here?!

R5FORD

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how many squares mate?

vroooom ptssssh

Jeezo, what a price !!

And why the hell can't we get british workmen to work so fast and smoothly? Infact, I think "Extreme makeover, Home Edition" would have trouble keeping up!

Looks great tho,

Turbosystems

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I agree stu what the hell are we still doing here

carlo

iTrader: (4)

Stunning

cossie4i+

iTrader: (15)

Very nice

Steve

Lee Reynolds

Looking good mate

doctor stavros

Absolutely awesome mate

Paul_RS

iTrader: (4)

Stunning mate! Amazing how much bang for your buck you get down under

Making engines not blow up

simon170

*Goes to buy ticket to Oz*

Maria.

Absolutely fantastic!

yu must be so so pleased to see it all moving along so quickly now!

I hope you dont mind me asking, but are you originally from the uk?