Completion Date - 21 October 2010

On the way back from the picture taking session this morning I called the Customer Service Officer to ask my vague "what's happening question?". The response was that the kitchen pack had been received and has been passed onto Construction. I was put through and left a message for the Construction Assistant. I did say that I knew work had commenced just to put them on notice because I want a completion date.

She called back to say the Site Supervisor has been delegated, and is therefore the best contact for any future queries, but that she would email through the timeframe and details.
Instead of having one SS, there is two, as Camden is currently being picked up by the Southern Highlands team, and they job-share. Whether this is a good or bad thing remains to be seen.
The completion date is apparently the date from the end of the 20 day period, so that is still 21 October 2010. But she acknowledges they have been able to commence two weeks early so construction may be earlier if possible, but as the weather has not been great we also have to be prepared for rain.

So a quick check of BoM reveals:

Forecast for Wednesday
Fine and sunny. Light to moderate westerly winds.
Precis:  Fine. Sunny.                 
City:          Max:   15  Parramatta:  Max:   15
Terrey Hills:  Max:   13  Penrith:     Max:   16
Liverpool     Max:   15  Richmond:    Max:   15

UV Alert:  Nil , UV Index predicted to reach 2 [Low]

Forecast for Thursday
Fine. Mostly sunny day, cloud increasing later. Light to moderate
westerly winds.
Precis:  Fine. Mostly sunny.          
City:  Min:    7  Max:   15
West:  Min:    1  Max:   15

Friday    Chance late showers.
City:  Min:    7  Max:   16
West:  Min:    1  Max:   16

Saturday  Fine.
City:  Min:    9  Max:   16
West:  Min:    3  Max:   16

Sunday    Fine.
City:  Min:    9  Max:   15
West:  Min:    4  Max:   15

Monday    Chance showers.
City:  Min:    9  Max:   16
West:  Min:    4  Max:   16

Tuesday   Fine.
City:  Min:   10  Max:   18
West:  Min:    5  Max:   18

So looking at other bloggers, I think I may have a slab by end of next week?

YAY - Letter of Commencement 10-06-10

Well after waiting most of yesterday I was about to head off to Westfields at 3pm when the Mortgage Broker called to say I could collect my letter and the letter for Allworth and deliver the letter to Allworth rather than wait for it to arrive in the mail, which may have meant the price increase would have applied.
So I am very pleased to announce that at 4pm I left the Allworth Head Office building at Parramatta having passed the letter onto the Customer Service Officer.
20 days people! They have 20 business days to commence and then 15 weeks to complete (God willing), so we should have movement on the patch of dirt by 8 July 2010.

Withdrawn loan

Another bump in this house building mess is that the Bank has now withdrawn the loan because we did not commence within 6 months of the offer. So now we have to reapply. Great.

Timeline update from CA to Commencement

Yesterday afternoon my solicitor called to say that had the report that Mirvac said we would need and have faxed it to Allworth.

This afternoon I called my CSO and yes, Allworth has received it, it is the right document and now it is with Drafting before it goes to the Engineering contractor.

OK I say, then what?

She hesitates, but finally responds. That will take a week or so, unless there are further requests, which may then clock up another 4 weeks.

Then once everything is back with the Service Department we go in for final sign-off.

It will then take up to 14 working days to get the letter of commencement from the Bank.

Thereafter Allworth have 20 days to commence building.

So we received approval on 30 March, and now it is almost a month later and we still have about a month before we break ground, then a 15 week minimum build time.

As I count it they won't start until at least 4 June and no later than 2 July, so finishing will be anywhere between 17 September to 1 October. Awesome, 1 year after we bought the land we might have a house, I just hope it's by 29 September, otherwise we will be in breach of our land contract - great.