OCTOBER

MONTH TWO
OCTOBER
By October 1st the roof trusses and windows were in. The color of the windows is paperbark October 10th the sisilation is up and gutters and fascias are done. The gutters are woodland grey and fascias are paperbark. The plumbing also began. October 16th- the Gunmetal Grey roof tiles were done in a day. October 30th- Bricking begins with Boral Brown Terrain bricks.

CONSTRUCTION BEGINS

MONTH ONE

September 2008

It all began in September while we were on holidays, on September 21st we found that preperation had begun on the block. The slab was poured September 25th and the framing had begun September 26th.The frame was done by September 29th.

COLOR SELECTION

In June/ July we picked our colors and luckily we both had similar tastes so it was easy, although it did cost a little more but definitely worth it, we were all set for a November start. But the people at porter Davis had better ideas and gave us a little incentive to start in September instead. This still meant we would be held up with Xmas but the contract end date was now a couple months earlier, ending in mid-March, so we were looking forward to Having Easter in our new house. As it turns out we will probably be in by our initial date that was set, had we had started in November :-(

DECIDING ON THE PLAN

We had initially made a deposit on the SOHO by Burbank before changing our minds in terms of the house's style and going with the Heywood 25, feeling that the 28 was a bit too big for us. We signed up for this home on 29th April 2008, Joel at Tarneit display home was fantastic, even though they didn’t have a Heywood here on display we still designed our home along with Joel.
Many changes were made to the initial plan, with the garage extended, a “grand” alfresco area added, doors added to back hallway and WIR and ensuite. The courtyard was also omitted and the lounge extended in this space, with doors added on the hallway side.

ORIGINAL PLAN

OUR HOME

THE STORY SO FAR

Our Heywood by Porter Davis

Here is a bit of an overview of the houses progress- Jamie and Narelle- Bannockburn

In January 2008 we settled our land and continued looking for a home to build. Our block is a corner block 855m2 with a 24m front and 36m side.

The Block: