80 Squares, bloody hell. Thats not a house thats a factory lol. But thanks for the info Jafo. It is going to be a huge house but we did add a section for my partners father. he will have his own little living area, bathroom and bedroom.

Today the build started. Photos here of the block being cleared and levelled. After that the concrete slab will be staked, formed and poured in the next week.

More photos as the build progresses

It's a start...

I never consider a build to be 'really' happening until after the critter is out of the ground...ie. the slab is poured...

Meanwhile I'm on a drawing for a house in Royal Park [needless to say it'll be pricey]... 3 storeys plus mezzanine [with a lift] ...

All ready for the concrete to be poured. Well once the insulation and rebar reinforcement is placed. Should be done by tomorrow afternoon.

Been following along...best of luck to you both, Nimbin. 

Looks to be a nice sized home. Hope you have many hours of good times there!

First law of slabs [same as framing]....measure twice....cut once.

Specific to slabs....double check location of 'encased' plumbing...

...then check again.

THEN you can pour....

Well we now have a slab

Things are happening so fast, It's hard to keep up.

Curiously....the longer it now takes to finish the house to lockup the better.

I remember the time a friend's kitchen floor started to self-flood as water curing from the slab lifted the tiling....

The house was closed up too fast/soon to allow proper curing time for the slab...

The builders have given us a completion date of November 4th. Every week they go over that they have to pay us $500 lol. Plus the land was resurveyed and it turns out the back of the block from the middle to the left corner is smaller by 1.3 meters over what it should be, So who ever put up the fencing fracked up and gave the land behind us an extra meter. I don't think it's worth doing anything about but my partner is on the warpath and wants the original fencer to fix it lol. I am staying right out of this one.

There IS NO OPTION.

YOU MUST HAVE THE SITE BOUNDARIES CORRECTED.

If you don't the neighbour can [and guaranteed - will] claim adverse possession and you will never be able to restore/reclaim your rights.

I am with your partner.

DO IT.

If you don't you'll enjoy the added insult of the neighbour forcing a change of BOTH his and your titles...and guess who pays for yours?

Get a lawyer involved even.  Simply work out your title area and divide it into your purchase price for the land....and you will find out how much 'someone' stole from you.

If you do nothing else in this life...protect your property rights.

The framework being erected.

Prefab....

Now is the time you find out how good the concreter was...do they fit? ....

Lol. They should fit. Every week of delay will cost em $500 and if they have problems with the frameswork etc then they will not make the deadline

I had to stand over a concreter once to watch him extend the slab correctly so that the frame would fit....bits were about 300mm too short.

And yet it was set out by a real surveyor ...not some twit with a dumpy .... but the excavator kept knocking out the pegs and replacing them 'approximately'...

Not like the old days, eh... when you had REAL builders and REALl chippys.  My gradfather would roll over in his grave if he knew how houses were being built... thrown up these days.  Can't really call it building anymore, it's more like factory made and can assembled on-site by a not-too-skilled labourer and a handful of offsiders.

Oh well, that's how it's done these days, and if the house is sturdy and livable afterwards, that's all that really matters, hey!

Seriously, it is coming together nicely and beginning to take shape for you, Nimbin, though there's not nuch yard left now the slab's down.  Yeah, I know, you're gonna say "but all the less there is to mow and weed out, not to mention less expense on mower fuel and fertiliser.". 

Yup, I get you there!  I got no green thumb and I'm not one for gardening.  Frankly, if it were me, I'd have had the slab from fence to fence in both directions... then get some of that spray on grass for the left over bits once the house was up.

Again, Nimbin and partner, all the best with it and I hope it all keeps going according  to plan.