Hi everyone
This is the last of my 'set up' posts.
First, some good news. We got told today that all the finance has been unconditionally approved. This is good news. While we were sure that we weren't going to have a problem (well, another problem) - its getting that bit of news which finally locks everything away!
In relation to the land, a couple of months ago, our new development looked like this:
That's right, our block was somewhere to the left of the giant golf ball and tee. While that didn't inspire me with confidence, I've been assured that its actually a weather station.
Not to be deterred, we bought our block for a princely sum. Its 17m frontage by 34m deep (about 572m2). My only question was whether we had enough room for the puppies, no matter the price.
Anyway, fast forward 5 months and we were told last Thursday that the land had been titled. So we got VERY excited and went on a road trip!!
Things looked up when we saw a street sign to our new suburb (Williams Landing):
Regretably, we thought that 'title' meant 'access', but not so. The developer said something about OH&S and 'keep the riff raff out' has decided not to build the last 2m stretch of road from the entrance to the site to the main road. To give you some perspective, if the tallest guy in the world lay down, his feet would touch one road and his head the other.
You can even see the 'dozer in sitting in the back of this picture and the road barely metres from it!
Walking around the Federation Bike path, we came across a security fence. We thought our plans of standing on what soon would be our patch of dirt had been thwarted.
But we were so close! From the fenceline, we could see our soon-to-be street sign!
The temptation woke something in Jase that none of us knew existed... Jase told us, for the first time, that he possessed Magic Ninja Skills!
With a hop, skip and a jump, he bounded over the seemingly impenitrable fence and was standing on the other side
Dodging security patrols, bullets and heavy artillery, he quickly made his way to the street sign showing our street (Swanton Ave) for a quick photo opportunity.
After dispatching the guards, it was safe for us to join him so Drew 'Scarface' Fellowes, Jacquie 'Bonny' McCoy and Owen 'Godfather' Williams jumped the fence and we took some snaps of the driveway and our (very expensive) bit of dirt.
We left feeling satisfied. Was the month after months of delays worth it? We think so. Cedar Woods appeared to have done an amazing job. Now we just want to skip to the end where its all done!
Drew + Jase
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