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Owner Builder Diary – Year 2, March
March 28, 2000
Meet with architect and look at some of the houses he has designed (mainly around Pittwater in Sydney’s north) Take a trip on boat to look at same – quite fun and Pittwater is lovely in the early morning – but definitely not as nice as the blue mountains in the morning mist – well to me anyway. Discuss a flat fee for drawing up the plans – 3% which in this case is $6,000 + GST. Ensure that this includes submitting the plans to Council (but not the council fees) and negotiating with council prior to submission. Take a trip to Leura and meet the architect on the block. Discuss position of the house on the block – must capture filtered view to the south – relay conversations with Council and provide architect with details of who to contact at Council. Mention that driveway position must avoid bowerbird nest in northwest corner – the nest has marvellous collection of blue lids, bottle tops, pegs and straws. And, of course, a bower bird.
Find a place to have a cup of coffee – the first of many.
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