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Owner Builder Diary – Year 1, November

November 30, 1999

Contact council to discuss building – get copy of Council’s LEP (local environment plan) – meet with council (pre-pay $60 to Council to arrange meeting) on block to look at where the house would be best positioned and any particular issues that Council may have about the block. Council says must build at the back [...]



Owner Builder Diary – Year 1, September/November

November 15, 1999

Investigate possibilities for building a kit or project house on block



Owner Builder Diary – Year 1, August

August 4, 1999

Get local surveyor to put boundary pegs on block and mark trees on site plan .



Owner Builder Diary – Year 1, May

May 1, 1999

Purchase land in Leura, in the Blue Mountains – land approx 1/4 acre. Beautiful treed block. Climb crabapple to look at possible southerly view of the escarpment. Settlement goes smoothly.