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Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, May 9

May 9, 2001

Go to Waterboard in Katoomba to arrange for sewer fee to be paid. Water Board stamp plans. Give cheque to plumber for the water connection fee. Talk to the plumber who is doing the sewer connection – excavator hits more rock while digging the trench for the sewer. Soil removal needs to happen. Give plumber [...]

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, May 8

May 8, 2001

Excavator has to look for the water pipe across the road! Life isn’t meant to be easy.

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, May 7

May 7, 2001

Take a trip up to meet the concreter and watch the excavation for the house. A lot of soil has to be taken away. Buy a site toilet from Hardware House and a second-hand basin from a demolition site. Ask plumber to install the toilet. Call window maker and chase up quote – a couple [...]

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, May 6

May 6, 2001

Buy ring binder to store the paperwork – keep it all together. Program mobile phone with phone numbers of trades people I’m using.

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, May 3

May 3, 2001

Take a trip to the site to see the excavator. He has done the cut for the driveway and cleared/moved the trees already… need to put some gravel on the driveway and a mesh filter to reduce any sedimentation – ie water running off material from the driveway into the storm water system. Council can [...]

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, May 1

May 1, 2001

Start day. It’s wet. Take a trip up anyway because of arrangements to meet everyone. Driveway opening/cut has been made from the street. Excavator has come and gone because of the rain but thankfully returns to discuss where the driveway goes. It must wind around the oak tree and avoid bowerbird nest. Lots of soil [...]

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, April 28

April 28, 2001

Take a trip up to the block to check on trees that have been cleared – looks totally different — so much light. Meet neighbour on north side. They’re keen gardeners too. Get take-away coffee and a roll from Leura shops. Also need to put some barricading up to secure the site from the neighbours [...]

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, April 25

April 25, 2001

Fax owner-builder permit to Council.?

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, April 20

April 20, 2001

Talk to excavator again and get rough quote from him – too hard to get firm quote because he’s not sure whether he’ll hit rock. First quote is for the clearing of the block, taking the rubbish away and cutting driveway. He’ll then give me a quote for the excavation of the house. The cost [...]

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, April 19

April 19, 2001

Received permit from DFT. I’m now an owner builder!!