The Purchell

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Front Soakwell

Finally the front soakwell is in! Big thanks to Dad for generously giving us the money to buy the concrete soakwell in the first place.

The soakwell was 1200mm W x 1200mm H, 90mm thick and weighed just over 1 tonne. We were going to move and dig the soakwell in ourselves but later decided to save our backs and get someone to dig the whole for us. Brad's mate Rick had a Mini-excavator and had the soakwell in the ground in 30 minutes. NICE!

Once the soakwell was in we just had to trench a few more pipes and it was done.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Palmetto & The Man Shed

I managed to score some "FREE" Palmetto Lawn from Paul at work as he is putting in a pool in his backyard. So with some help from Aaron and a handy turf cutter I managed to move it all the way from Jandakot to Banksia Grove in half a day. It looks great even though its a bit patchy. It should fully cover in a couple of months.

Also managed to put up my Man shed the other day too with help from Brad. It took 5 hours and plenty of beers but we got there in the end.

Next job is putting in my front soakwell because I want the landscaping done ASAP. Will post more pics soon.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Bricks sand and sweat

Aaron & Kell's Driveway

Our Driveway

Been in the house for 4 weeks now and it has been great. We are still living with no flooring and paint but we just managed to get all our blinds installed and they look great. My 3m X 3m Colourbond shed has also arrived and I have been busy getting the backyard ready for the install.

Well last weekend was a long weekend and what a perfect weekend to pave two driveway crossovers and one footpath. If you don't know Sher's sister Kelly and her Husband live two doors down the street.

It all started on Saturday morning. Chris was the first to arrive and was all keen and ready to go but had no idea what he was in for. Aaron turned up with the trailer and compactor. John (Sher's Dad) arrived with all the tools and showed us how to do everything. We managed to finish my driveway by 3pm and then got started on Aaron's. Aaron's was a nightmare because his driveway had a big curve and required a lot of brick cutting. We finished Aaron's driveway by 5pm the next day. Then we decided to compact and screed the footpath and then before we knew it at 8pm we were paving the footpath. A whole pack of Panadol and tube of Voltaren later and we had driveways.

It is a very good feeling to be able to drive into your garage for the first time!!

Monday, February 11, 2008

We got the keys!!!

We had first inspection last Thursday. Merv the Supervisor was very good ge fixed all small problems on the spot. Because there were no problems and we had the bank cheque ready we were able to pick the keys up that day! WOOHOOO!

It's currently 12:13am on Tuesday morning (excuse the typos) and Sher and I have spent 13 hours straight moving all our stuff from my Mum's house and our current house in Kinglsey.

WHAT A MISSION! I'm never moving again. I think I will stay in this house for ever. Luckily we rented a truck and it had a hyrdaulic lifter on the back. So much easier!

I have the rest of the week off work to do odd things around the house.

- Builid a Shed
- Seal the walls
- Buy a Letterbox
- Pave crossover and path to front door

Wish me luck! =(

I will have some pics soon. Too tired to organise anything now.

Monday, January 21, 2008

Finally Inspection Is Booked For The 4th Of Feb!!!

Got a call from Content today, the first inspection is on the 4th of February Whoo Hoo!!!
Only two weeks to go! Also, have put some pics on from Sundays visit, everything is basically finished, they just have to patch up some holes etc and clean up. Looks awesome!