Trees removed

All problem trees have been removed. The house is now so much brighter. The whole street view opened up.
Not long to go for the plans to arrive.

Clearing of trees

Today we have the tree removelists start trimming and cutting down the 6 trees on our property to make way for the new house.

Four trees at the back are in path with the sewage line, causing constant problem with roots breaking and getting inside the pipes, costing us $100's of dollars each year to get them cleared by plumbers.

Two massive cyder trees at the front causing similar issues to the neighbour's drainage path.

Next day, three of them now gone, one more to go.

The chopped branches filled half the street! In front of our and neighbour's house.

We hope tomorrow and the next day, all of the six trees would have gone.

We will be planting a nice manageable trees to replace them in a better position so not to cause any issues in the future.

Moving along slowly

We finally got the news that we should get our tender next week (I already had the revisions emailed) then followed by the plans 2 to 3 weeks after that. So we are looking mid to end of May for the process to start.

Hopefully there will be minimal mistakes or none! so we can sign and submit to CDC.

For some reason they needed to upgrade the slab from 'M' Class to 'H' Class, costing extra $2,500. So I requested the soil test report to be emailed. Guess what? Few hours later I get an email informing me that my Masterton sales rep will be asking the engineer if the upgrade is necessary. Amazing what can be achieved by showing that you know what you are talking about and ask them for evidence.

In the mean time, we now have permission from the council to remove 6 trees on our land. They are planned to be removed during next week, to make way for the new house.

Demolition Quotes

Today I got 2 quotes for demolishing our old house to make room for the new one planned. They were both close to what we were told, about $15,000, to clear the land and ready for the new building to rest upon.

We have plans to sell some of the things that might be worth some money, like the kitchen and possibly the colourbond roofing, that was installed after we purchased the house in 2003.

On the other hand, we are still waiting for the our first tender and the plans to arrive. A daunting waiting game.