Follow our house build in Crofton Downs
This week an excavator has been busy at work digging some channels and holes to lay the sewer and storm water plumbing.
With the plumbing installed, you can get an idea where the kitchen and ground floor bathroom are without having framing up to define the space.
Next up is a WCC inspection of the plumbing work and then onto the foundation work.
When we visited on Saturday 18th, there were sub-trades working on our site and we decided we didn’t want to interrupt them. Re-visiting today, which is Wellington Anniversary day, we now have the pre-foundation boxing all setup.
Excavator was delivered to site on January 13th and site was cut and prepared by Jan 16th. Slab outline has also been spray painted down ready for boxing.
Welcome to our house building blog.
We’re building in the Crofton Downs Silverstream Terraces sub-division. Some 12 months ago this blog would be following our house build in Whitby. However…!
Our change of heart (and location) was driven by a few factors. In order to build the house we were looking at in Whitby, the ground works were astronomical and undetermined. The 698sqm section had a sloping gradient which would’ve needed quite a bit of retaining. Porirua council rates was another aspect, they’re amongst the highest in the country.
Throw in the commute time (significantly more than the 15 minute walk we have today), and that Ava’s school and our friends are all in Wellington we decided to give up the views and sun in Whitby (and the 5 years we spent designing our house) and purchase back in the city *gulp*.
Our 506sqm (flat!) Crofton Downs section was purchased January 2019 and after 12 months of plan revisions and decision making, the plan was finalized and submitted to council in September. Building and resource consent was granted on 19th of December – a lovely pre-Xmas gift. Almost 12 months to the day, we finally broke ground on January 13th 2020.
Goodbye Whitby – 1 Pacific View
Hello Crofton Downs – 8 Riroriro Close
