Posted by Benjamin Close on February 21, 2009 under Country Living | 
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After attending Final selections Monday, Tuesday we received the site plans from our the engineers for both our shed pad and the access track. This is the final piece of the puzzle that we needed in order to make Tea Tree Gully council happy. In Hills Face Zone, the council requires details about anything that [..more..]
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Monday Carly and I attended Format Homes for our Final selections. Things went very smoothly and we were very impressed at the range we had to choose from. In the end all we ended up needing to pay extra for was a few optional things we had requested. These included a 3rd coat of paint [..more..]
Posted by Benjamin Close on February 10, 2009 under Country Living | Be the First to Comment
Today a quick call to the council revealed that our plan is currently with the Department of Health. Apparently they are looking over the Septic tank system. I was told it’s been with them for a week now and approvals in general are taking 6 – 8 weeks.
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One thing a lot of people are unaware of is just how much difference a good glass can make to their house. Many people think of glass as just being something to look through. But glass is much more than that. Glass is: A wind barrier A heat barrier An Insulator A protection mechanism A [..more..]
Posted by Benjamin Close on February 5, 2009 under Country Living | Be the First to Comment
When deciding to build our home, Carly and I very quickly realised an Electric oven was not a practicle solution. With our electricity being generated from Solar, a standard electric oven using 2-3Kw of power per hour would drain our backup supply very rapidly. (We will only be generating about 10kw a day). Hence we [..more..]
Posted by Benjamin Close on January 29, 2009 under Country Living | Be the First to Comment
A list of decisions we’ve made when designing our new house, to maximise thermal comfort for our climate zone.
Posted by Benjamin Close on January 23, 2009 under Country Living | Be the First to Comment
After having the day off yesterday, Carly and I did a lot of ringing around to try and find out the state of things. Turns out that the second lot of engineering has now been done. Talking to Amanda at Format Homes, we were told that all had now been submitted to council – Which [..more..]
Posted by Benjamin Close on January 21, 2009 under Country Living | 4 Comments to Read
Welcome to the first in many articles about the creation of Carly and my dream paradise at Lot 723, One Tree Hill Road, Gould Creek, South Australia, Australia On the 29th of August 2008, Carly and I became the proud owners of 16.8 acres of land at Gould Creek, South Australia. The block is located [..more..]
