Levelling Soil Hill

Graham came at 9am to level Soil Hill with his bobcat. He drove down the RHS over the water tank slab and levelled out the back a little. Not up to any of the fences. Some clearance was left so we don't have to make any retaining walls as yet.

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 Was chatting to one of the neighbours Lucy for so long I forgot to take pics when he started. He's almost done here.


The gate was left unlocked so I took the opportunity to get to know my slab close up.

 LHS from the front

 RHS wide view

 RHS from the back

The middle of the back

LHS from the back

I found my bins! Very happy to report I was wrong, lucky no-one took me up on the bet. They got dumped right next to the fence where my blind spot was from the balcony vantage point. The yellow one is up the front hidden by some fabric.

The bank still hasn't approved my loan!

I have a sign at the front declaring the private certifier our builder uses.

Slab down!

I took the opportunity to sleep in, so when I arrived on site they were almost finished pouring the slab. Drat! My bad. I recognise John, one of the guys who did the piering. He's the oldest, has most leathery lobster complexion and also the best eye for detailed work.

I left them sitting having lunch, and when I got home Jillian called saying the slab was done. She knows CBA haven't pulled any fingers out; all her CBA clients are held up!

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 Sleeping in will be my undoing. Look how much I missed.

 

 I'll need a big smoothing panel when I level out Soil Hill.

  

 The little slab for the water tank! Awww, it's so cute.

 

You can see the back of the slab has started to dry already.

Oh where did my bins go?

Last week something was nagging at the back of my mind as I posted the images. I figured it out: THE BINS ARE MISSING.

I'd bet $100 they're sitting under the big pile of dirt that's appeared in the backyard, WHERE THE BINS WERE LAST SEEN.

Our site supervisor swears they wouldn't do that. But where did my bins go? I'll bet they had some piles of dirt near the house, then pushed them to the back. The bins got dragged along.

Who'd have thought I'd miss those red yellow and green lids.

Piering done, neighbour complaints

Joe the SS called to say the piering is done, after I left a message on Monday to call me before work restarted for the year. Tuesday next week the slab will likely be poured. He mentioned this is a good time to get in and do the RHS retaining wall (which I don't really want to do).

Called the mortgage guy and he says the loan should get approved tomorrow or early next week. I think he's being optimistic.

Went to have a quick look and our grumpy neighbour Neil came to complain. He thinks all the rainwater runoff will be a HUGE problem for the entire neighbourhood. I tried to explain that the roof catches the rainwater which goes into a rainwater tank, and that the stormwater pits will drain it away. The pits have a 30 year flood rating. He and the back neighbour (who is an engineer so obviously his opinion is law) are going to talk to the council about the stormwater tragedy building up in our backyard. I didn't want to bother arguing. Let the council do what they do best, ignore complaints.

I don't see why they're so upset about a little water, considering they've been receiving it for the past 100 years when there was NO tank and NO pit to catch anything.

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View from the front of property

  

 Front of house (View from the first floor stairs of the neighbour's unit)

  

 Middle of house

Back of house