Building Permit Finally Issued
The building permit was meant to be issued a bit over a month ago but was delayed until the end of last week.
Easement and City West Water
An easement runs along the back of the property and so a carport instead of a garage was to be built over it for unit 3. Council approved the carport but City West Water refused the carport. In the end the only way to continue with the development was to scrap the carport and have a car space instead.
Naturally this change had to go back to council where there would have been another month at least delays if CDS had not come to the rescue with some skillful negotiating.
Outcome
The loss of a carport is bad news in terms of value for unit 3 and likely to even affect rent. May check with my local REA for estimates but it really makes no difference at this stage.
A very approximate date for completion is now October.
Could Be Worse and Now the Fun Starts
Tempting to whinge and whine about the delay but this is all part of the game with developments and will have a very minor affect on the final outcome. Very grateful I have CDS in my team taking care of the development and using thair experience and professionalism to deal with these problems. Hate to think how much trouble I'd be in trying to do this alone.
Plumber is booked in for this Friday, the concreter next Monday and the slab to be finished in around 7 days subject to weather.
Hoping to have some pics to show soon