Settlement date set.

Things are edging forward with our block purchase, a settlement date has been set for 8th October, so a bit over two weeks still to wait. We are looking at going down this weekend for a final inspection and to take some pics to post here for all to see.

Will be good to have some new pics to daydream over and begin the all important thinking and discussion about house locations with a clearer picture of the place in our heads.

We're also hoping to meet up with a  rep from Biolytix who we are going to purchase our wastewater system from. A Biolytix wastewater system is an Aussie invention which will allow us to put all wastewater (black and grey) into it and get irrigation quality water out.

At the moment we are realising the scope of what we're about to undertake. Off the top of my head the list is as follows;

1. Purchase shed
2. Decide on shed locations with reference to location of eventual house, Biolytix system and rainwater tank
3. Council building approval for the shed which we intend to live in while building, and approval to actually live in it!
4. Dig trench for power and phone according to the required specs
5. Organise phone and power companies to connect us to the grid - $$$
6. Site works and concrete pad laid for the shed and for the tank
7. Erect shed
8. Purchase and erect water tank.
9. Finish work and move in to begin the real list!

Phew!..... but we cannot wait!

The block

Big news today; we've had the final word on the sale of our investment house, all clear on the finance for our tenant which means we can complete the offer process on our Nannup block. A big relief as the process went right down to the wire around 4.30 this afternoon, with Ali doing a great job as usual chasing everyone up.

The process has been quite fraught really, as when we first went down to look at the block it was under offer so we'd had to wait to see if that fell thru (which it obviously did). Bad luck for someone else but great for us. I said on the day our offer was accepted that I felt like we'd just one the lottery, and it feels even better today to know the finance process will be going thru okay. Both of us feel like it was meant to happen.

Even though we were quite sure things would go thru there is always that feeling at the back of your mind that something might happen to mess things up, but thankfully all is well!

 So 16 acres on a hillside ten kms south of Nannup will soon be formally ours.

So what are we all doing here?

Welcome to the little chronicle of our move toward the good life.  The idea behind this blog is to setup a space for our friends and family to keep up with our progress toward the big move from a suburban lifestyle in White Gum Valley near Fremantle Western Australia, to a more sustainable, balanced and diverse life in Nannup Western Australia.