Construction phase has commenced

As of yesterday, we are officially in the 'Construction Phase'. The proverbial reins have been handed over to the site manager and we are waiting with bated breath for the first ground to be broken!

Our soon-to-be-neighbour's residences however, are well and truly in the construction phase. Houses are popping up all around our block and progressing in leaps and bounds. Looks like we may be one of the last. At least we won't be living in a construction site once we're in.

Here's our empty block, surrounded by houses mid-construction:

And from the other side:

One of the great things about our location is the nature reserve across the road (this is where I take the distant pics of the block from). Thanks to that glorious endangered moth living there it will never be built upon.

In this pic, our house is off to the right - over the fence: --->

Another highlight for me, is the little knoll of gum trees at the top of our road. I hate the new suburbs where everything is razed to the ground and anything planted will take years to become even remotely established. I'm so glad they left this little bit of bushland in.