After five and a half weeks of arguments between Rawson and ACT Planning and Land Authority, they have finally issued our Certificate of Occupancy! And after all that, nothing ended up needing to be changed, they ended up signing off on it just based on the additional information provided regarding the installation of the splashback. Information that could have been given to them over a month ago had they just asked for it then, instead of umming and ahhing and drawing the whole process out as long as humanly possible!
Turns out, the A.C.T. building regulations and the A.C.T gas regulations are conflicting. One states that a splashback with less than 50% glass in it doesn't require heat treating (which makes sense considering the gyprock is anti-combustion), while the other states that a splashback incorporating any glass at all has to be heat treated.
Anyway, now with the C of O submitted to the bank, the bank have made the final payment to Rawson today, and we're in! Handover is tomorrow morning! I can't wait to unpack all of my brand new house stuff. I can't even remember half of what I've bought over the last year - it's been packed up for so long now. It'll be like Christmas!
In other news, we've booked the landscaping in for the 8th and 9th of November. Fences and retaining walls will go up and our moat of dust and mud will be transformed into a lush green garden... more like a low maintenance native garden, but you get the idea - no more dirt and mud!
I'll post a final 'build pictures' update tomorrow before we fill the house with stuff.
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