Whilst on the topic of slab and earthworks, Plantation were able to (eventually) "justify" their costs. Although they still seem extravagant, there are additional works to do on site due to the type of substrate soil along with some recompaction, which wasn't allowed for initially as it was not evident from the disclosure plan. At the end of the day though, if we want to build our home, we need to pay the costs. So the dotted line was signed (albeit, with a degree of reluctance!).
I am also in the process of talking to neighbours regarding fencing. So far, it appears to have gone ok, with one side already obtaining quotes for the same style fence that we want. The other "neighbours" are actually developers who won't start building until someone buys one of their house & land packages so that will be a wait & see, but I am also discussing retaining walls with them (given Plantation has advised us of that requirement on one boundary). I am hopeful that, because of the slope of their block, they will need to cut in on our boundary line, which means we won't have to retain......fingers crossed on that one!
The only thing we are now waiting on is council approval and that is expected to take approximately another 6-8 weeks. After that, it takes Plantation approximately 2 weeks to get to allocate labour & supplies and start on-site. That puts us still at around late August, although if they actually start by this time, overjoyed would be an understatement!
In the meantime we are just waiting for the fence to be taken down by the civil contractors so that we can drive up to our block - hopefully that will be in the next week (though it was meant to be done this week....). In the meantime, here are a few photos of our block, complete with footpath and grass - which will no doubt get ruined once construction starts - but in the meantime it looks good :)
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