Complications... Wine Needed.

Our rapid progress has unfortunately been halted... again. We knew we had a problematic block. Cul-de-sac front, sewer at the back but we chose a house design that apparently 'fit like a glove'. By choosing a floor plan with a smaller-than average depth (19 metres), we were under the impression that we would avoid complications with the sewer line which runs across the back of the block. We were told that we were classed as "Building Adjacent to Sewer".

Engineering report came back 2 weeks ago.

Guess what? Hmmmm. Yep.

The slab falls within the zone of influence, which we knew (within 900mm of the sewer pipe). Half of the house encroaches upon this area of influence (but not over the sewer itself) so we were initially told by builder and plumbing contacts through hubby's work that extra piering would be required in this instance. We had a $5000 contingency within our tender to provide this.

Unfortunately, our builders engineer has instead requested complete encasement of the sewer, which through my research can be upwards of $30 000. Pretty devastated, as our incredibly flat block of land has the potential now to have amassed a ridiculous $50 000 total in site fees.

Waiting on the plumbers variation to come back now, and not looking forward to it :-(

So, I will leave you with this inspirational quote. #foreheadslap