In April of 2004, we made application to subdivide a block of land from Mr. Col Pantlin. It stayed with Council for a year and a half when they turned us down. We were pretty devastated, but then a friend told us about a business that helps people to get approvals from Council. We put in a second application. Sadly, the application fee had gone up. There was much debate over letting another driveway come out on Nissen Street and what the purpose of the block should be. They brought in engineers to find out where the best place for a driveway should go.
We finally gained approval for the subdivision (in 2008) after submitting to several conditions and paying several contributions to different areas. We had to close Col's driveway and build a shared driveway directly across from the entrance to Fraser Shores 2 Retirement Village. One of the funny conditions was having to fence and landscape the front of the block before a house was built. Praise the Lord that the retirement village across the road asked if they could landscape the front of our block since their residents would view this as they left the village. So, we got some lovely Foxtail Palm Trees planted in front of our block.
Our excitement was felt around the world. We were finally going to get the house of which we had been dreaming. Next step was to put in an application to have a house built. (Hopefully it would not take another four years to get approval.) We gained approval just as our builder Tony Went was starting one of our school building projects. Because the school building was urgent and had to be done by a certain deadline, our house got put on hold again. (What's a little more time, hey?)
After 6 1/2 years of waiting, we have begun to build our house! It has been an exciting time in our neighborhood. Maybe we will get to move in before 7 Years has expired!
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