Hi,
I have been reading this forum on and off for a year or so. We are looking to build in Toowoomba Qld. We are a larger family on a single income (stay at home mum while kids are little) so on a bit of tight budget. We have a bub due at Christmas and decided about 8 wks ago to go for it and try and build. We have spent the last 6-7 wks finalising our house to sell. It went on the market last week and need it to sell for us to get a new house and land loan before bub comes (loan capacity drops $60 grand! and makes building unattainable in the near future). Ideally we would have liked to live here while we build but need the sale to get our higher loan capacity....so renting for 6-8 months it will be.
We are building with a local builder Richard Adams. We have chosen The Monica with a few adjustments. We are flipping the front of the house so the garage is on the left. We are also increasing bedroom 2 and 3. We are going to use the alfresco area to increase our internal living space and will build an alfresco in a couple of years.
http://www.richardadamshomes.com.au/images/stories/4_bed/Monica.pdf
Helen