Hello
I found your forum after doing a search for pictures of anyone building the same house as us, and found a blog from someone here who did which was really interesting. I decided to join up as this forum sounds like a great place, and everyone seems really friendly.
So, about the hubby and me - we are building our first home together and are very excited! Twelve months ago we secured a block of land in S.E Melbourne and were told the release would be March this year, however we are still waiting on that, but it will hopefully be in two weeks. We have had our soil test and our tender appointment is in a fortnight's time (but we're having second thoughts about some of our colour choices!).
The house we have chosen is the Cottesloe by H3nley, however this was not our first, nor our second choice. The first house we put a deposit down for was an AVJ Springwood, but things happened with that which caused us to cancel. Next house we locked in was with Orb!t, but we had second thoughts about that one. So it is third time lucky for us!
We have gone with a few optional extras with this house, such as a Grand Dining and Rumpus, as well as a double plus garage and ensuite extension (the same as someone else on here). Our facade is the same as someone 5 blocks away, which we were worried about since two houses 5 blocks and closer apart aren't meant to have the same facade.
So that's my "brief" intro and I look forward to sharing the ups and downs of building with you all in the coming months!