Hi everyone,
I thought I would start a thread on our building process.
We decided to build the Greenock MKII with Statesman. It suited our needs with 4 bedrooms, 2 bathroom and 2 living areas.
We purchased a 650m2 block of land in the Bluestone Estate, Mount Barker, SA, which we settled on in December 2016.
Shortly after this we signed our initial agreement with Statesman and paid the $2000 deposit.
In February 2017 we had our selections appointment. Prior to this we drove around a lot of new estates and visited the Statesman showroom, so that when the time came to decide we knew exactly what we wanted. Mostly we stuck to the included selections, however, we upgraded on appliances, mortor, raised the celings to 2.7 metres, render, built in wardrobes and a few other little bits and pieces. The electrical plan was kept to the bare minimum as my husband has an electrical license and is able to add more in after handover. We were fairly happy with the selection choices that Statesman have and it was great that everything was in one place, which saved the hassle of driving around to multiple showrooms.
After this came A LOT of waiting and it tested my patience to the absolute limit. We emailed Statesman every 2 weeks or so to make sure that we were not forgotten. During the pre-construction process we received 6 or 7 variations, some of which we had to re sign as they were lost and plans had to be re drawn several times. Overall, the total cost only increased by several thousand, but the time that was wasted with all the changes was very frustrating.
Finally on Monday this week 24/07/17, we were given the 'ok to start' date and in the email that was sent we were told that it would be 2-4 weeks before site works would begin. Much to my delight this Friday 28/07/17, just 4 days later, our block has been cleared and prepared for the trenches/footings to be dug out.
So that is where we are up to. I am crossing my fingers and toes that our house will be complete by the end of the year, considering we have had a very mild winter I think this is very achievable (5 months), but we will just have to wait and see. I will keep you all posted on how it all goes and post photos of each stage.
Thanks for reading!