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http://hayman29.blogspot.com/
Hi All!
We've been on this forum for a while now (Silver user already!) and we have not got a 'blog' post up yet.
Where to start...
Firstly we were going to start our search for a home this November but the boost to the FHOG was to much of a temptation so we started one year earlier - thanks Kevin 07/247/747/Santa with a big bag of cash.
One thing moving our plans forward one year has taught us is that when you have too it is amazing how much money you suddenly have spare to save. We have managed to get about 13% of the house and land value (FHOG + our deposits) in 4 months all without resorting to eating cardboard!
Initially we fell in love with the Grandview 27 from Big M, what we did not fall in love with was the price tag ~$190k without any flooring, bifolds, stonebenches etc. (*Note promotions may have changed by now*).
We flirted with the idea of the Santorini 29 from Big M's but we were left underwhelmed by the standard inclusions, I love the floor plan but once again the cost of getting what we wanted in it would have been too great.
That is when we found the PD Hayman, knowing that it would be stretching our budget (Not wanting to borrow much more than $350k) we decided to check it out and get some pricing.
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/3421/hayman29.pdf
At the time the price was $196k for the 29sq version but the current promotions of full tiles and carpet to the house and various other promotion inclusions like bifold doors, higher ceilings, render to the facade, overhead cupboards, stone benches all meant that we could have what we wanted within or very close to our budget.
What is there not to like:
- Large pantry
- Two large WIRs
- 4 bedrooms + Study
Our only concerns were the size of the minor bedrooms, but given our current plans the size of those rooms is not immediately a problem nor do we consider them to be going forward. After speaking with some H1ers whom have built a 29sq version of the Hamilton (The Haymans sister house) we were satisified that the bedrooms will be fine.
We looked around at other builders to compare sizes, prices and inclusions once we were satisified that even if we built a smaller house say a 3 bd room it would not be much cheaper to build.
So the Hayman it was.
I will add more info future posts.