Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 21, 2010 9:10 pm Hi All I am new to this forum and have been reading about everyone's experiences with building their dream homes. My husband and I are planning to build out home north of Brisbane. We have been thinking about doing this for a long time. So now our current home is on the market, yesterday we secured a beatiful block of land, we have decided on a plan and are now looking for someone to build it. The plan is a modified AVJennings plan. We have got a estimate from AVJennings but we have a local builder who is well known around our area, has a good reputation and will let us do some bits and pieces ourselves (which helps with the $$$) and we are leaning towards using this smaller builder instead. We are felling very overwhlmed by all the options out there and it is so hard to compare builders as they are all offerings something different, all have different inclusions, different prices for the same thing....ahhhh I am sure I will be spending a lot of time on this forum over the coming 12 months as we navigate our way through this process! Re: We have paid the deposit on our land...now the fun begins 2Feb 21, 2010 9:22 pm congrats on your land and decision to build!! I'd say "run! While you still can!!", but I'm perfectly aware of how exciting it all is! I hope that everything goes well for you =) re. the modified AV Jennings home - it would need to be very, very significantly modified otherwise you leave yourself at risk of copyright violation. Your builder or draftsman should be able to assist you in these regards. Good luck with it all! =) In NSW the maximum deposit for building work is 5% until the builder provides HBCF insurance 1 4814 9 24751 This is one of the reasons I decided to go overseas for my double glazed windows. As the builder indicated, he's worked on many upmarket builds, these were the most well… 13 19080 |