Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 06, 2011 6:35 am Hi All, Well, a few months ago, my partner and I decided to build our 2nd house (our current house was an existing purchase). I have no idea how we came to this decision but we ended up at display homes and the ball began rolling We have decided to build with NBG and the rep has been AMAZING!!! I think we are doing everything backwards.....we have picked out the house design and are in the midst of altering the plans slightly. We haven't got any land as yet as the estate we want to be in is releasing it's 1st land release on 19/02 - I've already checked the blocks being released and there's nothing in there that we are after so not sure how long it will be before we actually get land!!! We haven't even organised finance yet because our current house is only in my name and my partner changed jobs late last year (he is casual) so we need to have 3 months worth of pay slips before we can get pre approval and go for the loan (mind you this will only be the land loan as we have to split and do land loan and construction laon for some reason ) So I guess I just wanted to say hi, and also see if anyone else had done their 1st build this way??? Or am I the only crazy one out there? Watch out!!! I'm a crazy Scots-Woman!!! Re: 1st time building - overwhelmed much??? SE Burbs 2Feb 06, 2011 12:30 pm hey hun welcome to H1!! what area are you looking at building in? there will be lots of great advice on this site. a great place to look is page 11 things you forget. some really imprtant stuff on there. when you have some sort of plans. put up pics and ask everyone to critisice as having someone you dont know look at it will highlight things you might not think off and give you an even better house building for me although very long and ardous process (signed land oct 09) i am loving it!! i want this house to be done so we can look to the next (we want to keep this as investment) i look forward to following you journey When times get tough build a house...Our second build Re: 1st time building - overwhelmed much??? SE Burbs 3Feb 06, 2011 5:21 pm Thanks for the reply I was beginning to think I wasn't going to get any replies..... We've picked our house plans - Montrose Streamline 270E. We're having the plans modified very slightly at the moment so I'm hoping to have them done and be able to post up early in the week!!! We want to buy a block of land in Quarters (Cranbourne West), Stage 1 has just been released but the only block we like is a builders block so we're gonna have to wait until Stage 2.....which means we won't have land titled and ready to build on until Xmas this year Waiting longer for the right block will work in our advantage though cos then we'll have the finance ready to go and should have saved up more than what we need (so we can keep some for new furniture ) I'm so EXCITED!!!! It's going to be 3 times the size of our current house so I'm not gonna know what to do with myself once it's done!!! My only worry is going to be fencing and blinds - I think. I know blinds are going to be expensive but I'm hoping I can keep costs down - happy for suggestions.... I hope I can learn lots from this forum and I hope that I can get help on this project too Watch out!!! I'm a crazy Scots-Woman!!! Hi there, We’ve recently had plans approved to add a 1st storey addition to our existing house for a growing family in Sydney. With the current cost of building… 0 4296 Can anyone give me any onfo on New Homes WA? Good or bad, hopefully good just need to know if my choice was good or not? Thanks ❤️ 0 8936 7 11991 |