Hi everyone
I stumbled across this forum a couple of months ago now and thought I should create my very own thread - so here it is!!
My boyfriend and I purchased a house and land package "off the plan" in September this year. The block is in a new estate called Whiteman Edge which is located just off Lord Street (in between the Swan Valley and Ellenbrook). We initially heard about Whiteman Edge after friends of ours said they had purchased a block there. We were curious to see where they had bought so we went and checked it out - little did we know that we would be leaving there with a block of our own!! We called our friends that night to tell them that we would be living in the same suburb and found out that we had bought the block right next to them - what are the odds!!!
We always said that we would never buy "off the plan" but when we came across this house and land package it was too good to pass up - not only was it within our budget but it was also in a great location (considering a few years back we were very close to buying all the way out in Butler!!)
Titles for our block are due to be released in May 2012 (fingers crossed). We are building The Optima with Aussie Living Homes (ALH) and since signing with them in September we have found them to be extremely organised and helpful (our poor building rep has had emails and phone calls from us nearly every other day!!)
We have made quite a few changes to the original plans and I will upload pictures of these in another post (when I figure out how to do it!!)
Its all happening very fast and at 23 and 24 years of age we are verrrry excited but also very scared. So far things have ran really smoothly (touch wood). Our pre start is booked for February 6 2012. We have nearly made all of our selections, just a few final things to decide on. I will set out all of our selections in another post also.
Anyway I think this was a pretty decent first post!! I look forward to hearing all of your feedback during our house building journey!!
Frannny