Well here goes. We have taken the first steps on what I am sure will be a long and sometimes frustrating journey. We have decided to build a modified Palladian Manor by Masterton. We were very tempted by the Bronte by McDonald Jones, but were turned off by the (lack of) customer service provided to us by the staff at the Lochinvar display home. So far Lynne at Chisholm has been nothing but helpful, and has bent over backwards to get figures and costings for us.
We were able to purchase our land lst year, and managed to grab a 6800m2 block only a 10 minute walk from where we live at the moment. Its funny, when you tell people you are moving, they ask where, and I just point up the hill and say "see that shed...? - Next to that."
(Hopefully) here is a pic of the block, as the subdivision is about 10 years old, but the block was never built on, people have been using it for a dirt bike track, builders waste dump and a rubbish tip. So far we have pulled 3 BIG ute loads of rubbish from the site, and I am finding more every time I visit it, as well as more lumps & bumps that you can poke a stick at. I tried running my ride-on over it to tidy it up after we carted all the rubbish off, and nearly got whiplash going over all the bumps.
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We have our plans finalised and are being assesed for Thermal values, then we should be ready to lodge the DA. Apparantly our Council is pretty swamped at the moment - hope it doesn' take too long.
Looking forward to sharing the journey with you all.