I have been reading and reading and reading (stalking really) this forum for a while now and thought I would post my own experiences for others. We are building for a second time, but 18 years between builds and have found the experiences VERY different. The first build was with Ross North and was our first ever house - before kids and in our 20's, we built the shell of the house and didn't have extra funds for flooring/blinds etc to finish. It took us a couple of years to save up to do everything.....but this build is different, it's a turn key investment property. We still live in our first build, but after going to all the lovely new display homes we have itchy feet and will either renovate this house or build our DREAM home. But after we finish this build.
So the land is 375sqm and settled in September, we just signed off on our final plans and are currently waiting for council building permits and unconditional bank approval, which was approved originally, but when the plans finally went thru to the bank, the approval had expired and now we have to start application again - thanks NAB for that extra stress! So we anticipate slab will be 4-6 weeks away (fingers crossed).
I will add plans when I make a photo bucket account.
Looking forward to sharing this building journey with you all.
TIMELINE:
14/4/13 Land deposit
30/4/13 Pre contract/deposit
18/9/13 Land settlement
23/9/13 Pre start
9/10/13 Final plans
17/10/13 Tap
21/10/13 Council app
29/10/13 Finance app
28/11/13 Site scrap/sand pad
5/12/13 Footings earth works
6/12/13 Footings poured
7/12/13 Concrete pad