So after a long time of lurking and finally getting finalised plans back we decided to make our own build thread.
It seems like it has taken forever to get to this point, we signed back in march/early april, titles where supposed to be in June. It's now november, only just got titles, received final plans, had prestart and now we just had settlement. So hopefully things start moving on a little quicker now.
Originally we where just going for a look through displays, didn't actually think we would buy this soon, maybe down the track. But then we walked into a homebuyers display, and met the sales rep (who was amazing). He made everything so easy, took us around some displays to get a better idea of what we where actually looking for. There was no real turning back, he was that good lol.
There's been a few hiccups along the way, mistakes by estimators, that we had to wear the cost of. Which left a sour taste in our mouths, but every person we have had to deal with individually has been awesome, and tried to do their best to help us get what we want.
Anyway, we are building the Essence and here's the floor plan; with some slight alterations to the plan.
Nothing too drastic that you will notice from the brochure, but should make a decent difference in person. We added a store cupboard in the main entrance.
Extended the theatre and main living area, making the awning windows in the lounge a bit bigger.
http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag370/WhiteWillow26/6b1a3148-5f89-40d0-941d-db4415d7a982_zps0e4589f9.jpg
And here's a mockup of the colours we have chosen, the deep reds being Jarrah. I just haven't gotten around to adding a texture yet.
http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag370/WhiteWillow26/Essence_zps4d8de91d.png
http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag370/WhiteWillow26/IMAG0161_zps6onie6pl.jpg
Timeline:
Finance Pre-Approval - March 14
Signed with Homebuyers - April14
Finance Unconditionally Approved - 25th July 14
Prestart - 13th October 14
Titles - 15th October 14
Final Plans - 5th November 14
Settlement - 6th November 14
Council Approval - 25th November 14
Sand Pad down - 3rd December 14
Slab - 9th December
Bricks Started - 8th January
I'll post some of our colour choices later, need to take photos of our tiles and everything.