Hi everyone,
We are building the Eden Brae Lincoln 35 at Oran Park (OPT) with the McKinley Facade.
Land registers in June 2015 (fingers crossed) so hopefully we can build not too long after. I've created this blog to hopefully assist others in this crazy and exciting building business - and also for myself to refer back on when I need to.
Background:
Myself and my husband with our two daughters are building the Lincoln 35. My husband's parents will live with us.
We all loved the Lincoln from the first time we saw it, which would have been about two years ago. Since then, it's taken us a while to get here - deciding whether we could all live together; selling our home and moving in with the in laws. Big steps!
It's been 6 months since we sold our house. We've downsized living with the in laws (girls sharing a bedroom, we are sharing the family room with the girls and their toys!) overall, it hasnt been too bad. Definitely looking forward to having plenty more space when our house is built.
We've signed our contract so the next step will be our colour selection appointment. At the moment we are (trying) to decide on facade colours and all the rest. Decisions we have made so far are:
Bricks - Chocolatta (upgrade just under $2900); off white mortar ironed ($500 approx extra for off white)
Roof - Horizon A line Sambuca
Gutter/Fascia/Down pipes - Woodland Grey
Front door/Garage door/Window frames - Woodland Grey
Balcony Moroka - Streamwood (saw this at PGH need to match this to a standard similar colour)
Timeline:
May/June 2014 - bought unregistered land at OPT
23/01/2015 - signed first tender at EBH head office
09/02/2015 - signed contract at EBH head office
16/04/2015 - Home option gallery (internal and external colour selections, bathroom and kitchen selections (not tiles, air conditioning
27/05/2015 - Second appointment, staircase, electrical, driveway
16/07/2015 - Land DA to council
31/08/2015 - Land DA to Land Titles
24/09/2015 - Land registered!!!!
13/11/2015 - Admin completed, released into production and site supervisor allocated
16/11/2015 - Construction commenced
25/11/2015 - Slab laid