28/02/2015 Found block and made offer
02/03/2015 Offer accepted
14/03/2015 First meeting with Ross Squire on initial design
30/03/2015 Deposit to secure pricing and proceed with planning
14/04/2015 Version 3 of design
21/04/2015 Block settled – It’s ours!!
25/05/2015 Block surveyed by Ross Squire
11/06/2015 Received Official plans and contract documents
19/06/2015 Contracts signed – Prestart booked for 3rd July
03/07/2015 Prestart completed
07/07/2015 Building Permit received
02/09/2015 Finance approved
08/09/2015 Site works started!!!
02/11/2015 Slab down
06/11/2015 wall frames up
22/11/2015 Windows in, insulation wrap, colour bond started
04/12/2015 Roof on Locked out!
Mid Dec Electrical and plumbing
Early Jan Plastered, door frames, pantry & Robe shelving in
15/01/16 Cabinets installed
Early Feb Tiling and stone benchtops
End Feb Electric, gas and plumbing finished
11/03/16 PCI
08/04/16 KEYS!!
So after many months of lurking and reading (and learning!) I am finally creating my own thread, as this week we received our plans and contract for signing!
A bit of background – hubby and I have been married for 22 years and raised 5 children, our eldest lives in Tasmania, our third eldest has recently flown the coop needing to be closer to his work and number two son will be moving out early next year as he too is in the process of building his first home in Perth. So by the time our build is complete we will have just two living at home. This build will be our sixth and final home. We have renovated three homes but this will be our first build. We have always wanted a few acres of land and last year found some rural blocks north of Perth that we liked and that were very well priced. In February this year we finally found the block we wanted and purchased 5 acres
. Here are some pics of the block (hopefully this works).
This is facing Northwest (house will face west)
Facing East towards back of block from house location (will view from back of house)
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We wanted a house plan that was very similar to the second home we lived in many years ago and decided to go with Ross Squire Homes. We are building a slightly modified version of the Avonview.
Here is the plan as it is now
And our elevation pics
We haven’t changed much other than adding extra space through the middle to make the kitchen, pantry and entrance bigger and made the two end bedrooms the same size to settle any arguments about who got “the bigger room” with our youngest two
We have added verandahs all the way around, with one serving as a carport and an Alfresco. We are also going to bring the ensuite and WIR wall forward slightly to make them a little bigger.I can't wait until we are at the building stage and can see it all start to come together!!
Mell
Perth_Euro
mellianne5
nikkis2000
, we had decided that we didn't need to go with an overly large house. We also really wanted something that gave them and us our own spaces, so we liked the bigger room sizes as well. 
and it was helpful to see you had the same concerns about contract signing and financing prestart costs. It seems a bit of a backward way to me that they give you an initial quote and the contracts to sign before you make further changes at prestart. I really would have liked to have that all sorted before signing everything so I knew where to cut costs. Hopefully our internal upgrades and changes wont add too much.
