After a lots of thoughts, we decided to go down the path of buying a land and building a Home for us instead of taking the easier route of buying an established property. We came across Simonds express range homes and felt very comfortable in terms of the offerings and the pricing when compared with other competitors. We did look at different options like orbit homes, Carlisle homes (easy living range), Porter Davis homes, Mimosa homes and Metricon. Finally we were convinced that Simonds homes was value to money in terms of price to size . Also the key factor for decision making was fixed site cost with immediate start. We felt that Porter Davis and Metricon was a rip off in terms of fixed site cost and also they required 3 months for the site start.
Honestly to till date (touchwood) we are very happy with the Simonds team and their progress in site. I would definitely recommend Simonds for first home. My colleague who built with boutique homes said that "all volume builders are the same and it really comes down to your luck of having a good site supervisor and trades working". I cannot disagree on this statement and hence choose the builder based on the best offer and value to money. The site work started on 21 August and below are some photos.
Site start
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Drains and plumbing
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Slab
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