Browse Forums Building A New House Re: GJ Gardner Mandalay 320 - Southern Highlands - [planning 16Apr 24, 2017 8:32 am Thats interesting that you say its the same owners because there is a $5000 base price difference, I'll have to ask about that. We aren't going to change to too much trying to rework the master to have a double sided hollywood robe. We are still waiting on land registration which they think should be end of June so not too far away. Re: GJ Gardner Mandalay 320 - Southern Highlands - [planning 17Jul 03, 2017 9:34 pm gummz Hello All~ We are a few months out from settling our land so its about time to start our own thread. About Us - Making the move to the country - Give our kids the lifestyle we once had (backyard, plenty of room, suburbia feel.. ) About Our Land - A 'close to flat' rectangular 1050sqm (21m x 50m) north facing block of land - Our street frontage is to the south About Our Estate - A recent subdivision of the farmlands which were part of the historic Retford Park Estate in Bowral - The funds from the subdivision went into a perpetual maintenance fund to preserve Retford Park which was gifted to the NSW National trust by the late James Fairfax. - More information can be found here if you're interested --> http://retfordparkestate.com/ About Our Blog - Hoping to share our journey with others and especially those who are also thinking of moving to the country - Give back to this community and share our experiences About Our Plans - Builder is GJ Gardner Southern Highlands which is a franchisee. They are known as New Vision Homes. - Working on a modified version of "The Mandalay 286 (Nowra Design)" Here is the current working plan which we are 90% happy with Timeline DD/MM/YYYY - UPDATE We are looking into doing the same. Would live to follow your blog if you've started it. Re: GJ Gardner Mandalay 320 - Southern Highlands - [planning 19Jul 04, 2017 4:25 pm Hi Gummz, Yes we are in Sydney. We are seriously looking to move to the Southern Highlands and have started taking steps to make it happen (school enrolments, work arrangements, etc). I have been looking at a few properties in the Retford Park Estate area. I am keen to build as I feel this will allow us to get the most of this move in the long term. I find this area very attractive. But...baby steps. Thanks for getting back to me. Re: GJ Gardner Mandalay 320 - Southern Highlands - [planning 20Jul 04, 2017 6:16 pm We should have probably taken baby steps but we just went for it.. bang... deposit on land... we'll figure out the rest.... hehe we'll see how it goes. There's a facebook group with all the owners. Its an exciting time with stage 1 settling by the end of the month. Alot of families with kids Definitely keep an eye out as a few lots have come up. Just beware that there are design guidelines for the build so building costs will be slightly higher... but it all makes up the quality of the estate. Feel free to PM me any questions~ In Qld it is a requirement that a builder must have a cost breakdown, for building a home to the same specification, with the same inclusions and the same finish. So ask… 1 1690 May I ask why you chose not to use GJ Gardiner? I'm actually meeting with one of the sales guys tomorrow for an appointment. Definitely not signing anything yet… 3 13194 Give Jonathan a call. Tell him you know me. He is in my opinion the best surveyor I have ever worked with. His number is 0425 285 622 All the best Simeon 3 12288 |