Browse Forums Home Finance Re: "off the plan" Pros and Cons 2Mar 27, 2009 8:40 pm We've build an "off the plan" house. we've modifiied it heavily. You need to be able to visualise the house to do so. Something I can do but Dh can't easily. We started with another plan from another builder originally and luckily there was a house being built with it. BUT then we switched builders and had to find one of their plans to modify. Dh has taken it all on faith and trusted me that this house is similar. which it is. BUT we've also used our current house and compared sizings, rooms, orientation with it heaps of times. Re: "off the plan" Pros and Cons 3Mar 27, 2009 8:46 pm PROS save on stamp duty you might have the option of selecting finishes/colours of your preference CONS you take the design you're given - fine if you like it though! it might take a long time to get finished (at least in our experience! paid deposit in 1999 didn't settle till 2002 sometime) "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Standard uninsulated double brick has an R value of around 0.7. An insulated standard 90mm stud timber frame can have an R value of around 2.7. Even if you insulate a… 17 12077 Thanks for much mate. I see that you do cabinets before flooring. For timber flooring, for most parts it's fine because it's got base plates, and for door jabs you can… 7 11572 Hi Mofflepop, I would recommend finding a building designer to prepare plans, they should design to your specified budget. The benefit is you can tender the project out… 9 20434 |