Im so excited to finally start our own thread Today we received unconditional finance for our land. I will pop a little update in my signature with all the dates shortly.
A little back ground story . . .
We are a family of 5 with 3 little kidlets. This will be our first and hopefully forever home. We have been looking at buying established in the Belgrave area however have always dreamt of building. We actually put a deposit on some land when we were a new couple in 2000 but then chickened out as we werent yet engaged. 15 years later! and we are finally doing it!
We found this land after looking at a few homes which didnt quite suit us. We want to build a small 4BR with north facing living, hopefully taking into account passive solar heating as well as cross ventilation for summer. Building will allow us to do this. This land tick so many boxes for us. We love it up in the hills and this way we get to be in the hills but also great access to free ways and not as much of a fire danger as directly in the fire zone. Our BAL rating is 29. The land is 1000m with a beautiful green wedge directly behind us.
We have a tiny budget for a build which is making us sweat a little but it is what it is. Looking for a builder has been rather tricky because of this. Crossing off more builders that we are finding at this stage. Really love the look of Leneeva homes. They have been so helpful and really accommodating so far.
So the first step for us now is to start thinking about septic and sewer. Sewer is going through in the coming years so hoping to have a temporary septic tank and then connect later to sewer.
Really looking forward to keeping you all updated with our progress and getting some tips along the way