Burbank Build 2015

Our land settles today!!! Still waiting on Burbanks soil test....

So our soil test has come back. The honeymoon is officially over. Originally our consultalt told us that our site cost would be no more then 15K. He "assured" us that it would probably be alot less. The results came in today and it turns out that we have a P class block (Problem Site). The worst kind of site.Not good. Now we've been told that our site costs have is 24K. The consultant told us that this figure might be less - my response to him - "its never less." To add salt to injury - they can no longer provide us with a fixed price contract or a start date. All because of our block type. We have alot to think about...

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So we've agreed to build the mica 37. Its a great 5 bedroom house with a 7 star energy rating. Everything is included (-fencing & landscaping), all flooring, blocker blinds, down lights, stone bench tops, drive way etc. There's also heaps of extra things that i never would have thought about adding. Ducted vacuum, a laundry chute and loads loads more. But this is the best part, we paid 10k for 39k upgrade choices. We've used most of it but we've got 11k left to use on selection day. How exciting, 11k to spruce up a house that's already loaded with extras. AND they gave us free air con. So far Burbank have been great. Noel our consultant is a star. Next step a fixed price and approximate start date (they cant guarantee a start date because our block is a p grade). Looking forward to moving things along.

Congrats on signing up Burbank, it's a very good idea to go to the show room and start planning for all the extras. 11k is a great amount for the kitty, try to put aside a decent amount for electricals above the standard inclusions, it's crazy how quickly it all adds up.

No not with Burbank, our build will start after Easter with Metricon. We did visit a lot of Burbank display homes when on the hunt, unfortunately they only offer a small range of two story homes up here with 4 or more bedrooms and the layouts didn't quite work for us other wise we would of considered building with them.

High clay level. Apparently the earth us very damp. They reduced the site cost to 20k. Still high but better then 24k.

Yes I hope things go well for us too! So far we've been the "difficult" ones changing plans several times etc.. but our consultant was very understanding. Two weeks to go before we see any action. Very exciting. Can't wait to post pics of the build.. Stay tuned.