We visited different home builders searching for a design which we like and we finally ended up with Clarendon Homes with the Stamford 38 home (and it has the guest room with its own ensuite on the ground floor, which is one of the must have features for us).
We visited the Clarendon Homes Display Centre on December 6 2020 but we could not find a Stamford home display but a sale consultant told us that the Stamford is a new design which is a mix of Boston and Madison so we inspected these two designs displayed at the centre and we imagined how the Stamford will likely look like. He (the sale consultant) also told us that Clarendon Homes is building a Stamford 38 home display at the new Hamlyn Terrace Display Home at 157 Warnervale Rd Hamlyn Terrace and it will probably complete after Easter 2021. We feel we like the Stamford as we like mix of Boston and Madison designs so we discussed with the same sale consultant about our KDR intention. He produced a proposed siting of this home on our block.
We were eventually happy with a siting after a few changes over emails to make it to best fit to our land (which is trapezium shape) in a cul-de-sac. On December 20 2020 we came back to the centre and we paid $1450 for the initial payment to the Non-Refundable Tender Fee of $5000 for Clarendon to start building process (and so to lock in the $50,000 promotion before it expires on 23rd Dec).
Clarendon Homes had Contour survey done before Christmas break and the Borehole test on February 4 2021.
We had our Tender appointment on March 9 2021 and paid $3550 for the remainder Non-Refundable Tender Fee.
We signed our Contract on March 25 2021 and paid 5%. We got copies of our HIA Contract documents and drawing details of our new house and the Certificate of Insurance for Residential Work. Clarendon is preparing Development Applications documents and then put forwards the application to our council - the Georges Rivers Council (Hurstville). We got our Landscape Designer is drafting our plan. Clarendon Homes will contact us for the next appointment for Colour Choice.