Well we have finally decided to build ourselves a home. Twice before when in the market for a new house we have considered it, but have always felt like it was too hard and too financially risky given our status as a one income family. But with our kids getting older, both of us back in the workforce and land right behind the kids high school coming on the market it all just fell in to place.
We approached the land sales office thinking we would put a deposit on a block and use the usual 12-18 month land registration time to renovate and sell our house. Only to find out that they were expecting to register in 6 weeks!! We almost gave up right then and there, but the thought of our kids spending the next 10 years walking to and from school was too good to pass up so we bit the bullet, arranged the renovation of our bathroom and put the house on the market within 5 weeks, sold on the first open and had a crazy quick settlement of just over 4 weeks!......oh and did I mention we found ourselves a rental in there too?!.
We decided quite quickly that we wanted to build with Wisdom. Their inclusions and finishes were some of the best around (important for us as we believe that will be important to maintain the property value in an area surrounded by new developments). We also found our narrow 13m block restricted our choice of many houses given that we wanted 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a cinema room and an upstairs lounge.
Originally we were looking at the Washington 29 or 32 but when our old house sold for more than we thought we went for the Majestic 35 instead. Every room we wanted, terrific butlers pantry and great storage. Super happy
We approached the land sales office thinking we would put a deposit on a block and use the usual 12-18 month land registration time to renovate and sell our house. Only to find out that they were expecting to register in 6 weeks!! We almost gave up right then and there, but the thought of our kids spending the next 10 years walking to and from school was too good to pass up so we bit the bullet, arranged the renovation of our bathroom and put the house on the market within 5 weeks, sold on the first open and had a crazy quick settlement of just over 4 weeks!......oh and did I mention we found ourselves a rental in there too?!.
We decided quite quickly that we wanted to build with Wisdom. Their inclusions and finishes were some of the best around (important for us as we believe that will be important to maintain the property value in an area surrounded by new developments). We also found our narrow 13m block restricted our choice of many houses given that we wanted 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a cinema room and an upstairs lounge.
Originally we were looking at the Washington 29 or 32 but when our old house sold for more than we thought we went for the Majestic 35 instead. Every room we wanted, terrific butlers pantry and great storage. Super happy