Good News

We got some good news today our customer service officer called me to tell me that the plans have come back from the certifier. 

We have an appointment to sign contracts next Tuesday. Now we are finally getting closer to building.

Upgrades, upgrades & more upgrades

The Crescendo is a priceleader home so it only has basic inclusions. We chose this house because we liked the design not on its inclusions.

In the kitchen we upgraded the cabinet to polyurethane with no handles
an under mount sink,
freestyle benchtops,
soft close drawers & doors,
added 2 900mm pot drawers either side of the oven,
a microwave provision with a drawer under it,
the kitchen tap
and a Lin 1 door to the pantry.

A single 4.8m garage door instead of 2 & also upgraded it to the timbergrain.
We chose 2.7m ceilings to downstairs so we could have a 2.4m high garage door.


In the main bathroom, ensuite & powder room we increased the tile high to the ceilings.
Upgraded all the showers to grange shower screens baths were increased to 1675mm
Changed all the taps to alto mixer taps
Upgraded all the vanities to raised Mannooga Cove vanity basins & 30mm freestyle benchtops
Added niches to all showers
Polished edge mirrors to all bathrooms
Upgraded all the showerheads

Upgraded the stairs to stained maple treads & risers.

Increased all the robes in the kids bedrooms (2 bedrooms to 1.8m & the other 3 bedrooms to 2.1m)

Upgraded the paint to Wattyl ID & 3 coats

Upgraded the bricks 

Upgraded the front door & stained

Alarm, NBN, Airconditioner, 
Upgraded heaps in electrical appointment

Upgraded to termimesh,

Instantaneous gas hot water Rheem 27 with 4 deluxe controllers

Wall insulation increased to R2 batts

Skirting boards & architraves upgraded to 67mm x 18mm bevelled edge

We put an extra toilet in the laundry

Porch to the front 

Added an extra sliding door to the great room


Under eave extension to study & bedroom 5 on the first floor

Lever handles (signature series) to all internal doors

Better late than never

Ok so I probably should have started this blog a while ago but I suppose its better late than never.

When we saw our neighbours property go on the market. We decided our 4 bedroom home was just too small for us as we have 5 children. We then thought of buying their property but when that fell through we started looking for land to build our dream home. 

So heres a quick timeline of where we are up to.

13/7/13 - We put our deposit on our land in Woongarrah.

31/10/13 - Paid deposit to Allworth & locked price in for 12 months.

29/4/14 - Sold our house & settled on our land.

24/7/14 - Plans submitted to council.

11/9/14 - Plans finally approved by council.