Naiomi, Melbourne - VIC
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Me and my husband recently decided it was time to buy our first home...
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“Me and my husband recently decided it was time to buy our first home. After considering and weighing up all the pros and cons of established vs build we decided to build. We found a builder after a couple months of looking at all the display villages and started to work from inner city out for an affordable development that met our needs. We found a development although not in the area we really wanted but has a lot of advantages. You need to keep in mind public transport, shopping, friends/family, countryside/beach/city, animals, body corp developments, etc. As excited as we were to have picked our new house and lot we also had the satisfaction of picking all interior details which we see as buying an established and renovating but cheaper and more gov grant. The only problem is that all the options are not always what you expect them to be and you end up spending more on options. Also with electrical most developers do not include phone lines which you will need to pay extra to have installed as well as down lights. Make sure you get the exact details of what is included from lighting to what the bench and cupboard styles are (we found out that we do not get the waterfall edging on our kitchen island which was shown in all display homes). Keep a budget in mind and make sure that you stick within it. If you give your self an allowance and you still want to add more there are items that can be installed later like door handles, electrical extras, exterior items, etc.”
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