Sunday 28 June 2015

Catching up

A little bit background about our build.

We put deposit on our place on 2nd May 2015. Back then, we didn't know much about anything except the location of the land. We didn't even have our mortgage pre-approved..... yea.....

We did a lot research and reading, ran around to different banks, tried to push everything going, so we can start building as soon as the land is registered.

So far, we've gone through the pre-colour and plan presentation stages. There has also been multiple meetings, phone calls with MJH, solicitor and mortgage broker with paper work that seems to go on for days.

Here are our timeline until today.

Date Event
Saturday, 2 May 2015 Deposit
Tuesday, 5 May 2015 Quotation received
Saturday, 9 May 2015 Deposit - no more structure change allowed
Wednesday, 13 May 2015 5% Deposit on land
Friday, 15 May 2015 Deposit Variation received - adding window to dining room at rear
Tuesday, 19 May 2015 Consolidated Tender received
Friday, 22 May 2015 Land contract received from solicitor
Monday, 1 June 2015 pre-colour selection -1hr
Tuesday, 2 June 2015 prelim plans received
Wednesday, 17 June 2015 Plan presentation - 40mins

Coming up: Colour selection on Wednesday, 8 July 2015!!

Fell in love with Hamilton Three

We fell in love with the Hamilton Three at first sight when we were wandering around in display homes. But we gave up on building this house due to many many reasons and we thought we will never be able to build our own house..

One day we walked in MHJ display house again, dreaming. AND we found an affordable H&L package which was released on that day, with Hamilton Three!!



We loved the design, nice, simple, smart and practical. I was undecided on the three-door area (bathroom, laundry and separate toilet) and though it is space wasting, until we listed pros and cons as below:

Cons Pros
too many doors in a small area perfect place for air con return vent
no window in toilet more practical for additional family members
wasted 1 sqm toilet is further away from living/dinning - no one hears the flush
big money saved on changing plans and re-measuring/drawing
the laundry is right next to the toilet (in case bathroom is being used)
adding re-sell value by adding 0.5 bathroom

These are just what we think and how we'd like it to be.

I love the facade look called Executive B (below), but we are happy with Chase as part of the package.



Our H&L package also includes all site costs, air-con, driveways, fly screens, floor covering etc. Less headaches!