We haven't even started building yet and our 'dream' home is already compromised...little did we know that when we walked into that display home what we would be walking into was not the house we thought we could afford but the house we would like to have if we had an extra $100k for upgrades.
It took us a year of looking in Sydney to decide that we were better off buying a block of land and building a house we liked, to buying an existing home which needed to be renovated at some stage when it was affordable to do so. It also took us a long time to finally give up the idea that we could buy a half decent house and also live close to the city. After coming to this realisation it didn't take us long to find a block of land in the Hills district; in hindsight we should have moved out of the eastern suburbs a long time ago.
So we've signed up with Eden Brae and are in the midst of selecting everything for the house which for me has been a fun experience so far.
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I am enjoying your blog. I understand your frustration at seeing a house you love that says it costs $200,000 but you read the small print that said there are 50 to $100,000 of extras. I would like to know how you could live in the house WITHOUT all the extras.
building a house is like planning your wedding...especially with a packaged home, they know this is your dream home & they charge you at a premium
Hello there fellow Eden Brae customers, we will be doing the same shortly. Hoping to start building in a month. Yes, we had the same frustrations as everyone else, I suppose. But the hardest thing we found was EB's total lack of negotiations ! We too have a blog if you're interested at : http://theradds.blogspot.com/
We will be watching your build with great interest !
Building our dream home is not so easily to obtain but if u have the power of inspiration I hope that u can do it. This is a very nice article. Thank you for sharing.
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