Saturday 13 August 2011

Wallara Waters...

Whats planned for Wallara Waters: 
The land for sale in Wallara Waters will offer rural charm at its finest. With the land estate promising to provide an exclusive residential community, Wallara Waters endeavours to be a truly liveable estate for families at all stages.
With 186 hectares in total, the Wallan development will provide residents with open space and wetlands, enabling ease of a picnic, kicking a ball around or daily exercise routines within the estates reserves. Residents will enjoy a grand entry feature and lake, creating a natural haven for your family to enjoy the outdoors.
Located within the estate schools and a shopping precinct have both been proposed as well as the use of recycled water to ensure your gardens are kept lush and green. Just outside the Wallara Waters estate is the local train station, which will have you at Southern Cross Station in approximately 40 minutes.
The new land for sale in Wallara Waters offers a variety of lot sizes to build your dream home. This master-planned community promises to be a serene environment for your family to enjoy, close to all amenities and located less than 50km drive from Melbourne’s CBD.

Wednesday 3 August 2011

The house...

We are planning to build the Drysdale 30 which is a Porter Davis home.

You can find the floor plans HERE
You can find more information as well as photos of the display home HERE

We have already gone to see the sales rep at the Porter Davis display home in the Highlands estate in Craigiburn to get a quote to build as well as place a $1000 deposit down to lock in a build start date for September.

Above: This is the Waterside Facade for the Drysdale. Ours will look the same but in different colours.

Below: This is a simplified view of our floor plan to give you an idea of what the house looks like.

The Land...

We found our land online and were very lucky as it had only been up for six days before we found it. The original listing can be found HERE but as listings only stay online for as long as they are needed I will also post the details here to be safe.

The below was taken from the LJ Hooker website 03/08/2011

XX Balmain Circuit , WALLAN 

If your looking for a bigger allotment near a park then then let your search end here! This is one of the last remaining blocks available in Balmain Circuit, which overlooks what is soon to be Merri Creek Park, an open greenspace space which will accommodate BBQ facitities, playground and a half basketball court; perfect for families with children or those who love to picnic! Offering 612sqm, with fences to two sides; plus gas, water, power, sewer and phone services all available. (dimensions 18m X 34m - 612m2)
The Wallara Waters Estate is is a Green Estate; offering wide open spaces, a grand enrty lake and recycled water for all residents, which means green gardens all year round.
Planned for the future there is a proposed schools and a shopping precinct, plus the estate is located within walking distance to the local train station, which will have you at Southern Cross Station in approximately 40 minutes.This is the place to be, enquire today to avoid missing out!  

The Estate Plan

The park across from our block


Our block!!!

  

Up until now...

We originally signed up for a house and land package with one of the big ten builders in February. We have had quite a few dramas with the builder and the finance company they insisted we go with as the builder owned the land. We walked away from the builder and the finance company and haven't looked back. We put an offer in on a block of land on friday (28/7) which was rejected. The vendor came back to us with a counter offer, Which we accepted. We signed land contracts on Saturday (30/7)  

Sunday we had an appointment at the Porter Davis office (at the Highland display village in Craigieburn) to pay a $1000 holding deposit to lock in a September build start date on the house we want to build on our new block of land.

I am now hopeful that we can concentrate on the actual construction of our home. We are really excited and feeling positive about this stage of the process as we are ready to leave the negative behind and are now itching to have a place we can call our own again. This is where the real story begins.