Back to the beginning!

So, we cast our minds back to the very beginning of this whole adventure. It seems like a long time ago, well, because it was! We signed our initial contract and put down our first $1,500 towards this adventure on the 9th February this year.

Dawn and I visited most of the Metricon display homes in Sydney and Newcastle but spent the most time in the homes at Fern Bay, near Newcastle. This display centre was only one Metricon house initially but they have recently opened two more and well worth a look!

The customer service we received there from Tim, was outstanding. He provided quick and accurate answers to all our questions and made us feel at ease throughout the process that nothing we were going through was unique and that we had nothing to worry about. At no time did we feel pushed into making any decisions by Tim and his team and felt comfortable that this was our decision made on our terms. 

So, Dawn and I finally settled on our final structural design changes with the inclusion of an outdoor room and formal dining room on the back of the house to make the most of our wonderful bush outlook. Apart from a few window changes to accommodate the new roof line and to gain the most natural sunlight we made very few changes at this stage. 

Everything we did change however was instantly illustrated for us using the excellent computer software on site. The ability for Tim to give us a virtual 3D view of our house as it will sit on our block was excellent and made us even more convinced that we had made the right decision.

Next stage after this meeting was to wait for the preliminary contract estimates to be prepared! One of many long waits throughout the Metricon preparation stages. 

Our block!

Well, I have finally decided to get organised and sit down to put some information on our blog for our friends and family to be able to keep themselves up to date with the building of our first home.

My wife, Dawn and I have decided to build in Narara on the Central Coast of NSW. We have been living here for approx 6 years since Dawn moved to Australia from England and I settled here after university in Armidale.

Our block is in a great sheltered location overlooking a lovely grassed asset protection zone which gives us a beautiful bush outlook over the land below which we don't have to maintain but get to enjoy! Best of both worlds we think.

Dawn and I spent many hours trekking through the many display homes all over Sydney and the Central Coast deciding on the builder and design we would go with for this project. We eventually decided to build with Metricon Homes because of the beautiful finish in there display homes, the great design that we found to match our lifestyle both now and into the future and the customer service received throughout our enquiries.

We are building a Phoenix 38 design. The house is five bedrooms and two bathrooms with a seperate study downstairs and sitting/theatre room for me! We have a beautiful open concept living area with outdoor room and formal dining area across the back of the house to take in our great views.

I will do my best to catch up with our posts to bring you up to date with our build. As it stands, the piers were poured for our slab this morning. We are very excited to finally see progress on the site as it has been a LONG and at times extremely frustrating process to finally get things happening on site.