We have finally locked in a plan, a builder, and paid a deposit.
The builder is Porter Davis, the plan is the Camberwell 29, and the month set to start construction is January 2010!
After a couple of months of deliberating over builders and plans, ironically the first builder we looked at was Porter Davis, so after going through all the other builders we've come full circle. Our initial deposit has been paid and contracts are the next step. We've gone through the plan with a microscope and put everything we wanted into it. The only thing we wanted to change about the plan was putting an extra door from the garage into the 'mud' room and moving the laundry door to the 'mud' doorway (apparently a lot of people are doing the same).
The Camberwell is only a new release and is selling like crazy, so we're very happy it's taken us so long to decide otherwise we would have missed this new home.
For us walking through the display sealed it for us. It had everything we need for our growing family. The big appeal was the rumpus at the end of the house that had a doorway through to the kids bedrooms as well as the family room, so it makes it kind of like a kids retreat. Which is what we were looking for.
As our kids are heading for their teens, zones are very important for us, and the Camberwell offers this very nicely.
So much more to follow in this process, and I will post a plan up as soon as I can work out how to.
