We are very excited to have received our site start commencement date with Metricon for the construction of a Phoenix 35 in Upper Kedron, Queensland. The site start date has been given as 23 December 2014, however, with the Christmas / New Year period, there is unlikely to be any work done prior to 12 January 2015. This is fine given we would not want work being done that may be ruined from harsh weather over the holiday shut down period, or materials being left on site at risk of theft (and hence delays).
There has been a bit of a delay in getting our site start date with Metricon. This is no fault of Metricon's. After paying our initial deposit with Metricon to build for us back in March/April 2014, the block of land we purchased did not register (in a brand new estate) until August 2014. Our land purchase was completed in September 2014 (after we returned from an overseas trip to Europe in August/September 2014). After we returned, we were able to complete the plans and colour selections and move towards the start date. And here we are in December 2014!
We look forward to sharing the experience of building our next home with any readers. I believe our experience to date with Metricon, and the general building process, may be useful to others.
This is not our first build, having completed a much smaller (and much cheaper) home in 2012. Our previous home became much too small for us very quickly, and with the addition of a baby to the mix, it was time to move on. We enjoyed the process of building the first time around, which was with a much smaller building company, and learnt a lot from that process.
This time around, we wanted a bigger company in charge for a much bigger construction and loved the design of the Metricon Phoenix 35 that we signed up for it! My next blog post will go through some of the major additions / changes we made to the structure of the Phoenix 35.
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