Random Pics from Melb Getaway

Romantic Getaway to Melb

Cirque Du Soleil

Was absouletly fantastic. The silks, the juggling, the trampolines, the acrobatics......all of it was awesome.
We would post some pics, but we took a photo on the outside and photos of dinner afterwards.

Random Land Pics and Surrounding Views

Checking out Lot 2 at Bannockburn

Land in B'burn

Decided to check out the land out at Bannockburn and see what the 'sticks' (as Steven calls it) has to offer. Lot number 2 peaked our interests, 701metersq for $124k.
Not bad, not bad at all.......

Barwarre Estate.....itsy bitsy tiny block

Our first look at land in Geelong.Number 5 on the plans.

We weren't satisfied with the block size nor the price, as they were offering 1,2,3,4 & 5 for all the same price. Now if you look carefully, you can see that the size of the block drastically reduces from 1-5. No-way were we going to pay the same price for a 381metersq block as a 503metersq block....ridiculous

To Make Our House

Here is a rough idea of what the house looks like with all the bits and bobs together ($153,960) includes carpets, tiles, paints, curtains/blinds, antenna, mailbox, lights, bathroom and kitchen stuff etc

Victory

We decided to take the info home and chat about any modifications and extras we would want on the house..such as Regan is a firm believer of the 2bedroom 1bathroom ratio and simply having 4bedrooms to 1bathroom was not going to work. Steven on the other hand wanted the 2 car garage.....all these extra's had to come at a cost of course. The orginal house looks like(left). Therefore we needed to add....(right)

Building.....

Several discussions later and Regan liking their display houses, we ventured back to Leopold to talk to Burbank and see what prices they have to offer and what their houses' included.

Building v Buying

After a few weeks of discussing the advantages and disadvantages of building v buying, we began to look at house and land packages but keeping an eye on the houses going up for sale. We took a trip to the Leopold disply home centre where various builders showcase their house designs.

Scouting the block

Our first look into the housing market. Their original asking price was $269k-$279k so we made an offer of $250k. Was initially not even taken to the vendor but eventually they were desperate to sell a couple of months later they phoned us back accepting our offer.

A few more visits to the house and we were happy to live there. Upon final inspection Geoff and Steven took a look under the house and noticed it was not entirely level. This equated to not buying the house if we have to re-stump half of it!!!!!!!