Allworth it is!

Allworth has a pretty good reputation around our area as there are heaps of people that have built with them. We had a look through pretty much all the Allworth display homes within reasonable distance and I can honestly say the only rep that was really helpful was the sales rep at Oran Park. He recommended we consider the  Harmony Entertainer as it suits our budget. We aren't looking to spend much because its our first home and first mortgage, and our plans are to live in the house for year or so, sell it, then do it again. There are no display homes of the Harmony although luckily enough we were able to look through one that some friends just built it and we loved it! We still decided to stick with the Oran Park sales rep as the rep at the local Allworth wasn't as helpful and I wasn't happy with her attitude and customer service skills. 

After a couple of weeks later we got our quote back and we were pretty happy, it was within our budget with a little room to move. At this stage we haven't upgraded much and we are still undecided on a lot of potential upgrades, plus we have plenty of time to make our mind up having to wait for registration. I'll list the upgrades later on when we have a clear idea of what we want to run with. 

Here's a rough plan of our layout. Allworth had to flip the original plan so all the writing is backwards, bit dodgy but does the job I guess.. They marked the few doors that we added and the double ensuite sink that we are getting upgraded though. 

The Waiting Game

Around April this year my partner and I paid a deposit on an unregistered block in the Darraby Estate, Southern Highlands. We will be building our first home and as we are both currently living with our parents we didn’t mind having to wait for registration. Firstly we expected the block to be registered in February 2016, although now it’s been pushed back to April – May, June the latest, due to a sewer upgrade required by council. Initially we were in no rush although now we have been pushed back we're a little disheartened as we were hoping to be in by Christmas 2016... Wishful thinking?