Decisions!

There are so many decisions to make, things i would hve never thought about before now.
How do people choose colours for their new house, how do hey decide what to upgrade and what to change. How do you know your not getting ripped off and paying a normal price for everything. I've done endless hours of research, trying to get informed so i know what to expect but there is just too much info. i think this is why people chose to buy established homes.
I wish i could speak to someone who knew what they are talking about with out being a sales person.
This week i need to organise finance, whether to use a morgage broker or to find a good deal on my own. I basically know what sort of loan i want and how flexible it needs to be.
I was hoping to leave it for another few weeks so we'd have a better time frame for the savings pattern, but i think we'll be ok having about 10% and then the first home owners grant.

Today we went for a drive to the 'estate' and they have half finished the road, and the roads around the block, Pretty exciting being able to get close enough to it, as we couldn't see it before and just guessed where it was in the distance. Wish we would have taken the camera, i will take it next time so we can compare the huge differences over the next couple of months.

These are the original plans that we will make changes to.

This is looking from the kitchen to the HT/TV Room. We will put double doors on, so we can close it off for when watching movies. There wont be a tv in the lounge/sitting area, so we'll just have the couches and a coffee table or side table.

We are thinking of timber floating floors or even laminate flooring. They make the house look much warmer and 'homely' i think, i'm so over tiles. We'll just have to confiscate the ride on toys from the kids so they don't get wrecked and maybe anything with wheels, sharp edges etc etc. Maybe the laminate is the way to go with young kids then ;)

Not much happening at the moment, we are waiting for the land to be titled and soil test done. Also for our plans to be drawn up including the changes we've made.
We have been deciding on upgrades and things we want included and its scary how fast it all adds up.
We have changed our mind several times about the laundry, and now i have decided that we should put in a bench top and cupboards., so today i've been listing washing machine and dryer on ebay so i can make a bit of money to buy a washer/ dryer combo, so we have more space to put in a bench, cupboards and shelving above.

Change of plans, change of builder, from the original post.
We've put a deposit down for house and land in the estate we originally wanted to buy in. Very hard sourcing land it just gets snapped up so quickly. We decided to go with a 576m2 block and put a 27m2 house on it, we will have about 6 m to the back and 6m to one side around the alfresco. We made a few changes to the plan, and added a walk in pantry which goes through to the garage. and also put a big robe in the study. Doors on the theatre room and added the alfresco to the side.

It's all coming along with the plans and changes, title release on the land isn't until June so a bit of time to keep saving.

This photo shows about how much back yard we'll have.

So the settlement will be before the financial year ends, and we could begin building in July if all the building contracts etc are done. So we should be in our house by christmas as construction only takes 4 months.. Fingers crossed everything goes to plan with finance etc.