Deposit On, Deposit Off

This afternoon, there's good news, and there's bad news.

On one hand, we are pulling our deposit from Lot 523, After much tossing and turning with a few builders that we had liked, it seems we just cannot fulfil our spatial dreams on this "funny" lot. 

It is quite a good lot with potential for good views. There is a small, non-overwhelming park which looks brighter than the full Mulgoa Reserve on the Northwest side of the estate. There is also an opening in the form of a road to the west leading into the back of the lot, which adds a view line to the mountains. As it is onto a road, there is a big guarantee that this will remain open for a while to come. 

But the main thing for us is the internal space. From what the few builders that we liked, no one could promise us a home that will give us the space which we liked of about 24-30 squares. If we were to build a smaller house, there will be too much lawn for our liking (we are not good at keeping a garden :P) 

On the other hand, it seems we will be sticking with our longtime running favourite builder, Adenbrook homes. This will be through a package they have shown to us earlier that is also building in Mulgoa Rise. This will be on Lot 3062 from a previous release (3C) at the same estate. We've already put in a holding deposit on the property and we are hoping that our bank will catch up and get our approvals done. 

In the scheme of things, this gives us better usage of the lot in terms of the building footprint. It also gives us enough space inside the home as it includes: 

• Double garage 
• Master bedroom (big enough as far as master bedrooms go
• 3 bedrooms (big enough for sleeping as we want our kids to not be private people, nothing more) 
• a home theatre room (it may or may not be used as a home theatre 
• the usual open plan L shape or big room combination of a kitchen, dining and family area 
• a children's retreat (This is where we really want our kids to spend more time in. We were previously debating whether we required this or not in terms of price. But we decided that it easier to move furniture around a bigger area to create space than to build a small space to start with and try to renovate to get a bigger area.) 
• The usual laundry, bathroom and powder room 
• an alfresco to the corner of the house 

In terms of space, we think this is what we require for now with a bit extra for future proofing. We will most likely allow for a "guest room" to be set up in case somebody wants to sleep over. 

I have now compiled a list from another blog that I am following. We will need to go through it in more detail later on before we meet with Adenbrook, again.