It Begins...

We began on this inevitable journey in 2006 when our family of four became a family of six with the birth of twins and we no longer fit into our 3 bedroom 1 toilet house. That's when we realised it was time to move on, however it took countless Open for Inspections across the 4 corners of Melbourne to realise most established homes either didn't meet our needs, were too expensive or were just plain wrong.

So by March 2009 we realised the best option was to build a house that met our requirements, now and into the future so we put a deposit on a nice block of land, 885sqm, flat as a pancake but with views, in the west of Melbourne.

We looked through every display home within a 200km radius and locked in a deal with one builder on a single level house, but we ended up modifying the plan so much that the costs were blowing out to nearly the cost of a double story. So we decided to change house and builder and have now settled on the Porter Davis Cremorne 42.

During this time we have also sold our ill-fitting house and have secured a rental property which we will be moving into in a few weeks. We have paid our $1000 deposit to PD and are finalising our plans next week.

We decided on the Cremorne for a number of reasons, firstly we wanted the two floors of the house segregated according to activity (sleeping upstairs, living downstairs) rather than occupants (adults downstairs, kids upstairs). Not only does this arrangement make more sense for the zoned heating/cooling system but it also means we get more quality time together as a family :)

We also wanted the Master Bedroom at the front of the house instead of at the back, so that instantly eliminated all of the PD Prestige double story homes and the Rowland and Marina from the Lifestyle range so we were left with the Cremorne. I like to work backwards on these things and eliminate the options that don't work to arrive the most logical conclusion. The Cremorne also has the best laundry I've seen in a long while and given how much time I spend there that sealed the deal!