Ok - we didn't actually decide just like that - we spent a month or so conducting our "due diligence", and after 84 versions of the same spreadsheet with the same disappointing results (it was expensive whichever way we cut it!), we decided we had to bite the bullet and go for it.
The land is lovely - a battle-axe block (a long plot which has been sub-divided - one house at the front of the plot and our house to be built at the back of the plot) which backs on to the Field of Mars nature reserve. On our first visit all we could hear was birdsong and we saw at least 4 Kookaburras. It's not an easy plot to build on - the land slopes downwards with a massive rock outcrop in the middle of it which the house will sit on.
At the bottom of the plot is a small strip of land with Buffalo Creek running through it. The house will have a gorgeous bush outlook and we'll be only 12 KMs from the CBD.
Sale completion is due on February 2nd, so we need to get the plans finalised as soon as we can so that we can start building ASAP. EXCITING!
