New builder

We went out to Homeworld at Kellyville on a Saturday and spoke with a Sales Consultant at H's office. We had our contour survey reports from our dealings with the previous builder, so took that along. Discussed what features we wanted in our house design, and using their Monash design as a template, drew in a lot of modifications to their plan while we were there. Because we previously already had a custom house design made by another builder, we knew what layout worked for us, so in the end our modified Monash plan looked very similar to our old builder's custom design.

Downstairs and Foyer levels sketch

The sales consultant seemed to know what he was talking about. We were explained how the process of building with them would go, and we asked a lot of questions, which were mostly answered on the spot, others were answered in subsequent email and phone communications. We were promised a mock up of the proposed floor plan to be emailed to us in the following week, which we got. We were told that a lot of upgraded finishings were displayed in their new Avalon house at Oran Park so we drove all the way there the following weekend to look at them, and to have another meeting at their office there with the same sales consultant. Based on the brief we provided, a draft tender was submitted to us for review. The price looked doable, in fact it was about $70K less than the previous builder, and we were going to get larger family/living areas. However we were well aware that there would be additional extras if/when we upgrade features and fittings later on. Thus our relationship with our new builder began.