We spend April/May 2014 meeting the builders and finally narrow down – Sahara Q1(Henley) and Balmoral(Dennis). They provided most of North sun to our living area with option for guest room downstairs. We visited them multiple time at Cranbourne centre and found Grant(Dennis) Viv(Henley) quite helpful.
As we have west facing land with crossover on left side, we applied for change of crossover to fit Henley’s house. This was promptly approved by the Council.
The land had a bit of slope(quite common in MT Waverley) so we were bit wired about the site cost. We provided deposit to both houses and then proceeded with Dennis from cost point. We found Dennis procedure not flexible – you could not visit their selection centre on weekend. In the mealtime, Carlo from Porter Davis contacted us and informed us that Chadwick would suits us. To view selection in their lifestyle range, we were advised to visit their Harcrest display home and view Barossa display home. We went there and did not liked the house and inclusions. While there by mistake, we entered Sandringham display home next door. We were astonished with the house and fell in love in first sight. The house has a factor that none of houses seen had. We thought it would be over the budget so with apprehension asked Carlo to provide the cost. The costing came around Henley house and we decided to pursue further. The site cost was advised $40k provided we move the house to left.
In meantime, we were asked attend colour selection at Dennis. We found they did not have enough selections and felt bit disappointed. We received tender document from Dennis with site code around $40K.
As we all felt love with Sandringham we cancelled tender with Dennis and proceeded with Carlo. The reason for selecting Porter Davis and Sandringham house were:
- Whao factor due to void
- Carlo(Sales Person) was very helpful and accommodating
- Downstairs master bedroom
- Inclusions
- Separate bathroom and toilets for kids upstairs
