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Hi one and all! Welcome to our home building blog where we hope to keep friends, family and idle Internet travellers informed (and entertained) as we build our beautiful Metricon Phoenix 35 in North West Brisbane. Hopefully, in just under a year, we will 'love where we live' and enjoy a tangible version of what currently exists only on paper... to say that we can't wait would be an understatement!
To provide a bit of background, my name's Matt and I'll be your host throughout the majority of this journey - Nina likes the idea of blogging but I've relegated her to be my creative inspiration and occasional photographer, as I lack skill in both of those areas (hey, I only just joined Instagram - very proud of myself might I say 😏). Thank you darling 💏 xx!
After some 11 months of frustration (and there really is no other word for it), we're finally at Day 3 of 230 expected build days and have unanimously decided that the hardest days are now behind us (please please let that be the case). We were hit with curveballs literally every step of the way, and if I could give one piece of advice to people looking to build, it would be this - choose your builder, budget, broker and bank wisely!! The number of lessons we've been forced to learn (and learn quickly) could fill a book - but in the meantime, this blog will have to do. With the housing market continuing to become harder and harder to get a foot in, as young 20-somethings we're doing something smart (or so we hope) yet at the same time, counter-cultural.
With many many of our friends personifying the enviable work/life/holiday balance, we were of two minds when a unique opportunity presented itself in late 2015. Do we build, buy or go to Barcelona? Fast forward about 4 months, and overseas travel was looking pretty bloody good! At the time, having done battle with countless banks, valuers, assessors and the hierarchy of another major Queensland builder, we were feeling all but defeated!! That is until May this year, when we thought we'd give building our dream home one last shot - and the patience and flexibility of Nathan Spence from the Stoneridge Display Village led us to exactly that. Meet Metricon's DESIGNER range - the Phoenix 35.
AND I could go on... But let me cut to the chase, fill you in along the way, and show you our story as we experience it ourselves - starting with our site on Day 0 (just one day prior to site start)!! Eeeeee, so exciting!! 😅
Until next time, see you on Day 1: Site Start!!
Matt & Nina
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