We bought our block of land in The Avenue estate in Cranbourne North.
This story begins a little earlier, with my lovely wife (the far better half!) and I renting in Glen Waverley. Our home of nearly three years was put on the market by the landlord and we were left to wonder whether it would be sold to an owner occupier or an investor. Either way, it turned out to be the spur we needed to start making a move on buying somewhere we could treat as our own and call home.
Over a period of weeks that felt like years, we spent weekends shuffling from one hovel to another, questioning how some people manage to live in such filth. Some of the highlights included a Mount Waverley address where my first reaction upon exiting was to feel the desperate need to shower, another where the agent's most positive thing to say was that a living area could probably be divided into three bedrooms, and one where the entire backyard was covered with every household item usually located inside and the tenant lying half-naked on the couch playing video games.
It had reached the point where we were seriously considering putting in an offer on a compact (tiny!) two bedroom unit on a main road just to get it over with.
On the weekend we had decided to take a break from looking in an attempt to restore our sanity, I suggested on a whim that we take a look at a couple of display homes in Keysborough. One wander through the houses and it was almost a fait accompli that we would decide to buy our own block of land and build. Several more weeks of looking at display homes, working out what size, design and location led us to a patch of land in Cranbourne North.
Following a brief negotiation period (Offer at 11:00, counter offer at 3:00, sold at 3:30) we had what we wanted at a price we were willing to pay. Finance approval was obtained followed by me handing over the third biggest cheque I've ever had and left us waiting for settlement 6 weeks later.
Of course, this has been only the beginning...
The Block
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