Welcome

Welcome to our blog!

Rachel and I are both West Australians who have recently moved to Melbourne. We have created this blog so that our friends and family back in the west can keep updated on our progress as we build our new home together.

Soon after arriving, we decided that rather than purchase someone elses older/established house, we wanted to buy a good sized block and build the home that we could call our own. So off we went, searching all the new estates to find our own bit of dirt.

We looked at virtually all the estates in the West and North of the city, from Pt Cook, Tarneit, Caroline Springs, Craigieburn, Mernda, South Morang, Doreen and ended up choosing a block in Hawkstowe Estate, South Morang. This block is a 600m2 block on Hawkstowe Parade with an 18.3m frontage, overlooking the Park and proposed Community Centre. Our block settled in April, and is fully titled and ready to go.

Hawkstowe is located 26km N/NE of the Melbourne CBD along Plenty Road, in the fast developing Plenty Valley corridor which includes numerous estates in South Morang, Mernda and Doreen. Check out more info about Hawkstowe Estate on http://www.stockland.com.au/Residential/VIC/MelbourneNorth/Hawkstowe/About/

We are now in the process of sorting out which house we are going to build. As we are on Hawkstowe Parade (the main street of the estate) one of the covenents require us to build a double storey. As we have quite a wide block, we are looking for a house that can best utilize this block and allow us to have a good sized backyard. We think we have found one that fits it perfectly, but at the risk of cursing it, I will not reveal until we have sorted out a few minor details.

I will update you further when I have more details!

Jason & Rachel