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First Home Buyers
Building your first home is a truly exciting milestone that should be celebrated. While the journey can sometimes seem a little daunting, our home builders will work with you through each stage of your building process from finding the perfect design that suits your budget, to handing over the keys to your very first new home. Take a look at our handy tips, tricks and information to help you along the path to building a first home that’s better than you ever imagined.
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Our Retreat Range features stunning homes that were previously thought out of reach for those entering the property market. The Retreat Range provides affordable homes that suit various blocks of land and include everything you could ever want in your first home. Architecturally designed to suit the needs of every buyer, these homes have made now the right time to build a home you've only ever dreamt of.
Why Homebuyers are Looking at New Construction
New construction homes are gaining in popularity, with many Australians choosing to build a new home rather than move into an existing one. There’s no denying the appeal of new construction, and there are so many benefits when going down this route. If you’re a homebuyer in the market for a place to call your own, you may want to...
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Buying Your First Home in 2022
Is 2022 the year you’re going to build your first home? We want to help you feel as prepared and knowledgeable as possible, particularly when it comes to any assistance...
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Our Favourite Home Designs
We chatted to some of our award-winning builders about what their favourite Hotondo Homes home designs are and why. Here's what they had to say! Hotondo Homes Ballarat Hotondo Homes...
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The biggest mistakes home buyers can make
What are the biggest mistakes home buyers make? Take heed, new home buyers! We asked the tough question to nine of our builders right across the country, and here are...
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What Does The Modern Aussie Dream Home Look Like?
Are you on the hunt for a brand new home that you can build your future around? Perhaps you’re looking at building your very own home or even buying one...
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It was worth building a home than buying one
I definitely recommend Hotondo for anyone looking to build, in the long run I could see that it was more worth my time building a home than buying one. It suits our current lifestyle perfectly and we look forward to building again someday!
Fairley – Leeton, NSW -
We feel like we’re living in 5-star accommodation
We love the quality of materials used and the little details that make our home different from others. Though we don’t have a big house, we feel like living in 5-star accommodation because of the quality inclusions. Hotondo Homes Toowoomba nailed the floor plan that we wanted, and we had a lot of compliments from friends about it. Steve really listens to what the clients want. Maybe a bit pricier than other builders, but it’s really worth it given the quality of the home.
Kristian – Toowoomba, QLD -
An absolute dream to work with!
This is my first build and I am completing it on my own, I cannot recommend Donna enough for the help, guidance, professional work and extremely timely response to my 10,000 emails and phone calls. Best of all if she didn't know she would find out and give me all the information I needed to make a decision. My build is starting way before I thought it would and the team has worked very hard to get everything sorted on time.
Jess – Jimboomba, QLD -
Everything was seamless
This was our first new home build and what we thought was going to be a nerve-wracking experience turned into a pleasurable journey. From our first meeting with Jimmy to our day of colour selection with Julie everything, everything was seamless. The office staff were extremely friendly and helpful, and our site manager Dustin was a pleasure to work with as were the tradies. I would highly recommended Hotondo to anyone
Brett – Albury Wodonga, NSW/VIC
