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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.
Determine the estimated stamp duty required for your new home.
Hotondo Homes’ Forever Retreat range was carefully crafted for first home buyers and encompasses luxury and style that was previously thought to be out of reach. This timeless collection of homes is affordable, suit various blocks and feature everything you could want in a first home.
Whether you’re single, have a partner, married with a small family, you’re needing to upsize to accommodate your growing teens, or you simply want to build an investment property, purchasing a house and land package is one of the most economical and efficient ways to create an asset for your property portfolio, and build a home you love. Location Once...
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When you’re building a new home, so much careful consideration is given to the high traffic areas of the home. Kitchens, living and dining areas, and bedrooms feature heavily as...
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Building a new home can be an expensive process. With home insurance, conveyancing or solicitor fees, and mortgage insurance, costs start to add up quickly. One of the largest payments...
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When you’re building a new home, one of the most exciting parts of the process is choosing the colour palette and fixtures for every room, thinking about what sort of...
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No, you’re not seeing double! We’re having such a huge year that we’ve got even more new display homes to show you! These designs are versatile, luxurious, and perfect for...
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Find your perfect first home with ease thanks to the ultimate virtual experience! Take a tour of our beautiful Forever Retreat home designs before they have even been built by simply clicking on each home.
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The whole experience was my favourite! But if I had to pick one thing, it would certainly be the level of trust I have with not only Jon and Lyndsey, but with the whole team. They always treated me like part of the family and never made me feel like my questions were silly. Even when I’d call them several times a day! I wouldn’t hesitate to build another Hotondo Homes Central Coast house (in fact I will build with them again!)
When we walked into our first Hotondo appointment and heard Shay's 'Fast and Furious-esque' mentioning of the Hotondo Family, we jumped into a speeding car trusting Shay (Dom Toretto) in the race of a lifetime. Exaggerations aside, we went from freshly meeting the Hotondo family to a signed house and land package in about three weeks (we were going on a five-week international holiday with no guarantee the FHOG would remain the same when we returned). The peace we had from the moment we laid down our deposit and being able to go on holidays knowing our home was sorted was amazing. We are so thankful for everyone's efforts in pulling off this feat!
My experience with Hotondo Homes on the Sunshine Coast was fantastic. It was the first time I have built a house and Alyssa helped me from the start, from researching land for me to designing a beautiful home. Anything I didn’t understand, she explained it in layman’s terms. The fixtures and fittings are high quality and the finishes are exemplary. She listened to my vision and made suggestions to make it a reality within my budget.
