Our DIY dream home just arrived on the back of a truck in pieces!

Our Owner Builder adventure begins with the arrival of our long awaited steel frame kit home on the back of a truck. Follow along as we build our home and establish our homestead on 20 acres of land in country Victoria, Australia.

[@tanyiabailey4792]

How exciting I got mine about the same time but with the weather in northern nsw we’re still a concrete 😢

[@20acrestohome]

I know how you feel....

[@whoguy4231]

We went with Metkit which is Paal home's budget line. Couldn't be happier with how it turned out. Just follow the instructions exactly and read the manual 10 times over before you start anything to make sure you got it all figured out in your mind. Goodluck 👍

[@alanvaleandthelazyfarmer1930]

My home came from Kitome in Sydney but was made up and delivered from Bunnings in Bunbury.

[@20acrestohome]

How are you finding the Kitome? We looked at them a also when we were considering kits.

[@alanvaleandthelazyfarmer1930]

@@20acrestohome My 2 bedroom cottage was $50,000 with free delivery because we didn't have an agent and dealt directly with Sydney. Bunnings, Bunbury supplied the materials, span truss in Perth, the wall frames and trusses and Jason, the windows. I built on stumps and they supplied a floor kit and lockup kit. They warned me at the end of the year that the prices were going up so I bought a container and got the fitout and finishing kits. I replaced the supplied hotplate and oven with Westinghouse and got money back with the variation. I got my brother to sign off the engineering on my stumps and had them made locally. They calculated the insulation levels according to NSW regs and I added under floor insulation.

[@20acrestohome]

Sounds like you got a good service.