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The more expensive builders advertise like crazy at the retiree seaside market - and you know how much seaside land costs. Sensibly, they figure they can charge a lot more for houses if they are selling them to cashed-up retirees :D

Good tip too - something else to ask while we're picking builders. Finance. Which will probably push us to the preferred builder again. They do house and land packages out here too. I swear this one company does 8 or 9 out of 10 new builds here, their houses are distinctive enough you can drive...

Financing, but we'll have close to 70% deposit and the rest covered with equity. Transportables are very common here - even the new estate has some in. The various builders claim to have "lending experts" that know all about this kind of stuff and we're in a postcode that every man and his dog...

See, that deadline thing is interesting. The builder we're leaning towards says 9-10 months from picking a plan to being finished. They are a bit of a boutique builder and do gorgeous stuff and lots of it. Prices are a little above other builders, but not a great deal. Not all of that 9...

I'd go with a transportable too - will be building one next year if we sell our current house without any dramas. The quality of them is really very good these days, once you are inside you'd never know you're in a transportable.