Brendon look at it this way, each phone call you make = $'s.
You can't just duck down the road and have a face to face with the builder either, and you sure as hell won't have a bunch of owners who you can easily call on with any issues that WILL arise..........and they will.
That aside, buying one locally with keep most of your $'s here too, and seriously THAT is a consideration or at least IMHO should be.
Besides we got enough Pommy bastards here now anyway !!
Rog246