Two months since I started and I'm not quite there yet. With some fairly casual play I've managed to obtain all my dreamies. (Still have to plot reset for Erik, though, and I might move out a few later. Maybe.)
Still just one human resident, though I finally have room now that Portia is gone so I might make my 2nd character tonight.
I have a pretty good idea of what I want things to look like, so it's just a matter of getting the things and putting them down. Unfortunately that will take a lot of flowers, bushes, trees, and PWP suggestions that my villagers refuse to give.
Since I got an official plan, I'd say it's been about half a year and I'm still not finished. At the very least, I've got all my dream villagers, though.
I work very slowly on my town so I won't get bored of it ^^;
Took me about 7 months to get all my dream villagers, and my town is still a huge work in progress even after a year All pwps I need are already available though!
Mine took about a year, but every now and again I'll make some changes like different paths, or switch up some PWPs or flower arrangements, and I have 2 slots for temporary villagers so I get to meet new faces every so often