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Kimmy87

11 February 2014

Re: Kimmy & Fin's Jackson's View Build - 'Sundance' by HotonBuilding A New House

Feb 11, 2014 9:53 pm

Just a quick update for anyone still interested. We got the letter in the mail yesterday letting us know that the land will be titled soon. So we need to go to our solicitor ASAP to terminate the contract. Hoping that doesn't cost us too much as we can barely scrape $100 together at the moment! If h...

Just a quick update for anyone still interested. We got the letter in the mail yesterday letting us know that the land w...

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Kimmy87

13 May 2013

Re: Kimmy & Fin's Jackson's View Build - 'Sundance' by HotonBuilding A New House

May 13, 2013 7:12 pm

Hey Stellabella, still no good news. We keep having to use money out of our savings to scare by every week - out of the $25,000 we had saved up, we only have $5,500 left as of this week. The estate manager that we were waiting on an answer from quit a couple of months ago and I have been in contact ...

Hey Stellabella, still no good news. We keep having to use money out of our savings to scare by every week - out of the ...

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Kimmy87

17 March 2013

Re: Kimmy & Fin's Jackson's View Build - 'Sundance' by HotonBuilding A New House

Mar 17, 2013 8:40 pm

I meant to say used $14k of our savings to buy a car for hubby to get to & from work lol!! Whoops!! ;)

I meant to say used $14k of our savings to buy a car for hubby to get to from work lol!! Whoops!!

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Kimmy87

17 March 2013

Re: Kimmy & Fin's Jackson's View Build - 'Sundance' by HotonBuilding A New House

Mar 17, 2013 8:39 pm

Hey Stellabella, Not much news as yet, spoke to the bank & they definitely can't lend us the money as we've had to use about $14k of our savings for hubby to get to & from work as he has a job from home for now until we can get him back to the mines. Plus we're back to struggling to make end...

Hey Stellabella, Not much news as yet, spoke to the bank they definitely can't lend us the money as we've had to use abo...

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Kimmy87

11 February 2013

Re: Kimmy & Fin's Jackson's View Build - 'Sundance' by HotonBuilding A New House

Feb 11, 2013 7:50 am

Thanks for your thoughts guys =) will let you know the outcome!

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Kimmy87

10 February 2013

Re: Kimmy & Fin's Jackson's View Build - 'Sundance' by HotonBuilding A New House

Feb 10, 2013 4:37 pm

Thanks lovely! He's been wanting to get up to QLD for a while, he's an all round operator so does the earthworks etc, but hasn't been able to find any FIFO work up there doing what he does. If your DH knows of anything he would be more than happy to apply! Apparently a lot of places don't even adver...

Thanks lovely! He's been wanting to get up to QLD for a while, he's an all round operator so does the earthworks etc, bu...

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Kimmy87

10 February 2013

Re: Kimmy & Fin's Jackson's View Build - 'Sundance' by HotonBuilding A New House

Feb 10, 2013 4:23 pm

Hi Stellabella, We live in Vic. If we lived around Perth he would get a job easily enough doing FIFO but apparently they're trying to stop employing from the Eastern states - and if they do, we'd have to pay for flights from Melbourne to Perth, which isn't cheap! There was a subject to finance claus...

Hi Stellabella, We live in Vic. If we lived around Perth he would get a job easily enough doing FIFO but apparently they...

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Kimmy87

10 February 2013

Re: Kimmy & Fin's Jackson's View Build - 'Sundance' by HotonBuilding A New House

Feb 10, 2013 3:47 pm

Hey guys, Just thought I'd update you on things! Sadly, hubby was laid off from his FIFO job in WA late last week and its not looking good for him to get another job over there. Without that income, there is a high chance that we won't be able to scrape together the rest of the money to get the loan...

Hey guys, Just thought I'd update you on things! Sadly, hubby was laid off from his FIFO job in WA late last week and it...

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Kimmy87

5 February 2013

Re: Our first Home - DECKING COMPLETE !! *PICS*Building A New House

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Feb 05, 2013 10:02 am

Thanks for the advice! I think you may have commented on my thread once before, I made it after we'd decided on the design we were going to build lol. It doesn't get much action at the moment but once things start happening I'm sure I'll be commenting heaps! We've definitely made a great choice with...

Thanks for the advice! I think you may have commented on my thread once before, I made it after we'd decided on the desi...

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Kimmy87

4 February 2013

Re: Our first Home - DECKING COMPLETE !! *PICS*Building A New House

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Feb 04, 2013 9:36 pm

Hi kjw7!! Have been reading your entire thread over the last couple of weeks and can I just say WOW!! You guys have done an amazing job! It's awesome to have been able to read your whole journey, it's prepared me a little for what we'll be going through! We're actually waiting for our block to settl...

Hi kjw7!! Have been reading your entire thread over the last couple of weeks and can I just say WOW!! You guys have done...

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Kimmy87

9 January 2013

Re: Kimmy & Fin's Jackson's View Build - 'Sundance' by HotonBuilding A New House

Jan 09, 2013 8:05 pm

Thanks guys! I never actually realized how big it was going to be until I showed my Aunty the plans and she said her house was 320 squares - ours is 349! And I thought her house was ginormous lol. We want to have another couple of kids hopefully, we already have 2 boys and I think we will need the r...

Thanks guys! I never actually realized how big it was going to be until I showed my Aunty the plans and she said her hou...

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Kimmy87

9 January 2013

Re: Kimmy & Fin's Jackson's View Build - 'Sundance' by HotonBuilding A New House

Jan 09, 2013 4:13 pm

Hey Guys, I'm sorry, I'm sorry - I know its been a while....and by a while, I mean 7 months haha! But I'm back & ready & raring to start getting excited about this bloody house again! Ok so. We're looking at titles for the block in June this year (was originally April) am still hoping it get...

Hey Guys, I'm sorry, I'm sorry - I know its been a while....and by a while, I mean 7 months haha! But I'm back ready rar...

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Kimmy87

9 January 2013

Re: Building on acre in drouin VictoriaBuilding A New House

Jan 09, 2013 2:21 pm

Hi, I know this was last talked about in November so you may have already locked in a builder by now - we're going to be building in Jackson's View and decided to go through Hotondo. They are a little more expensive than some of the other builders we looked at but have been through a few of their ho...

Hi, I know this was last talked about in November so you may have already locked in a builder by now - we're going to be...

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Kimmy87

5 July 2012

Re: Question about block/house loans?Home Finance

Jul 05, 2012 11:18 am

Oh yep, I get you now. Looks like we might have to save up a teeny bit extra to avoid that LMI then lol!! And by teeny bit, a lot haha!! Thanks for the info, I'm glad I asked the question rather than get to that point in time and find out that we've been knocked back for the house loan because of LM...

Oh yep, I get you now. Looks like we might have to save up a teeny bit extra to avoid that LMI then lol!! And by teeny b...

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Kimmy87

4 July 2012

Re: Question about block/house loans?Home Finance

Jul 04, 2012 7:43 pm

Thanks heaps for the info Tom! We probably wont be going for the construction loan until around the end of next year as thats roughly when we'll be able to have the 5% for the builder saved up. So I dont know whether the bank will combine the 2 loans or whether they will be 2 separate. The bank mana...

Thanks heaps for the info Tom! We probably wont be going for the construction loan until around the end of next year as ...

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Kimmy87

2 July 2012

Question about block/house loans?Home Finance

Jul 02, 2012 8:51 pm

Hi Guys, I'm just wondering, when it comes to the block of land that we're purchasing and also the house that we'll be putting on it later on, do any deposits that we save come off the total loan amount or do they just get paid off the loan (meaning that our repayments are still for the total amount...

Hi Guys, I'm just wondering, when it comes to the block of land that we're purchasing and also the house that we'll be p...

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Kimmy87

22 June 2012

Re: Kimmy & Fin's Jackson's View Build - 'Sundance' by HotonBuilding A New House

Jun 22, 2012 4:56 pm

Reading it back, I realize how bad it is to write replies on my iPhone lmao!! Most of my so's are changed to do's and my apricus solar hot water system is apparently an apricots solar hot water system now!! Gotta love looking like a fool, thank iPhone haha =P

Reading it back, I realize how bad it is to write replies on my iPhone lmao!! Most of my so's are changed to do's and my...

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Kimmy87

22 June 2012

Re: Kimmy & Fin's Jackson's View Build - 'Sundance' by HotonBuilding A New House

Jun 22, 2012 4:53 pm

Hi Kiwi, Things are going well!! We had to scale the house back a bit as our initial quote was $374,500 lol! We took on board people's advice with the cutting back - when I jump on the computer I'll post a pic of the floor plan =) we're now sitting around the $360,000 mark - which is still probably ...

Hi Kiwi, Things are going well!! We had to scale the house back a bit as our initial quote was $374,500 lol! We took on ...

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Kimmy87

16 May 2012

Re: Kimmy & Fin's Jackson's View Build - 'Sundance' by HotonBuilding A New House

May 16, 2012 6:27 pm

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg171/scaled.php?server=171&filename=photocopy.png&res=landing Its still not 100% perfect but we'll have to make some changes after the quote comes back etc so will change a few minor things here & there =)

Its still not 100% perfect but we'll have to make some changes after the quote comes back etc so will change a few mino...

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Kimmy87

16 May 2012

Re: Kimmy & Fin's Jackson's View Build - 'Sundance' by HotonBuilding A New House

May 16, 2012 6:09 pm

Oh now I get you haha!! The pantry wasnt originally meant to have the shelves wrap around but I think what I'll probably do is keep the food closer to the pantry doors and use the back end of the pantry to put all the stuff I buy in bulk (like toilet paper and shampoo etc haha - I'm a buy in bulk ju...

Oh now I get you haha!! The pantry wasnt originally meant to have the shelves wrap around but I think what I'll probably...