Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Regional and Rural 4Feb 22, 2009 10:28 am 'We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.' - Winston Churchill Re: Regional and Rural 10Feb 22, 2009 9:13 pm Blog http://wherethehearthis.blogspot.com/ Build https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=6634: Yard https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27687&p=378401#p378401 Re: Regional and Rural 16Jan 28, 2012 11:36 am Hmm a bit dead in here but here goes.. I have moved to the Eyre Peninsula after taking a graduate position and have been here for almost a year now. My partner followed me shortly after. We came here with the attitude of 'see how it goes'. It's certainly beautiful country here, close to the national parks, awesome fishing and the stunning beaches. My partner has taken to it like a duck to water, I have always admired his enthusiasm but i'm not sure if i love the social context of the place just yet. There are a few land releases just outside of town 1 or 2ha blocks are common and can be snapped up for a decent price. I'm hesitating purchasing one because i am constantly hearing 'don't buy now, the economy will fail'... but if i look at local industry, mining should be starting up in the next few years. What to do.. What to do.. Jan 2012 the research starts. To build or not to build, that is the question. Re: Regional and Rural 17Jan 30, 2012 11:09 am I'm currently living in Tamworth (pop. 50,000), I grew up between here and Gunnedah (pop. 10,000), but moved to Sydney after finishing school for study etc. It didn't take me long to get home sick, so now I'm back again. Tamworth is still a rural city, but we have plans to move further out of town. I'm sick of being able to hear my neighbours talking in their kitchen while I'm trying to have a sleep in in my bed! Currently we're on approx. 900m2 with a 28sq house, however the plan is to move about half an hour outside of Dubbo where DH's parents live and build a 40sq house on 12 acres. I can't wait for the space, but I'm worried that I'll start getting home sick again by moving away from my family. I'm very family orientated, so that always plays a large part in what I do. Re: Regional and Rural 18Jan 30, 2012 12:31 pm We live about 47 km south of the Brisbane CBD, and about 25 mins away from the closest decent sized shopping centre, at Jimboomba (Pop 7000) on just a 1 acre block. There are shops in Jimboomba close enough to go for a drive to get things when we want them, but not too many shops. All the people around are on at least an acre so we know we will not get built out unlike the 2 new places nearby that have the UDLA developing the area (Flagstone & Yarrabilla). It is close enough to Brisbane for me to commute there and back for my job, but part of that is because I am on shift work so I do 5 days work, then have 5 days off etc, so less travelling overall and more time to enjoy at home. We originally decided to live there because we saw the prices were comparable with halfway in to the CBD, but instead of getting a small amount of land could have an acre for the same money for just adding 20 or so mins a day to my drive to work. It was mainly the commutting that made me worried about moving there but it has not turned out that bad. We enjoy the fact we can see the stars at night real clear as other people have said, and even though it annoys us that sometimes the Kangas come as close as on the Alfresco, it is nice that they do come that close without us feeding them or anything. The other wildlife is good too even though sometimes like now the darn frogs get so loud. It is also having a good bit of area for the kids to run around in, and that the nieghbours can't hear you sneeze, but that you can just hang over the fence and have a chat. If I was to win Lotto, I would build with a different builder, now to win lotto Re: Regional and Rural 19Jan 30, 2012 8:42 pm Hi, we live on 10 acres in Lake Clifton. About 45km south of Mandurah. Love it down here. Both dh and i both grew up in Perth, but moved to mandurah when we got married [about 18 yo]. We first started looking at some acreages about a year after we married and looked at 5 acres in chittering, but thought that $40,000 was too much if only we knew how prices would go........ anyway, we kept on the lookout but as dh has work in mandurah we wanted to get somewhere that he didnt have to leave his job. so when this property came up we jumped at it. not sure of the population of lake clifton, but would say it wouldnt be much over 2000-3000. but its still close enough to mandurah for work and now that freeway is extended, it is a really easy journey to anyway. i love all the seasons down here. i didnt realize how 'fake' the cities are, especially at night. when there is no moon out, the place is pitch black and the stars are incredible. we love having a few sheep. the kids love it. they play footy and cricket and can kick or hit the ball as hard as they like and not worry about it going over next doors fence. coles deliver down here so i dont need to worry about 'having' to go into town to shop. there is a school bus about 8 km's up the road that takes the kids to school. i could never move back to surburbia. we have said that if we were to ever sell from here, we wouldnt buy anything under 10 acres - we would just feel to hemmed in. Re: Regional and Rural 20Jan 31, 2012 6:52 am we love the freedom of acreage not having to be close to our neighbours like in sydney it is great really.our neighbours are a long away away which I love thought when we lived on 14 acreages our nearest neighbour was 800 acres away. finished building 40 square home on 5 acres with perry homes.working on the landscaping just finished pool deck with ://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=2217 Hi Renee, Boundaries in NSW are generally shown on Deposited Plans. When they put boundaries into SIX Maps from these plans, there are various reasons that these often do… 1 2071 I recently went through a similar renovation and move scenario when updating our family home. We also swapped some rooms around and tackled a major… 2 10864 Yes, unless you are in a low intensity rainfall area or the area is protected from rain. Do you have access to NCC Part 2 or can you download it? I can email you a copy… 10 12874 |