Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 19, 2009 11:22 am As the title states....
Where are you all??? Please feel free to post here to chat to all other country people who are also building. It would be great to be able to talk to other people building in the country. Cheers PFM Building Thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=13002 Site start: 8th July 2009 Handover: 11/12/2009! 5 months total build time. 40 sqs of luxuary...Bliss! Re: Where are all the people that are building in the country??? 2Feb 19, 2009 11:27 am I'm technically building in the country, in Wallan, but it's only 50ish km from Melbourne CBD so I'm not sure I'm really country. But it is considered a town, rather than a Suburb.
I'm not suburban or country. I'm Wallan. I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: Where are all the people that are building in the country??? 3Feb 19, 2009 12:19 pm ^^ Hey you should get the extra FHOG bonus, so its not all bad 50KM form Melbourne is woop woop for me (live 8KM from the city currently, lived 4KM from Brissie CBD for nearly 5 years...)
Were looking in Brimbank Gardens in Melbourne (Derrimut is the suburb) which is ~18KM from the CBD. This area, along with some in Sydney seem to be the main areas I see on here. Re: Where are all the people that are building in the country??? 5Feb 19, 2009 12:31 pm joles I don't get any grants. I'm a first home buyer, but mum isn't. Talk to a financial expert, perhaps there is a way around it? EG your mum is garentor for the loan (to help with the mortgage finance) but your the one with the house so you get FHOG? Re: Where are all the people that are building in the country??? 6Feb 19, 2009 1:25 pm Hi,
I'm not sure if we are in the country either as we are building at Gisborne - also about 50km out of Melbourne. It is classified as a town and tradies certainly think it is a town and not a suburb. Some builders won't build in Gisborne as too far away and others put a surcharge on for rural character. Dale. Building the Monaco 32 with Carlisle Homes Check out our blog for photos and progress reports: http://www.beigefreehouse.blogspot.com . Re: Where are all the people that are building in the country??? 7Feb 19, 2009 1:28 pm joles I don't get any grants. I'm a first home buyer, but mum isn't. Just put it all in your name but get a solicitor to draw up some kind of agreement maybe? My sister wasn't eligible but her hubby was, so the house is just in his name 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Where are all the people that are building in the country??? 8Feb 19, 2009 1:29 pm Hellman109 joles I don't get any grants. I'm a first home buyer, but mum isn't. Talk to a financial expert, perhaps there is a way around it? EG your mum is garentor for the loan (to help with the mortgage finance) but your the one with the house so you get FHOG? Way too late. We bought the land in April/May 2007 and settled Aug 2008. Apparently there's nothing we can do as both our names are on the land title. I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: Where are all the people that are building in the country??? 9Feb 19, 2009 1:49 pm We are moving to the 'country'.
The town has a pub (of course!), a post office, a corner store and a small takeaway - thats it. We can't wait!! -Sha Re: Where are all the people that are building in the country??? 10Feb 19, 2009 5:26 pm Quote: so I'm not sure I'm really country. But it is considered a town, rather than a Suburb. Quote: I'm not sure if we are in the country either as we are building at Gisborne - also about 50km out of Melbourne. It is classified as a town and tradies certainly think it is a town and not a suburb. Hey, no doubt here - I'm definetly sure I'm in the country!!!!! 359km or 4 hour drive, west of Adelaide although our council cringes at being called a country town - they fancy themselves as a Regional City Re: Where are all the people that are building in the country??? 11Feb 19, 2009 7:09 pm Im here
I am in Wodonga Vic 3 hours north of Melbourne on the NSW border right on the Murray. Know where your going in life............... you may already be there Re: Where are all the people that are building in the country??? 12Feb 19, 2009 7:16 pm Hi, I'm building in the country, Echuca ,Victoria. Just waiting on a permit at the moment. Re: Where are all the people that are building in the country??? 13Feb 19, 2009 7:18 pm Hi everyone,
Great to see some of us are actually from the country. Ohh ohh fairyblue, echuca - cool you are only about 3.5hrs from me, much closer than melbourne. Building Thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=13002 Site start: 8th July 2009 Handover: 11/12/2009! 5 months total build time. 40 sqs of luxuary...Bliss! Re: Where are all the people that are building in the country??? 15Feb 19, 2009 7:48 pm Hi Everyone,
We are building in Freeling which is about 1 hours drive north of adelaide. Many of you may of heard of it through the TV show Mcleods Daughters Re: Where are all the people that are building in the country??? 16Feb 19, 2009 7:53 pm sammy_sj Hi Everyone, We are building in Freeling which is about 1 hours drive north of adelaide. Many of you may of heard of it through the TV show Mcleods Daughters x2 http://buildingatfreeling.blogspot.com/ Building at Freeling Estate Adelaide MKII WE ARE NOW OFFICIALLY FIRST HOME OWNERS AND WE BUILT A NEW HOME FROM SCRATCH Re: Where are all the people that are building in the country??? 18Feb 19, 2009 8:39 pm I belong in here too
Like Taffy, l live in Wodonga also Thanks pfm for starting this thread....l often wondered where the hell all the country folk were too!..... Nice to know that although we are severly outnumbered here, we are not alone Re: Where are all the people that are building in the country??? 19Feb 19, 2009 8:40 pm I WISH I was building in the country!!! Will just read this thread silently and jealously
(except for this post ) "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Where are all the people that are building in the country??? 20Feb 19, 2009 9:39 pm Well we are building in country wa on the edge of town on 3/4 of an acre. About 200 km from Perth in the southwest in a small country town.
Pebble is also country building in WA ( about 80 minsfast driving, deeper into the country than me. Shes out of town on acreage however. Boliver is too. He's not too many towns from me. There's a few building around Bunbury.. which is a major country regional centre . That's about 35 kms from us and on the coast. There's at least one other lurker I know of who will be building near where we are. But they haven't started yet. A question. Im in Queensland and building a new home. We managed to reach practical completion 6 weeks ago but we haven't heard any date for handover yet. Who should we… 0 5814 This is one of the reasons I decided to go overseas for my double glazed windows. As the builder indicated, he's worked on many upmarket builds, these were the most well… 13 19264 |