Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Things I wish I knew before I started... 41May 14, 2009 10:49 am We were lucky. This is our first home purchase, at a mature age, and the first block of land we looked at and were serious about buying would have been a nightmare. At the time we had NO idea. So, my advice is to stumble on a resource such as this one and read about other people's problems. Spending a week going back through previous posts would not be excessive, given the pitfalls that the people selling to you might know about, but have a vested interest in not passing on to you (gettingThere's post is a salutary lesson). Borrow books from you local library on building and renovating. Read the books written about the real estate industry in Australia. That opened our eyes about the ethical level of many who work in this area. Don't fall in love with a block of land, builder or building design. Salespeople would much prefer you to make impulse decisions rather than use your critical faculties. Pfiff Finally making progress again, with a clothesline (yippee) and some much needed little things being attended to over the holidays. 40 C on New Year's eve? We love our a/c! Depends what you're current inclusions are, but we're not including wardrobes and will just use second hand ones until we can save later on to get them built. Also have a… 3 11630 I am in the same situation, would you be able to give some insights in to this? I am in SA 8 17047 Ardo That is so funny! I wonder how many people know who Larry Haun is these days. I have a couple of young guys we call Mo 1 & Mo 2 who run a crew of 6 boys and… 9 15511 |