Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Where & How To Live During The Building Process... 21Aug 10, 2009 7:55 am Something I thought about doing was buying an old shipping container (and waterproofing it) to store my stuff on a friends land, and then living in a caravan park. Might sound a bit extreme, but a change is as good as a holiday, i always say. Re: Where & How To Live During The Building Process... 22Aug 10, 2009 8:31 am I was also going to suggest a shipping container for storage. We have 2, one we rent for DH's work stuff until he builds his shed, which costs $104 per month which includes a lot of shelving, and the other for our furniture we bought which was about $2000. It was all sealed ready to store furniture. Other ideas: Are you building a shed at your new place, could you do this now to store furniture etc in? Live in a shed Store furniture etc at others places? I think I would move to a cheaper place, but then I can't imagine every paying $450 for rent, let alone paying that and a mortgage. We have moved twice in 12 months, and yet it's a bit of a pain, but you always have your new house to look forward to. We're currently living in our shed, not ideal of course, but really quite nice, and we know it's not forever. Like stu said a change is as good as a holiday. Re: Where & How To Live During The Building Process... 23Aug 10, 2009 5:08 pm pauljulian Hels Here's my 2 cents worth... I would move closer to the build and rent something like a townhouse or unit for $250 a week (which you would get in areas like Cranbourne or Hampton Park). That will immediately save you $200 a week which can go towards your mortgage. Put a lot of stuff into a storage facility like Kings, friends of ours have one that is the size of a single car garage and it cost about $25-$30 a week. Just live with the basics in your house such as couch, bed, fridge, TV etc and when it comes time to do the second move it will be a lot easier as the moving truck can simply transfer the majority of your stuff straight from the storage facility. Approx savings in rent (after deduction of storage fees) over a 6 mth period would be $4400 Hels, this sounds pretty good too - but the issue of cleaning up two places, two removal jobs and a not so cheap storage place (Stormy's $300/month scares me - we've got a house full of stuff here !) might not be as viable, plus getting a short term lease could be an issue. Yes that's true and when you weigh up all the other costs to consider, it really does make it seem like you may be better off staying put for now. Blog: http://bluemistkids.blogspot.com "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, and professionals built the Titanic." Re: Where & How To Live During The Building Process... 24Aug 10, 2009 6:27 pm We rented in a townhouse and got a storage unit (133 per month). Then we learnt if a real estate agent says we're just doing a valuation - that means they're going to sell. So we had to pack again and find another rental as if they are freely available in the Northern suburbs. Two kids and two cats -nobody wanted us. We did get lucky (via a friend) and moved into an expensive rental. Then a few months later ... knock knock.. just your friendly real estate agent doing a valuation. We luckily this time suffered through the open for inspections and moved into our house just in time. Fi has moved in!! Re: Where & How To Live During The Building Process... 25Aug 10, 2009 7:52 pm Wow, the more I read this topic the luckier I realise we are, I've mentioned this many times before in other threads but we are renting the house next door to our build for very little compared to what some others are, we have a 6x4 mtr shed to put our stuff in and our landlords allowed us to cut down a tree in their place that would have been a real pain for our new place, we have also removed the fence between the places which means our house is like part of this place until we put the new fences up when we move into the new place, we are lucky lucky lucky! I apologise for any confusion, but your understanding is correct. We approached our situation differently based on advice from… 11 53177 Thanks very much! And would the landscaper/contractor generally involve the engineer or is that something the client would do? Thanks for your help 2 10008 The most definitive answer to your question James is this taken from the James Hardie Axon Cladding Installation Guide - i just happen to have it… 5 3643 |