How old are the people who are building new homes

Ed Perry · Jun 30, 2007 3:06 pm

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ausdesign · Jun 30, 2007 3:47 pm

Ed Perry · Jun 30, 2007 4:03 pm

Hi Peter - I come under irrelevant... (over 55)

Elsewhere is err... well errr... I don't know yet :!:

ausdesign · Jun 30, 2007 4:17 pm

Well done Ed.
That went straight over the top of my head.
Hope that's not part of my being up there too. !!!

Michelle · Jun 30, 2007 6:22 pm

Very funny Ed!! :lol:

Peter, maybe that’s from knowing the hippies??? :shock:

perryr · Jun 30, 2007 10:01 pm

Well done Ed. Perhaps the poll can be modified to include over 55's?

Perhaps another poll would be of interest....

I'm off to create it!

Perry

mattwalker · Jun 30, 2007 10:13 pm

Old enough to know that if i told how old my wife was that my life would be over....

I however am 31!

fallenone · Jun 30, 2007 10:25 pm

We are 28 and 27, and this is our first, and hopefully not too much older when our house if finished!!

ahuang · Jun 30, 2007 11:48 pm

perryr

I hope there is no-one here over 55. They might be really offended they were left out of the vote!

Perry

If you were in that range, you should be enjoying the time with grand children while the younger ones working hard on the house isn't it?

Cheers
Allan
http://building-our-first-house.blogspot.com/

aaurora · Jul 01, 2007 12:00 am

We bought our first home in 2001 when we were 21, paid it off in 5 years, sold it in january this year and at 26 we are building our dream home.

Sometimes, do you ever wish you didn't start this process, and just stayed where you were or bought an existing home? It sometimes seems a lot of effort!!

Ed Perry · Jul 01, 2007 1:06 am

ahuang

perryr

I hope there is no-one here over 55. They might be really offended they were left out of the vote!

Perry

If you were in that range, you should be enjoying the time with grand children while the younger ones working hard on the house isn't it?

Cheers
Allan
http://building-our-first-house.blogspot.com/

Hi Allan,

I really try to get my son to do all the hard work... but he just wants to play all the time. He says he is too young to work hard on the house - I think you are right, he should just get on with it, after all he is 6 yrs old...

Ed

Di · Jul 01, 2007 2:11 am

The first home I built was in I think 1974 and it was our second home and I remember it was $22,000 for the house and land now just move the commer and add a zero and that is just for the house, so yes I am a bit over 55 and silly me I'm building again with 3 other houses in between but I could tick the 40 to 45 for my partner this is his first home to build

Sorry just had to put my bit in for the over 55's.

lrhodes1 · Jul 01, 2007 11:54 am

I'm 26 and building a "stepping stone" with my partner/de-facto who is 25 - but its all in my name as he's still a student.

THis is my 2nd proerty but first time building. But I've watched mum and dad owner build 3 times, one of which won a design award (in the 70's lol) And they are both helping me financially and with advice or theres no way I could do it!

stonecutter1309 · Jul 01, 2007 12:02 pm

I'm 28, hubby is 31 - but by the time we start building we'll each be a year older

Currently living in an apartment - we purchased it before we got married. Definitely had enough of apartment living - I was space!

Beetle · Jul 01, 2007 12:10 pm

I'm 41 and partner is 40. Owned 2 previous houses and renovated them. This is the first new build. I'm regretting it already - living in a rental miles from work, daughter complaining all the time and we have just purchased the land. :shock:

uncle_ant · Jul 01, 2007 12:33 pm

Hello, we are 36 and 37 and this is the first time we have built. Happy to say as we have nearly reached completion it has all been fairly stress-free.

From 21 to 27 we moved about 10 times and then purchased established home at age 27. We always wanted to build as the idea of being able to choose something that we could truly call our own appealed to us.

First_Timer_Ray · Jul 01, 2007 1:33 pm

YSSIM

First_Timer_Ray

My husband and I are both 24 and are building our first home.
We would have been happy to buy an established house, but to make the mortgage payments worthwhile (over rent) we would have been spending the same or more money to buy an established house than to build exactly what we want in the first place.
We are both pretty settled sort of people, so while I don't think we'll stay there forever, we definitely wouldn't be moving within the next 5-8 years, unless we see a better financial opportunity.

Ray.

Ray, I really thought you were a guy all this time! Please tell me I'm not the only one? Or maybe I haven't really been paying attention to your posts and didn't realise you were a woman. :lol:

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That's ok. I'm not offended :cry:

- j/k
My name is Rachel - nickname is Ray. I always hated Rach or Rachie.

Cookiemonster · Jul 01, 2007 3:20 pm

First_Timer_Ray

My name is Rachel - nickname is Ray. I always hated Rach or Rachie.

Thats good to know...... RACH! :lol:

bjmapm2202 · Jul 01, 2007 4:53 pm

we are both in the 35-44 age bracket

cvojkovic · Jul 01, 2007 7:54 pm

I am 32 my hubby is 31 and we are building ou first home from start to finish. Have a 2.5 year old daughter and expecting another baby any day now (a boy we have been told!!). Bought our first house together 7 years ago half way through being built by a local builder so got to have a say on colours, floor coverings, tiles etc. But this one from beginning so very exciting. Building Dennis Family - Charlton 290 and they just went to site late last week. Quite impressed so far as they have done site cut and went past today (a sunday) and they were digging holes for the retaining walls. All so exciting, prob not best time to build with a new bub due anyday but hey should make the building process so quite quickly!!