Browse Forums Building A New House Re: What are your living arrangements whilst you build? 41Sep 18, 2012 4:05 pm Our story, New build nearly finished,living in our home of last 12+yrs,after handover we need to paint new house & move in. Then finish reno's on now house & put up for sale,if not sold will rent it out. 1 income earner,2 adults,3 kiddies 15,12,10 & a dog. Will be very sad to leave our now house coz i love it here,excited to be starting a new adventure though. Block bought 1st RBC X! 2nd Ventrua,Keeper! Pstart 18/7/11 Ethwks jan 2012 Slab Bricks- finished 7/6 Roof Trusses 15/6-cbond 21/7 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=41185 Re: What are your living arrangements whilst you build? 42Sep 23, 2012 9:31 pm we are renting and, like others have said, it's hard after owning your own home for so long. Our landlords are great- friends' parents- but I just feel like I'm camping waiting to get our own house again. We thought we'd be here 8-10 months.... will be more like 13 I'd say. We are about to start gyprock, and it has already been 10 months so..... We had to sell our home because we have an investment property too and the repayments on the investment, plus the house we were living in, plus the construction loan would have been crippling. So we sold, bought our land outright, borrowed to pay the builder and are funding everything else (a/c, shed, deck, landscaping, flooring etc) with the leftover from our sale. With three kids, moving in with someone wasn't an option (who would be mad enough to invite us??!) Build Again I have a thread, feel free to read! https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=57912 Re: What are your living arrangements whilst you build? 43Sep 27, 2012 8:06 pm i know what you mean build again, towards the end it was tough, we too have investment places but fortunately they are positively geared so they gave us money.... our place took 18 months to build through BW so i feel your pain. Built with Beechwood Homes 2011. LakeView Lodge with Triple garage Building with Beachwood again 2013. Merlot with guest (investment) Re: What are your living arrangements whilst you build? 44Sep 27, 2012 8:11 pm kerry-ann Our story, New build nearly finished,living in our home of last 12+yrs,after handover we need to paint new house & move in. Then finish reno's on now house & put up for sale,if not sold will rent it out. 1 income earner,2 adults,3 kiddies 15,12,10 & a dog. Will be very sad to leave our now house coz i love it here,excited to be starting a new adventure though. Where is your current home? we may be looking for a temporary roof over our head if they don't let us go periodic in April Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 40474 I would be wary. Is you site demilished but nothing else done? Sounds like liquidity problems to me. Our builder did the same. Got hundreds of thousands of dollars of… 2 15648 3 5825 |