let's say ..you might have built differently knowing what you know now
Yes I would of most definitely with less stress and costs haha but looking forward to finishing
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Should of brought established lol 21Apr 18, 2018 10:46 am StructuralBIMGuy I think a great home for the family takes priority let's say ..you might have built differently knowing what you know now Yes I would of most definitely with less stress and costs haha but looking forward to finishing Re: Should of brought established lol 22Apr 18, 2018 10:57 am Lonez blackcat20 We've had moments where we've thought the same thing. Far too far along now to change our minds though. Awww hope things getting better.... what you building and where? Metricon, south east of Melbourne. Re: Should of brought established lol 23Apr 19, 2018 11:18 pm I had no chance with established houses here (Geelong/South West Victoria region). On my very modest salary and doing it alone (Mum as guarantor though, which has made it all happen). I was looking at 2 bedroom units in outer Geelong suburbs or maybe 3 bedroom house in regional areas. I placed a few offers on established houses but I kept getting beaten by people who can offer without the finance clause. No way I can or would do that. For me, building has been a much easier and less stressful process. I got lucky and bought a cheap block (~20% less than similar blocks in the area) in an established street (titled, no restrictions on facade or developer guidelines). I have just signed my contract with Fairhaven Homes and my 4 bedroom house has come in around $200k. I'm eligible for the first homeowners grant so that is an extra $20k so my loan for the land & house will come in around $280k. Not much here for that, let alone a new houses with the extras I wanted (powder room, double glazed windows, stone top benched, laminate flooring) and more. Fairhaven Homes - Clovelly 191 Re: Should of brought established lol 24Apr 20, 2018 4:42 pm CalicoCat I had no chance with established houses here (Geelong/South West Victoria region). On my very modest salary and doing it alone (Mum as guarantor though, which has made it all happen). I was looking at 2 bedroom units in outer Geelong suburbs or maybe 3 bedroom house in regional areas. Same-same but different for us. We bought the worst house in the ... well not best street, but a nice quiet street at least, and even though there's a business-park a few km's north of us, our street only runs from one rat-run street to another rat-run street so apart from those of us who live in it only lost people ever venture down it. After living there for nearly 10 years and realising it wasn't worth renovating, we looked around the area for alternatives (I can walk to work, my better-half drives in about 10 minutes, we have a housemate who works in the same building as my better-half & she walks or runs a few days a week; and public transport with very regular buses is nearby for the purposes of the future & job-changes). There was absolutely nothing that had what we wanted, and the stuff that might have been close to what we wanted (ie. would've needed 6 figures spent on them to make them into what we wanted) would have cost at least $300k more to buy than we could've sold our place for PLUS the overall cost of building (including rental for a year etc). If you're not fussy & you're just after a bedroom count, then yeah, no problems. But if you want anything slightly unusual (eg. some thermal efficiency & airflow-management for comfort reasons, more than two garage spots, proper sized bedrooms, enough storage), then a little bit of proper design buys you that slightly unusual stuff for not-much during a build yet it's ridiculously expensive to "install" into an existing house. i imagine you also have another contract with an architect? and yeah, whatever other's said about special conditions and appendices 16 16001 hey there! 😊 so, it’s kinda common for standard drawer depths to be around 500mm since most cabinets use this size to fit the usual runners… 3 20902 I've decided, after a period of confusion (my building broker told me it's probably not worth it to use a lawyer, but others have said it is a must) that I definitely will… 7 27951 |