Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Dream House Cost? 12Jul 10, 2018 1:51 am Hmm. Looks like Mr. Klueless1993 is not only a young dreamer, but has just put everything he would learn on the Internet or from the magazines about rock star/Hollywood houses in one post, multiplied with a strong degree of paranoia of some sort. If he is talking about Rock Star house, he should be probably considering building it in a decent and safe suburb, most probably beach facing or at least with a decent view and land value index, otherwise, it will be a bit off the mark - building a an expensive luxury house in a low value suburb is a recipe for trouble with close-to-zero odds and low resell value. If he doesn't have most of this $5M in cash, than I foresee troubles with financing this build at the first place. But this is something a good respected architect and/or luxury house builder would tell him in the first instance, anyway. In addition, he should be also considering not only how much will it cost to build such a house, but also how much will it cost to support and maintain one. Generally, houses of such proportions require full time staff to maintain them in addition to maintaining a lifestyle of their owners. He can easily end up with $500K being spent on on custom made bulletproof windows + frames alone and I doubt that any sane banker will be happy to "sponsor" those. There is absolutely no need in those if he is not a drug lord of some sort or haven't stole these $5M of yours from the mob. In that case, he would also need a proper bullet proof car and a team of body guards to match. To conclude, I strongly recommend Mr Klueless to start the discussion of his dream house with some good psychotherapist, he would probably be able to save few millions right after few sessions. The price you're seeing for a high-spec 2-storey home in Perth sounds steep, but unfortunately, it's kind of the norm these… 8 7993 7 12016 We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 37150 |