Browse Forums Buying Land 1 Dec 16, 2015 7:42 pm My partner and I are dead set on a small acreage in Brisbane near Ipswich, unfortunately a small part of land has a single pole transmission line running through. This doesn't bother us as we currently live 20m away from two giant transmission lines where we rent and have had no issues, a single transmission pole is nothing for us, but the agent has warned us that banks care. I understand banks balk because of resale value, we want to go with BOQ but is there any way, or anything we can do to improve our chances of getting a loan to build here? These blocks sell somehow, so someone has got to accept right? I would love some tips on how to persuade them to allow a loan. We are first home owners/buyers so are very vanilla at this, but are keen on building our first home. Thanks for reading! I recently went through a similar renovation and move scenario when updating our family home. We also swapped some rooms around and tackled a major… 2 10865 Yes, unless you are in a low intensity rainfall area or the area is protected from rain. Do you have access to NCC Part 2 or can you download it? I can email you a copy… 10 12874 That sucks! Hope it all works out. Good to move away from steel anyway for all your reasons, but it's also thermally poor. 16 18384 |