I am in stage 3 and our land was titled last year, i have moved in today officially.. Finger cross for your land and hope that it will title ontime..
Congratulations! Well done claego, good for you
Enjoy Alamanda
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 43May 28, 2009 9:53 pm Carlisle Atlantique 32sq - Handover 13th Aug... MAYBE? (1 week) Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 53Jun 18, 2009 10:05 am Blog - http://clageonewhouse.blogspot.com/ Building Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=10886&hilit=milan I am in, with my husband and my beautiful bunny Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 55Jun 18, 2009 3:44 pm Blog - http://clageonewhouse.blogspot.com/ Building Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=10886&hilit=milan I am in, with my husband and my beautiful bunny Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 56Jun 24, 2009 1:27 pm Hi everyone, I'm new. I just bought a House and Land in Almanda for $290. Land $145 for 320sqm. The land is just near the wetlands and borders the pricier Featherbrook estate (stage 10). I was waiting in anticipation for the gov to release land zoning plans and to my delight have confirmed that beyond Alamanda is a green wedge. The mortgage broker was shocked at how much I wanted to spend and said this kind of buyer was rare, especially for first home builders. She said she has to deal with young clients like myself who want palacial homes, and start crying when she says no go. We are building with PD (Chelsea 3). Site costs are fixed at just under $5k. Very happy with my purchase. I wanted a cheap H&L so can purchase another rental property rather than starting off with a large home, or rent this one out in the future. Despite small land size and home, my house will always be attractive to investors due to it being a little more affordable. I wouldn't expect a family to want my house, it's too small. Its predicted rental income exceeds my repayments already given FHOG, deposit and paying low interest on a small loan. Will be easy to rent out as well, as it will be one of the cheapest in the area to rent because I won't need to charge much. For those who haven't titled yet, I'd be wary of the land tax. Ask your solicitor to see what they predict it will be. We are also predicted to start building in Feb. If this does blow out, then we will have to apply for special consideration. Alamanda does not want a bad rep for holding back many first home buyers for the interest of their business, so they will try their best. Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 57Jun 24, 2009 1:38 pm MissAlison For those who haven't titled yet, I'd be wary of the land tax. Ask your solicitor to see what they predict it will be. Firstly congrats on the choice of Alamanda! As far as I know land tax is charged as at 31 December each year so provided you have taken title by that date you should not have land tax charged to you. Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 58Jun 24, 2009 3:19 pm I would be wary of site costs at $5k. That is VERY cheap. Does it include everything? Rock removal, soil fill in, grading, fence and everything? If it does then that's great, but if not I would investigate more. Alamanda is very rocky and usually min site costs are $12k + Oh, and welcome to the forum. Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 59Jun 24, 2009 4:14 pm moody I would be wary of site costs at $5k. That is VERY cheap. Does it include everything? Rock removal, soil fill in, grading, fence and everything? If it does then that's great, but if not I would investigate more. Alamanda is very rocky and usually min site costs are $12k + Oh, and welcome to the forum. That is a fixed price quote for $5k with PD it will not change, the Chelsea doesn't have a big footprint so costs should be low. I didn't know Alamanda was rocky - I will have to go for a drive and look around I know it is pretty much just clay so at a minimum the slab is going to be a H class. Re: Alamanda Estate - Owners Forum 60Jun 24, 2009 4:27 pm Moody, how did you come to the conclusion that Alamanda is very rocky, in the first few stages granted i would expect a little rock to come out but any stage beyond sate 4 or 5 should see any rock removed, as these stages have massive amount of fill in place and a rule to go by is when the developers places a lot of fill on the land they would have to mad to inport fill with rock in it. i personly have done many jobs in Alamanda and i can tell you that the builders are mostly cocerned about the fill not the rock. it is vitaly inportant the the compaction report from Villawood holds up, its funny that these costs have been drumed into clients to the point where you think they are acceptable. again the volume boy's will be quoting between $13 to $17plus but i am telling you right now you can get on site between 7.5 and 10K with out a problem. 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