Browse Forums Building A New House Re: What would you decide when building your home 3Apr 17, 2011 11:58 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: What would you decide when building your home 5Apr 18, 2011 8:36 am Eve Dweller Go with a house you can afford. Having said that changing home down the track will cost more money than getting it future proof up front. As comment made in another thread wages increase every year. Your mortgage repayment stays the same. In 10 years the payment will be about 70% current value. Wages increase or mortgage repayments increase? Re: What would you decide when building your home 7Apr 18, 2011 11:07 am We went with a 29 square 4*2 thinking of future proofing in mind (the mortgage is under control so I am not basing this on cost alone) however, its surprising how little of the house we are actually using. We have not even walked in the rumpus, lounge or one of the bedrooms since hand over and the other is being used as storage. In hindsight, we could have gone for a smaller house and not been any worse off So I guess my tip would be to really consider your lifestyle and workout what room you actually need and how much you will need in the future. Do you need a rumpus, what are you going to use it for? Our family is growing, so I am sure we will put the other rooms to good use eventually…. Re: What would you decide when building your home 8Apr 18, 2011 11:22 am life is all about balance. I heard a story of off guys who was bragging about how his house was the biggest in the neighborhood. A looked at the house and though to my self your home is actually the smallest in the neighborhood due to no backyard and the house actually looked ugly, ie the house might be big but the home was very small. . I was also told how this guy was trying everything to save money etc so he wouldn't spend to much. So this guys apart from a big house has nothing else to brag about. To be honest I actually feel somewhat sorry for him. Re: What would you decide when building your home 9Apr 18, 2011 11:44 am I would (and have) go for a house: 1. As big as you may need it to be. If you have kids (or plan on them/want them) and are building in a place you want to stay then the room will be beneficial, whilst 2. Being able to afford the payments at an inflated interest rate. Try working out what you payments will be if they go up by 5%. Could you afford that? We are building a house that is big enough to fit a large family with room for all to move around. Basically room for another kid (have 1 so far) and a separate study. Shared/family bathroom has enough space for 2 to be in there together brushing teeth/make up/etc.. and obv an en-suite for parents. 2 interconnected living + a separate living space and an out door area. If we had the money, I would have added another toilet, but the space/layout is there to add it later if needed/wanted. We 'sacrificed" fittings, furniture and other appliances(stick with a smaller TV for awhile still etc..) to get the space right. Re: What would you decide when building your home 10Apr 18, 2011 12:00 pm I agree.. We are looking at our house being a long term thing so we have sacrificed some things that can be changed/updated (eg Stone benchtops, Splashback) and will not go crazy buying new things, so we could have the larger plan we wanted. It's much harder to change the structure than the cosmetic things! Re: What would you decide when building your home 11Apr 18, 2011 2:41 pm Thanks everyone for your replies, i think i understood everyone's points. We are planning to have kids, and this is probably something that is also in the way. If we had already our kids we would have known that we are ok with 2 bedrooms for example. But now we dont know what future might bring to us! Re: What would you decide when building your home 12Apr 18, 2011 2:44 pm Agree with the above too! This is our second house and hopefully our last! If you look at buying a house in an area that you like why would you want to move? (Although I never moved house as a child so I'm a kind of person who likes to settle down roots and stay in one place!) I found selling our first place that so much money was wasted with advertising and solicitors and agents fees that the few thousand you may save now you will waste in the future when actually buying that home that better suits you! Prices are ALWAYS going to go up... so to get that extra room or couple of squares now may cost a few thousand more it will certainly cost you so much more in the future. We built a 36 square home and there is only the 2 of us and a small dog! And to be perfectly honest with you it will most likely be the same for at least 5 years... and yes we don't use all of the rooms in the house... but in 5 years time when one of us has to be home with the children we will have breathing space with our mortgage as we have had 5 years of a "double income no kids" scenario smashing down at the repayments to build up some equity! We decided to build a bigger house now so the rooms will grow with our family... Hope this helps! Sleven Moved into our Atlantique MkII 36 by Carlisle Homes 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 39751 I thought this would be a popular question but I haven't been able to find any similar posts. Perhaps I'm wording my searches wrong? 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