Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Anyone with Acreage - Come Say Hi 281Jun 27, 2011 6:25 pm Building NBG Buckingham 46 on Property in rural Victoria my Building Thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=46837 Re: Anyone with Acreage - Come Say Hi 282Jun 28, 2011 4:25 pm I like pigs. Cats look down on us, dogs look up to us. Pigs treat us as equals. Re: Anyone with Acreage - Come Say Hi 283Jun 28, 2011 4:27 pm I like pigs. Cats look down on us, dogs look up to us. Pigs treat us as equals. Re: Anyone with Acreage - Come Say Hi 285Jul 12, 2011 11:24 am H's Emperor Q1 on acreage Site cut 16/6/11 Slab 2/8 Frame 29/8 Tiles 9/9 Bricks 13/10 Plaster 2/11 Fittings 28/11 PCI 19/3 Re: Anyone with Acreage - Come Say Hi 289Aug 16, 2011 8:45 am well we bought our block in Hazelbrook.. not developed yet (last time i checked which was about 2mths ago) we currently living with mum in castle hill until the block is developed and the house is built... Re: Anyone with Acreage - Come Say Hi 290Aug 16, 2011 9:40 am ninjawog well we bought our block in Hazelbrook.. not developed yet (last time i checked which was about 2mths ago) we currently living with mum in castle hill until the block is developed and the house is built... That's a coincidence - We used to live in Castle Hill before we moved up to the mountains! Paul Re: Anyone with Acreage - Come Say Hi 291Aug 16, 2011 10:01 am Hi Everyone We have 5 acres in Moore Park Beach, about 20 minutes out of Bundaberg, QLD. We are building a dual living house for my family and for my parents at the moment. It's currently at frame stage with the roof on and the plumbing going in today. We absolutely love our block especially since coming from the rat race of the Gold Coast...just hope that it's finished before Xmas! The house is 88m from the front boundary and we are also planning a small orchard down the back of the block. It seems like such a big project at the moment but I know that it will be worth it at the end of the day. Plus we are planning on staying here for a while so it worth doing the hard yards! Re: Anyone with Acreage - Come Say Hi 292Oct 11, 2011 2:34 pm hayleydylan We absolutely love our block especially since coming from the rat race of the Gold Coast Totally agree. I love seeing all the stars at night with no city lights to dim them. Love hearing the birds and not cars. Im planning a small orchard atm too. We should have planted them already. Slackness on my behalf Anyone with Acreage - Come Say Hi 294Mar 05, 2012 6:16 pm Hi we are a family of 5 and purchased 400 acres 15min outside Rockhampton Queensland in June 2011. We previously owned 2 1/2 acres and now live on 1 1/2 acres. We have only just started to build. Since our purchase we have had 2 fires. Second one was bad and completely burnt our 400 acres. Since then we have put up a 6 bay shed and had a dam built (approx 100 m x 100 m). There is a smaller one in the front. My husband has purchased a tractor (I call her the other woman because he spends more time with her then me lol) and a Polaris. (This is so much fun to get around in). We also have a motorbike and quad. So lots of farm toys. We are at present getting fencing repaired from the fire and will be running a few head of cattle. We have always wanted to own a bit of land. Was only looking at 100ac but found this one and fell in love. I have been stalking H1 for a while now and really enjoy reading about everyone's build. It's very addictive !!!!! Thank you Re: Anyone with Acreage - Come Say Hi 295Mar 06, 2012 12:06 am Hi, We have been living on 1 acre for few years now and have loved having the large block but have always desired even more. After a few false starts we have bought 118 acres in coastal South Gippsland Victoria and are planning the build of our dream home there. Our Building on 118 acres in South Gippsland thread - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=54556 Re: Anyone with Acreage - Come Say Hi 296Mar 06, 2012 10:17 am Wow there are some huge acreages out there. We are currently on 3/4 but our build has recently started on 2 acres. AM hoping to do some reveg plantation on some of it, but have recently discovered there may be an issue with the planned placement of our septic. I'm not happy about that at all. Surely the builder should have realised and not put fill where we planned to put it??? Anyway we only have a slab as yet - it's supposed to be polished this week, so looks like I had better chase up the builder.... Saw some driveway woes. Ours is only about 140m, we went recycled concrete - large and plan to top that with some smaller stuff a bit later on. Just nice to be able to drive my car on there now Re: Anyone with Acreage - Come Say Hi 297Mar 09, 2012 9:42 pm Hi, we will be building a house on 1/2 acre just out of Margaret river, just far enough for serenity and to raise our own vegies and chooks. We would have loved more land (enough for a horse or two) but sadly not in the budget. After reading your posts I have acre-envy!! In the past we owned a house on 2 3/4 acres, and it was a good size to manage all the garden ourselves although we left roughly 1 acre as natural bush. The only drawback with our new block is the amount of huge terrible spiky bindys on it. It was previously cattle grazing. There are a few granite outcrops as well, sandy loam soil but more clay than soil. Once the house is built we were thinking of scraping off the block and getting good soil put down, but were told most of it would blow away. So after some local advice we will be using roundup, then getting wood chip spread all over and making raised beds with a mixture of cow poo and sand. We'll do the vegies in raised beds with mushroom mulch and good soil. We already have a vegie garden where we are and if you've never used mushroom mulch, it is MAGIC! for vegies. We'll have a 150,000L water tank, our own aquifer plant as no septic, once it comes the unit will be converted to grey water for the garden. . . Re: Anyone with Acreage - Come Say Hi 298Aug 13, 2012 2:14 pm our house is up to its second week of inside paint to do: roller doors box in above triple sliding door into alfresco air con i have to retain, rainwater tank, drainage and do a relatively steeped driveway and water runoff myself (prob contractor for cement driveway) not long now and hopefully should have keys around middle to late sept then 8 or so weeks off work!! you beauty Re: Anyone with Acreage - Come Say Hi 299Mar 15, 2013 11:33 am Just wanted to revive this thread as I found it very interesting We have just purchased a 5 acre lot an hour south of Perth in a new Rural Residential development. We can have horses I'm very excited to start planning- we want to have some chickens and ducks and one day I will get a horsey!! We are lucky enough to have scheme water, three phase power and telephone line but missed out on sewage so we will need a Effluent Disposal System Just planning the build/shed at the moment but because we want to live on the block whilst its being built its quite a challenge to get approvals from the shire. Re: Anyone with Acreage - Come Say Hi 300Mar 16, 2013 9:48 am Hi there, Newbie here, so please bear with me if I'm not doing the right thing by posting this here. My predicament is: My house didn't pass final council approval due to there not being enough water storage on site for fire fighting purposes. Some background: My home is in a semi rural residental type area on the Sunshine Coast. No town water or sewerage. Council requirements are (copied directly from MCU): Section 4. ASSESSMENT MANAGER CONDITIONS Condition 15. Bushfire Management An on-site water supply available for fire fighting purposes must be provided, having a volume of not less than 20,000 litres. The water may be either: (a) A separate tank (b) A reserve section in the bottom part of the main water supply tank (c) A swimming pool or dam installed immediately upon construction of the home. Condition 21. Water Supply The approved dwelling must be serviced with a rainwater tank having a minimum storage capacity of no less than 40,000 litres. Section 8. ADVISORY NOTES Point 5. Rural Water Storage The 20,000 litres required by Condition 15 can be included within the water required in Condition 21 providing is accessible for the purposes of fire fighting at all times and not used for other domestic purposes. • We currently have two 22,500 litre tanks on-site, satisfying Condition 21. (The builder was going to link these tanks together on Monday!) • These tanks are currently separate and not joined in anyway, satisfying Condition 15 (a). • Point 5 of the Advisory Notes clearly states that the fire fighting water requirement can be part of the water supply required for the house, so long as the fire fighting water is not used for domestic purposes. Am I right in thinking that by keeping our two tanks separate, the water requirements of Condition 15 as per Point 5, is taken to be satisfied therefore we should be able to get final council approval? The builder and certifier are saying that we need another 20,000 litres. 1 4854 Wish you all the best. Once you signed the contract, they will find millions excuses to charge you. And have seen their sites unfinished for a long time. 4 25848 As title suggests, looking at using the interlocking Pentablock stacked stone products to replace failing timber retaining… 0 18780 |