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  1. Steve Fitz

    Perth Builders are testing my patience

    VaSSago if you don't have any joy, give me a call and I might be able to fast-track you to the right people. Best to probably call 1300495787 and leave your details though as I'm understaffed at the moment. Half the problem I'm hearing in the lower end is the price gouging on site costs and...
  2. Steve Fitz

    Design and Quote, or Builder?

    There's a few factors to consider before you can decide what the best course of action is. First of all, what is your building budget?
  3. Steve Fitz

    Building Brokers - 28sq home

    Hi Wombat, Our pricing in Perth is different to Sydney, but i can tell you the Perth figures; Single storey homes under $250k and 2 storey homes under $350,000 - 5% or less savings using a Broker. For prices to be 20% cheaper you need to be spending up around $700k+
  4. Steve Fitz

    WA R-codes update 2012: rumour mill

    I heard that there was going to be a clause that says; "No matter what the R-Codes says the City of Subiaco will reject your application."
  5. Steve Fitz

    Reval at end of construction to take our security?

    Did you get the original valuation done before or after the subdivision? If it was before then you've likely increased in value with your subdivided block. If it was after then you're probably right in saying they won't recognise an increase in value.
  6. Steve Fitz

    Building Brokers

    As a building broker, we provide our pool of builders regular work. We meet with them each week and inspect our client sites on a regular basis. Why would a builder bite the hand that feeds them? We've found the opposite. If I ever raise an issue with any of our builders I have the owners...
  7. Steve Fitz

    Building Brokers

    What you really mean is that you didn't pay an upfront price for the builders to do that work for you. Instead, you paid for it in the price of your home. Inspired, Aveling and Gemmill will count that work in their overheads and set their markup % accordingly to cover all the 'free' work...
  8. Steve Fitz

    101 Residential 2 Story Homes

    It's hard to say how people will receive their modular upper floors as they haven't been around long enough to give any real sales proof. However, there's a lot of people that don't like loft homes in Perth because of the lack of insulation used in most of the ones built more than 10 years...
  9. Steve Fitz

    New Build?

    Homeswest are everywhere, as policy. You'll even find them in Peppermint Grove.
  10. Steve Fitz

    New Build?

    Cheers, hope you liked it :) That's (just) one of my websites.
  11. Steve Fitz

    New Build?

    Not always. We recently designed a home in Mt Claremont and ran the design past the planners during the design phase. They gave us the go-ahead via email. We submit the plans for planning approval - REJECTED. We send the emails the council sent us saying it would comply. Too bad. It's...
  12. Steve Fitz

    Perth property listings - under 12,000.

    Great conversational thread guys! I have a question to the guys involved in finance - At what level is the current 'ceiling' of lending? In my own experience during the boom, our property prices hit the affordability ceiling which basically capped pricing for median range stock. With the...
  13. Steve Fitz

    Timber floor problem - advice needed!

    This is an interesting one Hector, as it seems it has been properly diagnosed, but both solutions may be acceptable too. I've seen this happen with a lot of new homes, where the timber is delivered but doesn't have time to acclimatise before being laid, and/or where reverse cycle A/C is...
  14. Steve Fitz

    Perth CBD lunch meet

    I just spent 20 minutes reading this thread thinking it'd be good to meet up, then realized this was last month :confused:
  15. Steve Fitz

    Perth rental "crisis" article

    Has anyone got more info with the recent changes to the tenancy act allowing tenants to have maintenance done without landlord approval?
  16. Steve Fitz

    Rents Decrease!

    Rents are going up in Perth. I was told vacancy at the moment is less than 2%
  17. Steve Fitz

    New Build?

    Redwing - I would call the council and ask them for any planning issues. Check if there are any design covenants in the area or DAP's for your block. I know many people who purchase a block with ideas of what they want to build, only to find out there are a lot of restrictions so they can't...
  18. Steve Fitz

    WA article

    I have to disagree Ergophobia. Mandurah has canal and beach front homes and others in normal suburbia. A median price will never give you an indication of anything realistic.
  19. Steve Fitz

    Perth Market Flooded And No Sales

    Aaron, Do you know the current rental vacancy stats?
  20. Steve Fitz

    Perth Market Flooded And No Sales

    I don't know Aus - i no longer have RPData to confirm the numbers. If someone else could it'd be great.
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