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How old are you Phar Lap?

Just pay one of the neighborhood kids to do it, bit of pocket money for them.

An old school friend I recently caught up with had only just completed construction of his PPOR as an owner builder. He told me that he had initially received quotes around the $600k mark (40 square home) but they brought it in at $480k so a 20% saving, which is widely understood to be the...

Easily alleviated by sourcing multiple quotes for both trades and materials, and possibly asking the trades to supply the materials so as you get their trade discounts. Even better if you know people in most of the required trades.

Very interested in this thread but more from a PPOR perspective.

Ok, so a smaller deposit can be agreed upon by both us and the vendor then when it's closer to settlement date I would arrange finance as normal with the deposit raised over the previous 10-11 months? The land has been in the market for 188 days and was dropped by $10k in Feb, but after...

Just wondering if anyone on here has negotiated a significantly long settlement (12 months +/-) on a property before? We have spotted a perfect block of land in the area we plan to move to in a few years and it is being marketed for what we believe to be a very good price, unfortunately though...

Thank you all for your replies, as it turns out the vendor did have a site plan showing the contours of the land, the agent had apparently asked for it by another name that they didn't understand. There was a full set of drawings for a 48 square (builders, not m2) house that came with them but...

Does anyone know the best place to source a topographic map of a particular block of land? The vendors don't have a site plan showing the fall on the land and before I look to seek the services of a surveyor I'd like to know if there's another way to get this info? Thanks in advance.

How so, what regs have impacted you?

Great, thanks for all of your replies.

Thanks Tobe, I'd assume the waiver is mainly for doctors, lawyers etc.?

I'm an Operations Technician (Production Operator) although have only been in this position for 10 months, I was previously an Electrical & Instrumentation Maintenance Technician and my wife has only just began working again as an aged care worker, although this is a casual position. Does that...

Ok, thanks for the replies, we should be able to make 20% deposit.....maybe, Mornington Peninsula hinterland can get pretty exxy! Out of curiosity though, what is the waiver you've mentioned Corey?

One for the brokers on here. After having move from Melbourne to regional Qld in 2011 for work, we are planning to move back to Vic in a couple of years and are considering the idea of buying a block of land for our future PPOR, but would like to know what percentage deposit would be...

Do you move into the existing house and reno it while the new home is built on the rear or something? I've done this once in my home town and did really well out of it, but then went and used the equity for a deposit for our PPOR so am back to square one saving for a deposit again...bugger.

Sorry to hi-jack the thread but what areas of Melbourne do you do this in Mikey?

Ok, thanks, never heard of that before, guess you learn something new every day.

What's the issue with black soil?

Do you know if this is a nationally recognized qualification that can be used in all states?