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Hopefully some better news from an online news article on apartment trends and future predictions. https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/business/wa/a/26883726/apartment-demand-set-to-spike/ Cheers, Wrexy...

I saw an episode recently on Grand Designs (UK series) on a shipping container house in Ireland and a Google search shows there was also a shipping container build on Grand Designs Australia (Season 5, Episode 1). It was by no means a cheap or straight forward build in comparison to a...

I'm a bit late entering this one, but doesn't Coolbellup come under City of Cockburn? Cheers, Wrexy.

Usual local government bureaucratic tripe. I had to get a Structerre drawing for a pitched rock wall at the side of my place, to submit to council. It showed rocks randomly, stacked on top of each other at a 45deg angle. I was told the drawing usually costs $80.00, but got it for free as I was...

Might end up with a swimming pool sized hole instead of a soakwell sized one. Once you get digging on one of these machines you can't stop. ;) Cheers.

Hi Chibs, Hire a mini excavator for a weekend and dig the holes & trenches yourself and use it to lift in he concrete tanks. Otherwise, do what I did and buy a 2nd hand excavator off Gumtree to dig the holes yourself. Whole bunch of fun to drive & dig holes and then on sell after you have...

Perth Real Estate & Property people - Overworked or Lazy? I was going to start my own thread until I found this one already existed...! In the past couple of months I have been on the lookout for another IP and the lack of interest, response and customer service has amazed me. How do...

Has anyone researched or been able to understand the R100 zoning strip between the train station and central Mandurah? (See - http://www.mandurah.wa.gov.au/HBItem_630778.PDF) From what I can understand off the council website, buildings have to be minimum 3 maximum 5 storeys high with a mix...

I've had or got IP's in Canning, Gosnells & Armadale - 3 shires side by side makes it easy to compare. Armadale council is by far the most expensive rates I've ever paid, Gosnells is middle ground and Canning slightly cheaper. Armadale I figure has the most expensive rates as you're also paying...

Hi ljiljan, Jump onto the City of Armadale website and go to their online mapping. http://www.armadale.wa.gov.au/Home/Services_and_Facilities/Online_Mapping If you click on Town Planning Scheme 4 label it will come up with the zonings for every property in the LGA. Hope this helps...

A new house salesperson once said to me, the only time you'll use double front doors is when you move in or move out of the house. I have been in my current place now for 2.5 years and the only thing I can add to the saleperson's words is that mine gets opened to be cleaned occasionally as...

Hi Sash, Sounds like good value for money for the amount of building and finish off you're getting for $174K. I remember Collier Homes have been around quite a while and used to be quite a popular builder back in the 1980's - I even remember one of their TV adverts from the time. Since...

Hi Westminster, Thanks for your advice. My estimations were pretty close and yes points taken on the increase in value to be more than the increase in costs, longer build times & increased holding costs. The information is handy when doing initial mental DD on a site that has prospect for some...

Justing seeing if anyone has some figures for building 3x2 (2 storey) townhouse around Nollamara/Westminster? I've not spoken to any builders out there yet, but from what I can gauge from my own research, starting around $250K upto $300K. Single storey 3x2's in these areas are quite...

I have been watching Nollamara, Westminster & Balga since 2011; Bought in Nollamara in 2012. I see Balga now tipping the $500K mark for a 728m2 development site...! http://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-wa-balga-115527691 I remember when I started watching Balga a couple of years...

Hi there, Last paving job I had done was 270m2 in size using 330mm x 330mm x 60mm pavers. (Nice heavy pavers). Paver quoted $18m2 to lay, plus a few extras like extra cutting and carting in some extra sand. By the time the job was finished, the price worked out to $20m2. The paver...