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And this is a problem when the nicest house someone can afford is a dingy 60s 2br unit or something a billion miles from the city, when a few years ago the same (inflation adjusted) income would get you something nicer. A fundamental when house price rises dramatically outstrip wages, even if...

Council here is nowhere near as picky about houses and we had no problem with them with the subdivision either, but this particular council is extremely pro-development to the point it is actually sucking the life out of nearby councils as businesses move here and the lion's share of new housing...

This was a catalogue price, I had a good yak to a sales guy (I was thinking of this design for a duplex). Slab added $12k on our delightfully reactive soils here (helps when you have a soil test handy), council fees included, carpets probably $5k for a house that size, tiling/paint/oven etc...

Cupcakes - looked in a house catalogue lately? You can get a 3x1 for $75k (plus $$ for interesting stuff like carpet and foundations). Sure, Ikea might make a $50k house but who cares really when you have to pay $350k for a slice of dirt for the house to go on in the first place. You can build...

Aaaah ... we're just general cheapskates so we get 80c stuff. Except with furniture, apparently. Slowcookers are brilliant in the cooler weather for cheapskates, shove $5 or $6 worth of stuff in there, wait all day, and you get something delicious that feeds 5 people with a bit leftover for...

Rugrat - how is making your own pasta cheaper than buying pre-made? 500g of pasta is 80c, a dozen eggs is $4 and flour isn't cheap either ... I'm feeling very gen-y today, we bought $3000 of furniture and drooled over $3000 more, which we'll get later. We already have furniture, but its old...

I'm waiting for a tank that will arrive on Wednesday ... maybe Thursday ... there's two days of free time stuck at home right there :p (driver won't unload it without extra people to help)

SA has some set aside in new estates too, sounds like its a nationwide (or at least more than one state) thing. I'm guessing the upper limits in Canberra are a bit higher than in SA? My uncle is looking for a house in Canberra and can't figure out how we managed to get more than one house out...

*raises hand* me, but not a pool, I'm actually sitting around waiting for a 5000 gallon tank (4m diameter so sort of pool sized) today, does that count? However it is my 5th property and my first over $65k (two bought and sold before the boom in Adelaide, back when it was really cheap there)...

I enquired about some floor plan or other a few months ago with a large project builder and the guy I spoke to was older and seemed to really have a clue. I asked how they are dealing with the new 6 star rules, and are they planning to change any of their floor plans to make them more energy...