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don't think renting by the room will help....we currently only have one bedroom. the kids bedroom is currently shared with the laundry! thus the need for a new home!

Well we've picked a builder - Dales. We're at the stage of negotiating on the list of inclusions. We've gotten a bit personal about it all, so we're spending a lot more than we originally planned, but probably about right for the area. Build, including site works is looking like it will...

had a look through an almost finished peter stannard home today. Am convinced I want 34 course ceilings in the living areas now...so much for our original budget. I want a nice home but I don't want to completely max us out borrowing wise as I'd like to think we'll still be able to buy more...

That's exactly what I was thinking Westminster. Roomy 4 x 2 with high spec. 300k for house plus 100 k for landscaping and any other unforeseens. Sales rep at red ink just said yes to everything we asked. Seems they'll be as flexible as you want as long as you pay for it. We're really not...

Another thing I've been wondering is if we're under capitalising for the area. Is there a rule of thumb for how much to invest in a home compared to land value? Block is prob worth around 700k.

Off to see the red ink show room this morning. One advantage of the big builders is they have all their stuff on show so we can visualise it. Quite exciting really. Our last build was for investment only...took us about 5 min to make colour and tile and carpet choices for the whole house.

We've made the decision to knock down our place and build a new bigger family home. We have a 676 sqm block in Kensington. We've been speaking with a few builders (Aveling, Red Ink, Dale Alcock) and are in the process of getting rough plans sketched up and costed (modified quite a bit from...