I've searched the forum but am either not looking well enough or there is no thread.
We're moving to Buderim, Sunshine Coast at the end of this year. We will be living with a friend for as long as required until we decide on what we want to live in / on.
At this stage, we'd love to buy at least an acre and put an old Queenslander on it to renovate.
We've spoken to the Buderim Shire, some of the supplier / movers of such houses and a very helpful broker who apparently specialises in this type of thing. There's nothing like hands on experience so I have a few queries :
We're moving to Buderim, Sunshine Coast at the end of this year. We will be living with a friend for as long as required until we decide on what we want to live in / on.
At this stage, we'd love to buy at least an acre and put an old Queenslander on it to renovate.
We've spoken to the Buderim Shire, some of the supplier / movers of such houses and a very helpful broker who apparently specialises in this type of thing. There's nothing like hands on experience so I have a few queries :
- Has anyone within the forum done this before?
- Apart from the necessary licenses for moving the house and reconnecting services for water, power, etc, what are the other costs associated (apart from renos)?
- Do we need a broker specialising in this type of finance?
- Is it a good idea to buy the house with cash, finance the block, renovate, refinance and pull the cash back out?
- Is there anything unexpected that came up for you that we should be aware of?
- Is this as easy as I think it is?