Yeah I agree $70k does sound excessive. Couple of questions:
Are you building in brick?
How deep are the trenches?
Is the $70k a prelim estimate or is this the price…

Hi Rainey - where are you building? It may depend on how reactive the soil is in your area. I think areas such as Vista and Tea Tree Gully are…

This was facilitated through the builder using his engineer and draftsman, but as a seperate payment to the main contract (and prior to) and in a way in which we…

We are currently at Lock Up and I believe the kitchen cabinetry is going in as early as this week. Having spoken to many project builders - we decided we…

Hi StephMarie. I have personally not built with them but did have them quote our current build last year. The fella we spoke to was pretty good and seemed to…

Yes the process would be similar across the board I imagine. We are building with a smaller company named Den Berger built. They have been excellent to date, up front…

For reference our timeline so far is as follows:
- April/May 2019 began speaking with builders, visiting display homes etc
- Choose on builder June 2019
- June 2019 paid for…

Overcapitalising is in the eye of the beholder. It depends on how long you plan on living in the property. If it is long term who knows what house pricing…

In terms of the build process it is pretty tight timeframes and I would suggest not rushing it for the sake of the grant. Having said that it would be…

Michael you may still be in a cooling off period. I would check your agreement.

I would say it is possible. It depends on a variety of factors such as council approvals, trade availability etc. In this circumstance I wouldn’t be signing the contract until…

perfecthome I agree it sucks and I am hoping someone raises this with the relevant people and they may make an amendment to…

Yes, for us we were 50/50 about beginning the build process given the climate and with one our salaries coming from the aviation industry it was a huge risk for…

Surely if someone has signed a contract and is still on cooling off period for example, they would cancel the contract and then resign from now. I am sure there…

This is from the Australian newspaper today. Will be interesting to see what happens.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see some tweaks to the policy along the way once it is rolled out. Seems pretty narrowly focused to stimulate an entire industry.

I assume they would include the current value of the land as part of the package. For example if the land is worth $400k and your build is $400k you…

It is definitely including land in the value up to $750k

Yes unfortunately we have already started the building process and have had a slab poured. Seems contract needs to executed now to be eligible.

So would you be eligible if you are currently building? Seems not... damn wish I had held off for a few month before signing our build contract

Contact today tonight or a current affair.

Hi Shan_brad
Currently in the process of building a Hebel home in Adelaide.
From what I have been told the properties of Hebel is better than that of Brick veneer and…

Hey MaeC,
We have just purchased a block in Cook Street as of last week and are now weighing up our options in terms of builders. We have a plan pretty…

Hello guys. How are you all?
I just stumbled upon this forum today and have been reading vividly about everyone's experiences. We are currently considering buying a block of land…