Chyloe posted:How did you juggle selling & buying properties?
Unfortunately you will have to pay stamp duty. Only first home buyers in Qld get free stamp duty on an owner occupied house. You will still get it…
Chyloe posted:Pre-approval - what good is it?
In my experience as a paralegal working in conveyancing, pre-approvals aren't worth the paper they are written on.
If your contract is subject to finance approval, if your finance approval is…
Chyloe posted:conveyancer- what should we use them for?
I'm a conveyancer in Qld. We don't check building contracts, only do conveyancing of actual houses, land, units etc.
Not sure about other states, but I'd never really seen a…
Chyloe posted:Riksters place - Kid's play area
Rikster & Bec - Your house is just gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
Chyloe posted:A thread for Queenslanders :-)
We've now had handover 
and the house is all ours. Were going to be moving in today, however, with the shocking weather SE…
Chyloe posted:Did your slab look really small?
We have a slab only for our double garage, and the rest of the house is on piers. When the slab was done and the flooring for the base…
Chyloe posted:Locks on bedroom doors, yes or no?
In our new house, our room, both bathrooms and toilets have locks.
Do you think I could put locks on the OUTSIDE of the kids' rooms to keep them in there.....…
Chyloe posted:Buying a house from Family
The Buyer will probably need a market appraisal also for stamp duty purposes. The good ole' govt won't want to miss out on any stamp duty lol!! In…
Chyloe posted:Build time of 324 days in the contract? sounds REASONABLE???
Ours was 220 days for a 29 square house. We thought that was OK. Nearly there now. YAY!!
Chyloe posted:How old were you when...
DH and I were 27 and 28 when we bought our first home.
I am now 39 and DH is 40. We should be moving in the next 2 weeks…
Chyloe posted:Living in a Shed During Construction?
We've lived in a shed (now really a house) for over 7 years now.
My husband, his 2 sisters and their parents lived here while their house was built back in…
Chyloe posted:A thread for Queenslanders :-)
Our floating floors and carpets are now done. Just waiting on the stove to be installed (rangehood done last week) and hopefully handover will be this week!!!!
Chyloe posted:Where is your man-hole (person hole)?
Ours is in the laundry. Didn't even to check on the plan about this before the house was built. 
Chyloe posted:Chateau Lisa
Lisa - good luck - hope your settlement goes through soon.
I'm a conveyancer and in my experience you will have to cough up the penalty interest (make the bank aware…
Chyloe posted:Do you regret not getting the higher ceilings say 9 foot ?
We wanted 9 foot ceilings and went with that. We love it. 
Chyloe posted:Kids, Vagrants etc Messing with House during Construction
We haven't had this problem at all, but then again our house is being built (now almost at handover yay) in the middle of nowhere 
Chyloe posted:A thread for Queenslanders :-)
The smaller builder is definitely more exxy price wise, but we got to have the design side of the team actually design something to suit our land, will be one…
Chyloe posted:Buying Land in Brisbane
You might find something more towards the northside for $220K to $240K like at North Lakes or something, but the blocks are postage stamp sized..
Chyloe posted:Signing an "Unconditional Contract"??
If you only have a pre-approval, do not sign an unconditional Contract.....pre-approvals aren't worth the paper they are written on. I am a conveyancing paralegal in Qld. If…
Chyloe posted:A thread for Queenslanders :-)
Hi - I am new here (obviously lol).
My husband and I are in the process of building near Caboolture on acreage.
Our house is nearly finished and hopefully we can move…
