Building a new home in your 60s can be the perfect time to embrace your dream home. As you move into retirement, your finances, lifestyle, and household size can all change significantly. Your old family house might suddenly feel too big, or like too much work, or too far away from friends and relatives. Whatever your reason […]
How long does it take to build a new home? This question is frequently asked by people who are thinking of building their own home. Some experts and builders will answer that it takes an average of eight months, while others say that it takes anything from four months to over a year to complete […]
If you are planning on building a new home you’ll soon be faced with many options and choices. This includes choosing a builder, finding a location, picking building materials, deciding on paint colours, and much, much more. One of the most important factors to consider for each of these decisions is whether you are going […]
Building a new home is a major project and commitment. It involves a lot of planning, decision making, costs, paperwork and a large team of tradesmen and suppliers to complete the project. Naturally, you’d want to do everything in your power to ensure this process will be a success, and working with an established and […]
We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us. – Winston Churchill So you’re ready to change your life with a new home. Congratulations, it’s a big first step. Now comes a litany of decisions, the first of which may be: do I buy an existing home or build new? Buy or build? This is an intensely personal […]
If you are shopping around for a new home and have been visiting a few display homes, you are probably well aware that you should be looking at floor plans, designs, quality and finishes to help you make a decision. However, you may be overlooking a very important factor that could greatly determine the outcome […]
“To speak of home in relation to a building is simply to recognise its harmony with our own prized internal song.” –Alain de Botton – The Architecture of Happiness So you’ve done all the research on the pros and cons of building versus buying. You’ve talked to friends and family endlessly, bookmarked realestate.com.au in your Favourites, […]
So you think you’ve found your dream property. The fabulous local shopping precinct is down the road, your kids can ride their bikes to school, there’s a bus stop on the corner of the leafy public park and your favourite café overlooking the water is a comfortable stroll away. Sounds perfect. But before you sign […]
There are so many things to consider when making the decision to develop a block of land. Before considering the number of houses, units, duplex’s or townhouses to build, the developer must identify the capability of the block, including the size and shape. Should the block suit a duplex it will provide the owner with […]
