After you look at the real estate, you realize very quickly that buying a house is influenced by a number of criteria: budget, old / new, location, size of land, type of land, house size, quality ... us begin with the budget. As I already said, only the houses are under $ 750,000 now qualify the "first home owner grant" of $ 7000 (in Queensland, that limit may vary from state to state). Furthermore, when purchased, it must fulfill the "stamp duty" to overcome them completely, the house must cost less than $ 500,000. Beyond, if it is a "first" home, it was still entitled to a discount. Basically, a house $ 850 000, you pay $ 24,000 stamp duty $ 31,000 rather than the normal rate. Ok, the budget has an impact on aid and other tax reductions, and even if it may influence your choice, this is not the key aspect.
In Brisbane, the properties for less than $ 500,000 were mostly a few characteristics in common was that price you get:
- A new apartment reasonably sized downtown (2 rooms in the 100 meters square) . You choose the urban lifestyle, you have no children or dogs
- A reasonably sized townhouse within 10-15 kms from the city (3 bedrooms, garden almost nonexistent in the 150 square meters ). For budgets greenhouses nonetheless seeking to buy the modern place and not too bad with some semblance of a garden
- 20-50 years old house in the 10-15 km from the city (3-4 bedrooms, garden of reasonable size or large depending on the location, within 200 meters square). For those willing to roll up our sleeves and do some renovations
- a new house or new but located beyond 25 kms from the city (2-4 bedrooms, garden of modest size, in square meters 200-250). For those who want something new and are willing to travel long distances to town
For Sydney, I guess you'll have much less choice and only to the price you will have to confine the apartment ... and yet not downtown with views of the Opera!
then surely we can differentiate the homes of $ 500.001 to $ 700,000, those of $ 700.001 to $ 800,000, those of $ 1,000.000 $ 800.001 and that has a + $ 1,000,000. I focus here on the houses, but these prices, feel free to consider a penthouse in downtown!
- From $ 500.001 to $ 700,000, houses are still very similar to those under $ 500,000, with some small improvements alone, mostly for a better location ... But basically, you expect the same thing as in the previous category, except that you have to pay the stamp duty. Of course, when you approach the bar, it's improving greatly, but do not expect to find nirvana, even at $ 700,000, it will be very difficult to find the home that meets all your expectations. During my research, $ 700,000 seemed like a bar rather differentiation in terms of quality homes
- From $ 700.001 to $ 800,000: the, the range narrows a bit. I noticed that in this class, we started to see houses with relatively new, large (at least 300 square meters), fairly well positioned (within 10-20 kms from the city) and therefore with a field (around of 700 square meters). I would say the best value range for money for those who do not want to go in renovations.
As you approach the upper bar, you start seeing houses with pool. However, in this category, you will still, most of the time to make some compromises: the ground is sometimes a little smaller or not so well placed, the house will be modern but lacks a little je ne sais quoi .. . - From $ 800.001 to $ 1,000,000, was the category where most of the time the houses meet all your needs: little compromise here, these homes combine location, field, pool and modern comforts ... beyond the $ 1,000,000, which often makes the difference is the size of the land in this category you can expect a large land 2000-4000 square meters of ... real luxury homes start in the $ 2,000,000 - $ 3,000,000
Although these ranges are subjective and are the result of my 8 months of research. You certainly notice that quite a few sellers position their homes in the upper class while the house is worth much less objectively. But in general, I think those bands are pretty realistic.
Let then the debate between old and new. We must not delude ourselves. However much you tell yourself "I'm not that hard" when it comes time to buy your house, I can assure you that you will realize that your criteria are higher than you think. Yep, even when we speak of large amount, even for houses to "entry level" ... even $ 500,000 is a lot of money! Suppose that after a list of what you believe to be of paramount subscribed in your home and your budget estimated at $ 650,000, you start to browse the real estate. After several hours, the usual reaction is ... the deception. And the more time you spend, the better your eye gets used to detect the "key points" ... more demanding and you will ... and you will be disappointed! At one time or another may then ask the question of "ah, but if I was building my own house then!
track that we have a time tracking, which allows me to you talk about (limited since we have subsequently abandoned). But what I can tell you is that the path is strewn with pitfalls:
- The grounds: first thing before building, finding common ground ... and it is not easy. Already, the grounds are very very rare despite what you might expect given the size of Australia. Indeed, the government will not validate buildable land that dropper and if you look at the deals, by suburb, they can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
Then, you are looking for a suitable size (about 700 square meters) and well placed, prices are reaching highs: have at least $ 450,000 just for the field. And I do not even speak of the most prestigious courses, if so, relying instead $ 550,000 - $ 700,000 ... if it is near the center and overlooking the river ... forget, it's quite $ 1,000,000 - $ 2,000,000 ... yes yes, I know it's delirious ...
Ah yes, remember one important criterion: all fields are not equal in construction. The ease of building a house on land (and therefore cost) depends on the quality of soil and slope (if it is steep, it will vraissemblablement use a specific design). Of course, land is more easily made and more expensive it is - house: you have the land? Now is the "true" trouble begins ... Everyone knows that building a home is a stressful process. Ok you can designate exactly to your liking, but already the, problem ... Who said you had good taste? Indeed, the houses that are found on sale because the owners were disappointed with the outcome are legion (and not just because the house was poorly finished by the manufacturer). No but I mean it, creating a house of good taste requires a lot of work and research. Browse real estate and tell me how many houses were designed with taste and intelligence? Among those in the Rococo style, they readily mixes genres and colors, those ultra kitsch with Greek columns, those with a huge balcony overlooking Street (and who does not serve as a great thing) ...
etc. Ok, you have good taste ... now remains to rub you the construction worker has downunder ... go a little look here to comment on the major manufacturers www.productreview.com.au , it makes chilling!
Another very interesting link if you want to get started nonetheless: forum.homeone.com.au , especially the list of blogs of people who build and you can follow the progress from day to day.
Advice, go to "display homes", there was a huge North Lakes, comprising the majority of major manufacturers. To summarize: a great display Metricon Homes and are at the forefront of design. That said, the display of Metricon homes are "optioned" to death so if you want the same, it'll cost you far more than the price "standard" display. Plantation home looks pretty, but very bad reputation, and hosting of business I was not impressed ... Clarendon seemed to want a lot involved. Also Kaha Homes make great houses, fairly original alone, mostly if you have a slope. - Budget: If you are already $ 400,000 - $ 500,000 for the land, know that $ 300,000 will help you build a house just right and that $ 500,000 would be a more realistic budget (with pool) ... hey yes, the house Your dream is a "Million Dollar Baby"!
In conclusion: if you build, not to make savings and that is a lot of work to unpredictable results! So if possible, hang up and try to find the home of your dreams already built ... what we have done and I'll talk to the next post!
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