Hi Guys am in the same boat….. i am thinking of getting a suburb recent sales report that is likely to cost 50 odd bucks before engaging a pvt evaluer and pay him approc $500 for the valuation…. i have heard rp data reports are good… any suggestions?

Hey, as posted earlier evaporative cooling is much cheaper to run as compared to an aircon. I have a brivis and it runs fantastic. No noise, self cleaning and yeah… remember to have some windows open whilst using it.

HI Johann,

Pls find my comments below for your questions:

Can any one recomend what size of block to look at? It depends upon the house you are wanting to build. When buying a block of land 1st make sure it has appropriate frontage to fit the house you wish to live in. Perhaps a 600-650 msq lot size would be good to build a 36 squares single story house (i recently bought a 612 msq lot to build a 4 bdrm, double garage house with a 17 m frontage)
whats price should i consider to pay? Price depends upon the estate you are looking at and that will vary by the region
do estates increace in value as much as suburbs near the area? Estates do increase in value. I have a few friends and their property value has doubled in last 4 years.

or can any one list and pro or cons in buying in such estates? I prefer to have my ppor in an estate because of various benefits like security, parklands… etc etc….. not all the houses in an estate are the same, infact estates may have covenants so that no similar looking houses can be build on one street… other then these there are heaps of other ways you can increase the value of your property….

In Australia you are exempt from Capital Gain Tax if you are selling your PPOR and have not made any deductions to your taxes on your PPOR whilst you were staying in it.

I personally like to live with open loops. If i have somethin in my mind i am consciously or unconsciously thinking about it, this gives me more ideas (even when i am doing/ focussin on other stuff) and in many cases ideas to deal with the situation or finish the task in a much effective way. Writing the thing just removes my tension as you correctly said that you mind only remembers that you have made a note of it somewhere and it stops worrying. In this situation when you are done with your current task and have a look at the note pad i tend to follow the normal protocall to accompalish the task (ie without using or thinkin of a better way or a new way of accompalishing the task). Well thats how i feel… open to comments??

Well you are definitely on the right track as savings is the 1st step. Along with savings keep a close eye on the market and see you if you come across a property that you like. You might have a certain minimum goal say for example 40G's (just made up that figure for the purpose of this example) that you need to save up for a house for 200K, however while you are saving and working towards your goal you might come across a good deal for 150K in thaat case you only need 30G's that you might be able to afford within a shorter period of time then what you initially thought. So keep your eyes open and continue to save.

1. the dimensions of the land. Is it the same as what appears on the title?
2. the structure of the building, for example, the foundations, plumbing, wiring, dampness, cracks in the walls;
3. whether there is any part of a building that overhangs an adjoining property;
4. the condition of the fences;
5. the gutters, eaves, roof, exposed pipes; and
6. for pest infestations (e.g. termites).