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Mistakes To Avoid When Hiring A Real Estate Agent.
Guest Post by Hubert Dwight Most of us are involved in selling our existing house to finance our new home build. The sales process during a property sale can be a challenging one. You need to minimise any hitches when…
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Half Price Guide!
Still over 80 pages of advice and checklists to help you buy right block for your new house. . . . . but now only $2. Many buyers tell me my ANEWHOUSE GUIDES are worth much more to them than the…
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Why Display Homes Are An Attractive Option For Home Buyers
Guest post by Hubert Dwight Homeownership is something that many of us aspire towards, and something that offers us the opportunity to secure our future and the future of our family. The only problem is that homeownership is becoming more and more…
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Overflowing Drains
Its not unusual to see local flooding around a house, or on streets, during exceptionally heavy rainfall. If you are unlucky you might even see a manhole ‘Pop It’s Top!’ like this one! This is because the council drains don’t have the…
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5 mistakes to avoid when building your dream home
Guest Post by Hubert Dwight If you are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to build your dream home, this can be a wonderful experience. However, it is common for inexperienced homeowners to make lapses in their judgment when they are making decisions that…
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Saline Ground Conditions
Salinity doesn’t have to be as bad as in this photograph to cause problems in new homes. It’s also quite common for land that has not got salinity issues to develop salinity over several years. Building Problems Due To Salinity Problems can…
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Remove, or Vary, a Covenant
Many properties come with covenants that restrict what you can do with the site. Although you can try to Remove the Covenant you might have a better chance of success in getting a permit to vary it instead. A couple of…
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Potential Acidic Sulphate Soils
Look to buy a block on a coastal plain, alongside a river, or a reclaimed wetland and you may see the area described as Potential Acidic Sulphate Soil (PASS). Well PASS doesn’t mean OK! Why, And Where It Occurs These types…
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Low Bank Valuations
People building a new home are often shocked when their bank valuation is less than the cost of the land plus the build cost. Problems With Low Valuation The two issue are Unless your deposit is larger than the difference between the Final…
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Do You Need A Home Theatre?
I keep reading articles about issues with the affordability of Australian houses. . . . . but then find lot’s of you want a ‘Media Room’ in your new houses! So how much is a basic Home Theatre going to add to the cost of…
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