Thread: Thinking of Building

most expensive part was the concrete base. I wanted water tanks under house as to assist cooling

Hi Maggot, mum and dads neighbour has built one in that style but used corrogated iron, i have been inside once and its huge, very warm in winter, and he reckons cool in summer, i suppose with the correct insulation and air flow it would work well, and you can get a much bigger sized house for your dollars, and building takes a fraction of the time because its just a big jigsaw puzzle. Go for it i reckon they look great, and even better you will have a house to match your shed instead of the other way round.

I looked at them. Bank told us they would never consider lending money to first time home buyers to build their own place so that ended the search. We visited heaps of the different kit home places and went over all the plans. Still like the idea of those. Once the foundations are there and the floor if concrete they are easy to build until you come to the finnishing work.
If you have somewhere to live while building do as much as you can yourself and get the professionals to do the gyprock. You need a plumber and sparkie for their work as well.

Well just made an offer on the block, 1.426ha (3.5 ac), 6km from Maryborough, 90k.

Wish me luck.

Pic of Block

Originally Posted by George130

I looked at them. Bank told us they would never consider lending money to first time home buyers to build their own place so that ended the search. We visited heaps of the different kit home places and went over all the plans. Still like the idea of those. Once the foundations are there and the floor if concrete they are easy to build until you come to the finnishing work.
If you have somewhere to live while building do as much as you can yourself and get the professionals to do the gyprock. You need a plumber and sparkie for their work as well.

You spoke to the wrong bank

Looks good maggot, good luck with it mate, 90k is cheap, nothing around here for that, you wouldnt even get a vacant house block here for that. Matt

from a carpenters point of view(me).... little to no eaves is bad.
steel framed homes can be more noisy in wind and rain. don't believe the bs about being better in bush fires... a timber structure has to actulally catch alight, and timber has a natural fire retardent(charing) where as steel only needs to get hot to fail. steel is always more labour intensive and can be a right pain in the ass to do finsh work on (this is for all trades involved; plumbers, electritians, plasters etc)

steel has its place but timber rules construction

imo

serg

The price for the block sounds good. Some of the wood frame kit homes come in bigger sections and are supposed to quicker to build.