buy me a pony.....

[Kitt3n]

well not quite, but.....

looking for area suggetions where you can still get a 4 bedroom house for under $400k.

not too isolated......

please spam me with areas to look for on real estate.com!!!! (a of course to check out job prospects on seek!)

[Arimeh]

Tassie

You can get a brand new 4 bedroom house and land deal for around $286,000

We just signed a contract for a quarter of an acre block in an excellent (and I mean hoity toity area) for $95,000.

[smiles4u]

... was gonna suggest here in Ballarat, can get more a 3brm for under $250-$280 (though most are weatherboard), 4brms harder to find BUT not impossible ... Only thing is you would have to put up with long cold Winters, brrrrr (and up goes the heater bill)

Town of i think now 100,000 ... has everything here ... Only 1hr & 15mins to Melb CBD ... and i'd make one fab neighbour

(WOW, Mel ... that's sounds just darn brilliant !!!!!!!!!)

[Shades]

Hard to give advice when I don't even know what state you're looking at Or are you willing to move cross-country to find this?

[Kitt3n]

Hard to give advice when I don't even know what state you're looking at Or are you willing to move cross-country to find this?

yes. it's not going to happen in sydney!!

smiles - city girl living in the country? tell me more, please?

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

We are about to sign building contracts at the moment for 1/4 acre block (already settled on this though) with 4BR house, family area, theatre room (wont be that though ), kids area and decent kitchen etc, will be around $300,000 or just over by the time it's built.

Depends what your looking for, want to buy an existing house or build? Any particular NEEDS in a town/city?

[Kitt3n]

hubby needs it to not be "too cold"

i still want basic infratructure within 20mins to 1/2 hour (hospital etc)

would be great if we could walk to school (that is, if they don't have buses)

an area where dh should be able to get a job.... he is in I.T

Mel - thats probaby the only state i couldnt convince him to move to ........

[Shades]

We just bought a brand new four bedroom plus study with two loungerooms in Morayfield in QLD - kind of between Sunshine Coast and Brisbane, for $380K, 600sqm block approx.

[Arimeh]

Mel - thats probaby the only state i couldnt convince him to move to ........

Took a year to convince my DH

[maz]

OH OH OH

come live near me I can get you to sew for me

Brand new 25 square homes with land $300 000

[rufalina]

Sadly not the inner west ... xoxo

[thepixie]

this is exciting Kitt3n!! Have to watch this thread to see where I need to come visit!

[Epacris]

I dream of living in the Hunter Valley. I know those gorgeous, pretty cottages in the older villages can be really exxy but I'm sure you could get something nice somewhere. Maybe have a look at Maitland and Singleton? With all the mining that's going on there I'm sure they'd be IT jobs for your DH???

.... and now I have that Spiderbait song in my head

[Arimeh]

.... and now I have that Spiderbait song in my head

Same. And its like my favourite song of theirs...

[thepixie]

:yeahthat:

[MrsFabuloso]

there are a few places on the outskirts or sydney- two that i know of are currans hill and narellan.
good luck in your quest, DH and I have been talking about this for ages and have still not come to a decision of where to go!

[Kitt3n]

pmsl maz - if i lived close to you i'd end up in the loopy bin - i'd just be at your place all the time rolling around in minkee. my brother is in langwarruin, is that near you?

its just ideas time pixie, nothing will happen for a while yet. just looking at options.

hadnt thought of maitland. its kinda like pin the tail on the donkey - yet the donkey is a map of australia and the tail is a home

ruf, i know - it sux. need 3-4 times that amount for a place around here. but e just love this area so much, its so hard to think of being anywhere else.

lilias it looks like we are kinda in the same boat! narellan is a bit too far for me though somehow i dont mind interstate but dont want to do narellan... stupid eh?

[JoMarie]

Karana Downs, Mount Crosby or Bellbowrie just West of Brisbane. About a half hour into the city, but plenty of infrastructure around the area. Lots of great school, big blocks, shopping, close to the Brisbane River.

We are moving there in January 2010!