Buying land
May 17th 2005, 9:50 am
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Buying land
We want to live in the SE Suburbs of Melbourne (Bayside) and have been advised to buy land and build to avoid the extortionate stamp duty. The thing is, we have looked at land available to buy and it is more expensive than buying an established house on a similar sized plot of land. Are we missing something here. 
May 17th 2005, 10:01 am
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Re: Buying land
Originally Posted by coxfamuk
We want to live in the SE Suburbs of Melbourne (Bayside) and have been advised to buy land and build to avoid the extortionate stamp duty. The thing is, we have looked at land available to buy and it is more expensive than buying an established house on a similar sized plot of land. Are we missing something here.
May 18th 2005, 10:40 am
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Re: Buying land
Originally Posted by coxfamuk
We want to live in the SE Suburbs of Melbourne (Bayside) and have been advised to buy land and build to avoid the extortionate stamp duty. The thing is, we have looked at land available to buy and it is more expensive than buying an established house on a similar sized plot of land. Are we missing something here.
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May 18th 2005, 10:55 am
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Re: Buying land
I looked at his too, I reckon even if the house is a cr*p hole, if it's cheaper that a similar sized plot and in a good location then surely you could just demolish it and then build what you want ?
May 18th 2005, 11:18 am
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Re: Buying land
Originally Posted by Phil-UK
I looked at his too, I reckon even if the house is a cr*p hole, if it's cheaper that a similar sized plot and in a good location then surely you could just demolish it and then build what you want ?
