I have buy a lot of land in Point Cook (Western suburb) which is 576m2 (~6200sq. feet) that cost AUD$158,000, then I choose a builder (Metricon) and selected a floor plan to build, the house is 271.54m2 (~2922sq.feet) that cost AUD$157,400, the decoration and upgrade cost ~AUD$42,000.
Usually, the deposit for mortgage is 10-15%, another choice is 5% deposit but you have to buy mortgage insurance (like HK) and have a permanent job for over 6 months, for the new migrant who have no job need to pay 40% deposit, if you can fulfill the criteria, you can do the mortgage easily....
I'm very poor that I have choose to do the mortgage instead of pay-off at one time.
My house can finish at ~November next year as the land not yet "title release"(ready for build).
Vincy,
Alvie is my daughter's name, I don't know why the post chop is Dandenong, I post the card in the post-box outside the post office in Box Hill!!!
Amy,
Thank you so much, you are the first one who send me letter in Australia.
1st gathering飲茶你投左票未??
恭喜哂,有自己既安樂窩,我想問下同boxhill比,為何會選point cook,那是新開發區,還是因近你先生工作地點?怕不怕西面比較雜?聽說越南人較多.距返工返學好遠嗎?你是起2層定一層?總數42萬包埋地價了嗎??我看過近我地區既屋連地好貴,但如果去新區買地,我老公話每日花油錢同交通時間都不化算.因為我估我2個大既入左學就有排都不會轉校.
不好意思,學左cecilia好多問題.hehe..我想打電話同你地傾計嫁,又怕阻住你地揍仔,你地有無用skype,如果裝左我地可以免費慢慢傾.就算用本地call都要收$唔似hk咁好了.
我講既Health Care Card係通過Family Tax Benefit apply, 如果你地想apply low income health care card, 十有八九都唔得, 因為income上限好似係AUD$35000左右, BUT if you apply Family tax benefit FOR YOUR CHILDREN, then the income limit 會去到 AUD$60000或以上, centrelink 會根據你有小朋友既數量去計算, 而且family tax benefit係唔計parents' assets, it means if you and your honey are really very rich, have 3/4 cars, 3/4 properties, AUD$10000000000 in your accounts, it STILL WILL NOT 影響你既apply.
如果你地既income高過一定既數目, then your children' payment will be 減少D, 不過唔會影響你地既health care card.
如果係通過low income health care card apply 既, card 上面會印有'LI", 如果係通過family tax benefit apply, card上面係印有'FA"
我以前都係因為apply唔到low income health care card而要buy貴藥, 後黎卓宜出左世, 就可以通過apply family tax benefit而apply 到health care card
I have Skype and had added you in my contact la.....
The total land and house are ~AUD$357,000, not 420,000, my house is single storey, I choose that area is because it's very near the entrance of highway, go to city only need ~25mins drive, you know if I want to buy same size of land and build same size of house in eastern suburb using same budget, the place will be far from city, ~1 hour drive and the place is not safe.
I have ask some people that live in Point Cook, they said the environment is good and the people are not bad, the Vietnamese and the bad people are live in the western suburb which near to city such as Footscray, Maribyrnong....
I have checked the neighbour next to my house is a small Korean family: Parents and 1 daughter, the mother is a lawyer, so I think is not bad.
My husband work in Caulfield and I work in Heidelberg now but you know every big suburb have hospital, we can easily to change the place of work when we settle down in new house.
If your honey's income is more than $40000, then the Family tax benefit will be reduced 20cent/dollar, your honey's income will effect the amount of family tax benefit, 例如, let say your honey income is $100 current, then your kids may receive family tax benefit $20, when your honey income is$150, your kids may receive family tax benefit $18, when your honey income is $200, kids may only get $15, 如此類推.
當你honey income去到let say $500, 咁你d kids 既payment 已經被 reduced晒, then kids won't receive any payment, 不過!!無論payment被reduce幾多amount or 幾多次, 都唔會影響health care card.
不過要remember!!!! if your kids already receiving children payment from centrelink, then they can not receive family tax benefit.
因為family tax benefit係由Family Assistance發給, not centrelink發給. therefore, if your kids already received from centerlink, it means they will get nothing from family assistance.
if you apply low income payment/health care card, you will gain nil. if you apply family tax benefit, you at least can have a health care card.
如果你係用family tax benefit, 即使你hoeny要交稅, 都唔會影響health care card
I have something want to ask your opinion, I want to buy a 7-seats car, which brand or model you will suggest?? Which model of 7-seats car are you using? Is it good?? Thanks!!