The great Australian drought introduced suburban homes to personal water tanks. Prior to this drought, water tanks were most commonly found on bush properties where drought conditions are an everyday factor.

When you think of purchasing an investment property you normally imagine a 30-year-old property in established suburbia or an inner-city apartment. But buying a house and land package isn’t always the first option most investors think of even though they have attractive benefits such as flexibility, depreciation and stamp duty savings.

“The first cheque you write is for the mortgage. The second is for the insurance.” Even though ‘home and contents insurance’ is often quoted as a package deal, they are two separate policies and each needs investigating on their own merits. Here are a few tips from the team at Mimosa Homes. Home Insurance Home
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It’s no secret that Australians share a passion for building brand new homes. According to the Housing Industry Association some 180,000 new homes are forecast to be built this year, an increase of 8.2 per cent over previous years. So why are we so committed to new home construction? Economists say that the numbers will
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Congratulations! You’ve finally decided on a new home from Mimosa Homes, or a fantastic house and land package, and you can’t wait to move in. But hang on a minute, there’s a small problem; you haven’t sold your existing home yet! Selling your home takes a little more effort than posting an advertising board on
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It’s the age old question when it comes time to decide on your choice of mortgage: To fix or not to fix. You’ve decided on a new home but not the mortgage. The Australian market has predominantly been a variable rate one with only12 per cent of home loans being fixed over the last 22
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Purchasing a new home is a large financial investment; therefore it is imperative that you get sound advice from qualified professionals to avoid undue error and heartache. There was once a time when you would pick a bank (favourite or otherwise) and apply for a loan. Nowadays it is advisable to apply through a mortgage
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With Melbourne metro’s median house price soaring to $649,000 as of 30 September this year, it can be a daunting thought for those first home buyers wanting to take that first step on the property ladder. There is never a wrong time to enter the property market, just a right time for you. If you’ve
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Australia’s weather was made for alfresco dining and, more and more, people are expecting a partially sheltered alfresco space in their new homes. Most of our standard designs include an alfresco space, and here are some ideas to make the most of this space. First, think about how you are going to use the space.
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We are very proud of our web site because we think it is a valuable resource for someone planning to build a new home. Here’s a quick tour and guidebook to our ebook section. When you get to the ebook page, you will see an interactive PDF of our 72-page catalogue. To flip the pages,
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One of the best ways to start planning your dream home is to look at all kinds of houses. If you explore the Mimosa Homes web site, you’ll find that we try to give you as much visual information as possible about our designs so that you can find the one that is best for
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At Mimosa Homes, we offer a wide range of beautiful home designs, but selecting one of our designs is not where your custom home ends; it is where it begins. One of the services our clients love is the ability to customise the plans to ensure their home fits all their needs and wants. There
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One of the things I love about my job is interacting with my clients. When I started building custom homes 15 years ago, I had the belief that a home builder can change people’s lives in a positive way. I still believe that. When we get feedback from our clients here at Mimosa Homes, it
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If you’ve been living in an older property with heating and cooling systems, fixtures and appliances from 20, 30 or 40 years in the past, then moving into a newly constructed home might be a little bit of a culture shock. Moving into a house you just purchased always carries some extra costs, but if
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There is a forest of paper behind every new home built in Australia. Fortunately for the home buyer, most of it is hidden. You will soon learn the Mimosa Homes difference that puts you in control. Building Regulations and Planning Policy The flurry of permits and certifications that go along with a new build is
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Every Mimosa home tends to increase in value. Our houses are attractive, we use top quality materials and finishes and the construction is top-notch, so with a minimum of care, they look good and function perfectly for decades. When one of our clients finds that they need to change location and puts one of our
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