Stroud Homes now building in Bundamba. In this interview Bryan Canavan from Stroud Homes chats with Luke Buckle from Ray White Bundamaba.

Take a look at some of your great Bundamba area house and land packages below.

• Ashwood 163 Flyer – Lot 2 Boundary St Bundamba (PDF 540K)
• Hillcrest110 Flyer – Lot 2 Boundary St Bundamba (PDF 540K)
• Hillcrest 100 - 71 Moore’s Pocket Road – Tivoli (PDF 540K)

About Bundamba (from Wikipedia)

Bundamba is a large suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.

Bundamba stretches from the Bremer River to the north, across Brisbane Rd, the main arterial link to the Ipswich Motorway, to the Cunningham Highway in the south. The suburb consists of residential and industrial areas, with a variety of shops lining Brisbane Rd.

The origin of the suburb name is from the Yugarabul Aboriginal language meaning place of the stone axe.

Interview Transcription

Who is liable to pay stamp duty?

All parties to a transaction are liable to pay transfer duty. In most cases, this duty is paid by the purchaser.

When is stamp duty payable?

In Queensland you must pay stamp duty within 30 days after the liability arises.

What are the new concessions?

With the reinstatement of the home concession, contracts to purchase a home in Queensland entered into on or after July 1, 2012 by home buyers will be eligible for the transfer duty home concession, if they meet the concession conditions.

The home no longer has to be the first home of the homebuyer, and can be a new house or one that has been previously occupied. In other words – it’s not a first home owner’s grant and it’s not a new home owner’s grant.

But the home buyers will need to prove that they are individuals and not trustees, and the residence must be occupied as the principal place of residence within one year of the transfer and the occupation as principal place of residence must continue for at least one year from the time it commences.

Where the concession applies, a concessional transfer duty rate of $1 for each $100 or part of $100 will apply to the first $350,000 of the consideration or value of the home. Duty at the general rates will apply to any remaining part of the consideration.

Putting this into numbers – the average homebuyer will save $7,000 and if you think about it you’d probably have to earn $10,000 or more before tax to have that $7,000, so it’s a substantial savings for the average homebuyer.

First Home Buyer Vacant Land Concession

In regards to vacant land a full exemption from stamp duty is available to first home buyers purchasing vacant land for up to $250,000. A concession will continue to apply on a sliding scale for land over $250,000 (but not more than $400,000), but you must meet the requirements.

Stamp Duty Calculator – Example for Non First Home Buyer

Existing House – $400,000 New Build House ($200,000) and Land ($200,000) – $400,000

Stamp Duty Due: $12,700 Stamp Duty Due: $5,425 (land only)

Reference – 2012 © Calculators Australia

The above is given as information only and should not be relied upon as advice.

Stroud Homes would like to introduce Geoff Kerkow from My Home and the River Estate.

Geoff owned and operated PRDnationwide in Beenleigh for 25 years before selling in 2010.

Geoff then formed a syndicate of investors to develop remaining undeveloped portion of the estate at Logan Village known as “My Home and the River”. During his time as a Real Estate Agent, Geoff has become a first class Auctioneer being a finalist in the Real Estate Institute of Queensland Auctioneers Competition.

Geoff is a past president of the Beenleigh Yatala Chamber of Commerce and is now a member of the Logan Country Chamber of Commerce and is currently the Chairman of the Logan Village Settlers Day Committee.

The committee is organsing the 150th celebration of Logan Village to be held at the Village on the 1st September 2013.

Geoff is part of the syndicate developing My Home and The River and is also the sales and project manager.

The estate comprises 263 lots averaging just under quarter acre (1000sqm) and is progressing well. 71 lots have been sold to date.

Geoff is passionate about the estate enhancing the already desirable lifestyle of Logan Village and is determined that the estate will achieve this aim.

Interview Transcription

Welcome Jason!  

Jason started at Stroud in September last year and came to us with a wealth of experience as a New Home Consultant.

Jason has 7 years experience in Building and Construction and also has experience in the Real Estate Industry.  He has worked in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane for a major project builder and is now applying that knowledge to Stroud Homes. Helping first Home Buyers to secure their first home is Jason’s passion and he has a great success rate with helping dreams come to reality.

Originally from Cairns, Jason is a true Queenslander, he loves football and supports the Reds, Broncos & Cowboys.  He is proud to be Australian and has served many years in the military with deployments overseas and Australia and has a Mechanical Fitting background. Jason adores his wife of 6 years and has 6 beautiful Children.

Jason is looking forward to meeting with you and assisting you with your Stroud Homes building dreams.

Why do builders have see-through Tupperware lunchboxes?
So they know if they are going to work or going home.

A window salesman phoned a customer. “Hello, Mr. Brown,” said the Sales Rep,
“I’m calling because our company replaced all the windows in your house
with our triple-glazed weather-tight windows over a year ago, and you still haven’t sent us a single payment.”
The customer replied, “But you said they’d pay for THEMSELVES in 12 months.”

Four surgeons are discussing who makes the best type of surgery patient.

The first surgeon says, “I like to see accountants on my operating table,
because when you open them up, everything inside is numbered.”

The second responds, “Yeah, but you should try electricians! Everything inside them is color coded.”

The third surgeon says, “No, I really think librarians are the best; everything inside them is in alphabetical order.”

The fourth surgeon chimes in: “You know, I like construction workers -
they seem to understand when you have a few parts left over at the end and when
the job takes longer than you said it would.”

Enter the Brisbane Home Show! I was reminded of the many hours I had spent at this event in years gone by and why did I put myself through it?…some of the most expensive food on the planet (and I use that “food” word lightly!), shoulder to shoulder crowds, stall holders claiming their products were 50, 60 even 70% off!

So if you want to have a chat about your next new home, just give us a call, come on down to our Display Centre at Jimboomba and we’ll buy you a coffee – and we won’t charge you $15 each to get in and $10 to park your car!!

The cabins come in various sizes with or without a verandah and boat storage underneath. The cabin features a spacious light-filled combined living/kitchen/dining area and a separate bedroom with robe and ensuite bathroom including an eco friendly Envirolet toilet.

To ensure your comfort and to keep heating and cooling costs down, the cabins come with a 6 star energy rating. We have achieved this high rating by factoring in best orientation, airflow and cross ventilation, shading, and insulation and material choices.

The cabins are for sale and can be rented out for short-stay holiday accommodation through Lake Maroon Holiday Park.  A great investment opportunity or your own holiday getaway!

At Stroud Homes we can help you with that – check out our Road Construction FAQs (PDF 550KB).

Lisa comes to us with experience in Real Estate, and experience in the building industry. Lisa worked in the Sales Team Flagstone & Spring Mountain for 5 and half years and has extensive knowledge of Jimboomba and the surrounding areas.

Lisa is very friendly and she is a positive and naturally happy person and fits in to our Sales Team very well. Lisa will be working closely with our Sales Consultants and she would be more than happy to help you in their absence.