[dirtyclevo]

I don't own a home, but growing up my parents bought built two houses. one when i was 12 and later on built another one when i was like 21.

the word of advice i can give you that i notice alot of people dont consider is. ROOM!

Room around the house, how many housing estates do you drive through where the houses are built nearly within the limits of there blocks. about 1 metre either side, they seem to fit the biggest house on the block as they can.

And as quoted before get the soil test, alot of housing estates are now developed on reclaimed swamps and land once labelled as unsuitable for development. i dont know how they can do this these days, but its seems a bit suss. hence all these houses with sinking foundations and cracking walls etc..