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		<title>Building a Queenslander</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the ridiculous property prices in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia &#8211; buying the land yourself, laying the foundation and building your own Queenslander might be a cost effective solution. What follows is a step by step photographic collage of a Queenslander building construction &#8211; from the foundation all the way up to the roof. Start with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With the ridiculous property prices in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia &#8211; buying the land yourself, laying the foundation and <strong>building</strong> your own <strong>Queenslander</strong> might be a cost effective solution.</p>
<p>What follows is a step by step photographic collage of a Queenslander building construction &#8211; from the foundation all the way up to the roof.</p>
<p>Start with a couple supports and wooden trusses.</p>
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<p><div id="attachment_232" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 210px"><img class="size-full wp-image-232" title="Wooden supports" src="http://bushymills.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/20081231_wooden-supports.jpg" alt="Wooden supports for the walls and second floor" width="200" height="146" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Wooden supports for the walls and second floor</p></div></td>
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<p><div id="attachment_233" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 210px"><img class="size-full wp-image-233" title="Roof trusses" src="http://bushymills.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/20081231_roof-trusses.jpg" alt="Roof trusses and floor supports " width="200" height="160" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Roof trusses and floor supports </p></div></td>
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<p>Then erect the walls&#8230;</p>
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<p><div id="attachment_235" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 210px"><img class="size-full wp-image-235" title="Building the wall" src="http://bushymills.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/20081231_wall-construction.jpg" alt="The wooden timbers get hammered and bolted to the concrete foundation" width="200" height="159" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The wooden timbers get hammered and bolted to the concrete foundation</p></div></td>
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<p><div id="attachment_236" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 210px"><img class="size-full wp-image-236" title="Building the second floor" src="http://bushymills.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/20081231_second-floor.jpg" alt="Wooden construction of the second floor" width="200" height="123" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Wooden construction of the second floor</p></div></td>
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<p>After the walls go up, build the second floor and add a tiled roof.</p>
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<img class="size-full wp-image-239" title="Tiled-roof" src="http://bushymills.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/20081231_tiled-roof.jpg" alt="Wooden structure supporting the weight of a tiled roof" width="200" height="141" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Wooden structure supporting the weight of a tiled roof</p></div></td>
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<p><div id="attachment_241" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 210px"><img class="size-full wp-image-241" title="Brick-layering" src="http://bushymills.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/20081231_brick-layering.jpg" alt="Bricks added to the outside of the wooden structure" width="200" height="140" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Bricks added to the outside of the wooden structure</p></div></td>
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<p>What I don&#8217;t understand is why bother with the wooden frame construction then the brick work &#8211; why not just use the bricks to begin with?</p>
<div id="attachment_243" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><img class="size-full wp-image-243" title="Building plaster" src="http://bushymills.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/20081231_plaster.jpg" alt="Queenslander plastered" width="400" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Queenslander plastered</p></div>
<p>I would&#8217;ve thought that a face-brick house would require less external maintenance like painting, cleaning etc.</p>
<p>Maybe this is some weird way to distort the realestate values?</p>
<p>Can you figure this one out?</p>
<p>And after loosing the building rubble, laying the instant grass and a couple finishing touches &#8211; building is finished.</p>
<div id="attachment_230" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><img class="size-full wp-image-230" title="Completed Queenslander" src="http://bushymills.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/20081231_queenslander.jpg" alt="Queenslander construction finally finished. I'd say the garden needs a couple bushes!" width="400" height="285" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Queenslander construction finally finished. I&#39;d say the garden needs a couple bushes!</p></div>
<p>The above construction took around 6 months to complete &#8211; admitted long compared to the usual month ot two realestate development, but this method probably saved a whole load of <a title="Slang words used for money in Australia" href="http://www.aussieslang.com/features/australian-money-slang.asp">bob</a>.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re really sharp &#8211; with an investor&#8217;s mind &#8211; you&#8217;ll notice how this newly constructed Queenslander is entirely positioned on one side of the land block.</p>
<p>Sure this choice of land usage gives the kids a large open grass playground, but it allows an easy <a title="More detail about splitting parcels of land" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdivision" target="_blank">subdivision</a>.</p>
<p>With a well planned subdivision &#8211; splitting the land into smaller parcels, the resale of the land could easily pay off the Queenslander mortgage.</p>
<p>This is how property developers make a fortune &#8211; divide and conquer (and fill their bank accounts)!</p>
<p>With a little knowledge and thought, you too can make a killing <img src='http://bushymills.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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