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Tuesday, December 02, 2014
The design of your home is very important for easy living with this in mind our designers have created practical functional living zones. We have a choice of 2 bedroom or 3 bedroom homes and all come with their own secure garage parking. All homes are built on land with its own title and have no body corporate fees.
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Retirement home living with Berstan Homes

Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Stop don’t buy into a retirement village without looking into the facts about them. A client came to me last week and explained how some friends of hers had purchased a home in a retirement village and the costs were very high. Some of the fees are as follows site fee for having your home on their property. A 30 year lease was offered and at the end of that period the lease would need to be renegotiated. The homes
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Polished concrete floors

Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Many feel that polished concrete flooring is expensive this is not true the costs are very similar to quality porcelain floor tiles. There are many advantages to having a polished concrete floor instead of tiled floors. There are no grouted joints to clean and very easy to clean in comparison to tiled floors. There are an amazing range of colours to choose from and the process is about the same as for tiled floors time wise .
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Kitchen Servery

Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Depending on the kitchen design a very helpful addition to the alfresco dining experience is the inclusion of a servery window. Having a window from kitchen to alfresco is an easy and inexpensive add-on to most homes.  With the servery window open it allows the kitchen and alfresco to become one area with ease of serving meals, drinks and helps create a great area for both living and entertaining.
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New home heating and cooling

Tuesday, October 21, 2014
New home heating and cooling. Brivis have a great product on the market, gas add on air-conditioning which is refrigerated air-conditioning and is far more economical in comparison to running split systems on electricity. The system uses the same duct work for both heating and cooling. At Berstan Homes we are experiencing strong support for this Brivis system in our new homes.  
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New Home Builder

Thursday, October 16, 2014
New Home Builder At Berstan we are supplying Parador German made laminated floor as a standard feature to all main areas.  With over fifteen different styles to choose from our supplier and installer Carpet Call is looking forward to the new product range. 
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Laundry design problems

Monday, October 13, 2014
  I have been looking at so many designs lately and noticing that the laundries are so small. How anybody is going to be able to comfortably do any work in them is beyond me.  Most of our designs and in particular all the custom designs we do have a good size working laundry. We find that most of our clients complain about current designs on the market and they have issues with the workability of the area. A good size bench area is a
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Invest in property

Saturday, October 04, 2014
When looking for a new home as an investment property the key train of thought should on facilities. What is located close to the new home or what will be coming to the area in close proximity to that new home?
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Home finance

Wednesday, September 17, 2014
What a broad item to discuss, many younger clients come to us with ideas of buying properties well beyond their means and this can lead to many problems. Most want their big dream home first off without really being able to afford it so the finance is tailored to suit their payment capabilities at the moment.  All people know that circumstances can change so quickly from there being a duel income to a single income overnight. I suggest to my
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Interest rates

Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Interest rates are at all-time lows and now are the time to take advantage and lock in a good rate. Buying an investment property is a great way to grow personal wealth and save on your tax.  Buying a new home is also a great way to save on stamp duty because when building a new home you only pay stamp duty on the land.
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