Brown5 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Just wondering what work is like for Brickies at the moment in Perth or Adelaide.... Which state would be best ? thanks Tracey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus1 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Hi, if you look at the figues from CommSec's latest 'State of the States report (for last quarter 2015), WA is way ahead of SA when it comes to Dwelling commencements (6,936 to 2,618). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown5 Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share Posted February 3, 2016 Thank you for the information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Not forgetting WA economy in decline which will impact on new builds further down the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicF Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Not forgetting WA economy in decline which will impact on new builds further down the road. Outlook for the SA economy not looking much better either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JockinTas Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Sydney and Brisbane would be your best bet. OH knows brickies who have moved from both Perth and Adelaide to the east coast. Far more work going on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Outlook for the SA economy not looking much better either. True enough, but correct if I'm wrong, but SA economy long the most struggling of mainland states. In the case of WA, a much more recent thing, that may not have filtered through to a wider overseas audience yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Sydney and Brisbane would be your best bet. OH knows brickies who have moved from both Perth and Adelaide to the east coast. Far more work going on there. Surely the lifespan of Brisbane's building boom likely limited as well. I'd have thought Melbourne or Sydney would be the best options. More costlier as well of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortlepuss Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Surely the lifespan of Brisbane's building boom likely limited as well. I'd have thought Melbourne or Sydney would be the best options. More costlier as well of course. Building has gone bonkers in Brisbane - with possible carnage predicted for inner city apartment sales from this year onwards. Who is going to rent all these shonky units?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Building has gone bonkers in Brisbane - with possible carnage predicted for inner city apartment sales from this year onwards. Who is going to rent all these shonky units?? The simple answer unless they bring in a big number of 475's to do minimal type jobs and somehow boost overseas student numbers to Brisbane, I expect few takers. Or foreign 'investors' not interested in renting out but living in hope of long term appreciation as well as laundry money in Australia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallyman Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Building has gone bonkers in Brisbane - with possible carnage predicted for inner city apartment sales from this year onwards. Who is going to rent all these shonky units?? Was as working on some units down in Sydney , a rush job just before Christmas , a development of around 200 units, we had the list of all the people who had purchased as we were laying new oak floors in units as they had been fitted with carpet by mistake, every name on the list was Chinese not one western type name ( I know this does not mean that they could have been Australian ) but it really stood out along with the very poor standard of workmanship , with out doubt the biggest load of c##p I have seen built in over 30'years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 I'm afraid we in OZ are really cooking the Golden Goose. Poor builds are everywhere. But high prices way over any since of 'value'. Chinese are hardly stupid. Unless laundering funds, your regular buyers will drop Aussie apartments like a hot brick when becomes a known factor. We can expect demolition of rubbish builds in how many years I wonder? Just when will Australia begin to lift its game on so many fronts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 I would say Brisbane is a better bet than either in the short term. If you're single, then I'd definitely start in Brisbane then be prepared to move on if/when the building boom crashes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallyman Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Maybe demolition will be the next big boom going by the standards I have seen , same thing happened in uk regarding apartments total over supply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown5 Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 Thanks for the replies, not looking that good then !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schitzel Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Hi Brown5, I worked in Adelaide for a year and couldnt wait to get away ,dont know about Perth ,but SA was pretty bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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