A construction loan may best suit your needs if you are building from scratch your own home, granny flat or investment property. In other instances a construction loan can be used to finance major renovations on an existing property.

The most common type of construction loans involve the purchase of the land and accessibility to funds as required to meet  the building costs or  if you already have a block of land, a construction loan will finance the construction costs of a new dwelling on that land.

A fixed price building contract from a registered builder is required, along with the usual necessary documents, when applying for a construction loan. These loans are usually interest only for the period of building and then become principal and interest once building is completed.

With a construction loan, you can break up the drawdown of the loan amount into five progressive draws, which are parallel to the five construction phases. As one stage of the construction is complete, you are able to draw down the next portion of the loan.

Construction of a dwelling is generally divided into five stages. These are as follows:

1) Slab down/base

2) Frame stage

3) Lock up,

4) Fixout/fixing

5) Final completion

Payment is delivered to the builder in stages only after the builder’s work is inspected and approved by the borrower, giving you peace of mind.

If you are interested in obtaining finance to build your dream home or investment property email or call us now on 0420 354 418 so you can start building sooner.