I second the fence painting idea – my mum painted hers in a nice sage green kind of colour, and in a small garden it blends in with the plants beautifully and gives the illusion of a fair bit more space [suave2]

Hi John, I was looking at investing with CWB, went to see one of their properties in the interests of finding out as much as I could, stopped just short of buying it having decided I could do better myself without their fee. If that level of ‘participation’ is any help to you, reply and I’ll post some more details.

Patrick,
I’m no expert by any means but I do know for sure that you do not have to forgo the FHOG to buy investment property. If you buy a property purely for investment and never live in it, you cannot claim FHOG on it, but you can still claim the grant when you later buy a house to live in. This is what I am doing – I rang the office that…[Read more]

Have you considered a small courtyard? Maybe an L – shaped house?
Of course it depends on the size of the block. Having just been through the process of finding a floor plan to fit on a wedge shaped block with a quite restrictive size covenant I appreciate the difficulty.
For the amusement factor, talking about awkward shaped…[Read more]