great info, thanks.what areas should I look at?

Rudimost people just ASSUME that the market only goes up and that buying any property will make them money. At the moment the worlds property market is crashing. So far Aussie has ignored it and has been quite stable. I see 3 possibilities:1. Maybe we lag the rest like usual, in which case our crash is coming soon2. the rest recover just as we…[Read more]

A painter told me the most common reason for peeling paint was putting non-lead paint over the top of lead paint. the two dont bond well. from memory  3mm MDF is about $12 for a 2400×1200 sheet. sanding sounds like one of those jobs you could waste weeks on & not get a cent extra……

Rudi, sometimes the best answer is DO NOTHING.Have you considered the possibility of losing a lot of money by buying ANY property?The advice you were given above was all good advice. wish you luck? LUCK = PREPERATION + OPPORTUNITY. Im not seeing either!

sanding paint? try paintstripper. The paint probably contains LEAD, best to leave it alone.what about just covering it all with 3mm laminated MDF? 

I spoke to an ex-valuer once. he said they were only required to do an actual valuation on properties over $500k. their job is not to value each property, but to verify the property exists and is not outragously overpriced. many times they do a drive by and thats all.that makes us all angry since we are paying good money for their service. grrrrI…[Read more]

easy claim to make & hard to prove one way or the other.true charity is anonymous. public claims of 'charity' are more about ego / publicity / buying reputation, very few are actually carried out.I would REALLY hope its not just a stunt……..

Ive done bagging / rendering and it came out nice & even. took a full day to do the front of a highset, then another few hours to paint.

I use a gloved hand as I couldnt get the hang of a trowel, plus it means much less dropped.

used 2 bags of render at a cost of $14. as long as you smooth out each coat with a straight edge theres no problem.…[Read more]

I like Woody Point & Scarborough, just sold a place in Kippa-ring. wouldnt buy that suburb again. The peninsula is still horribly undervalued & I wouldnt be surprised if it doubled in price over the next 5 yrs.D'Bay is a hole & every time we go there we come back feeling icky.The market hasnt really fallen much if any, and as I recently…[Read more]

for those seeking a real time chatroom with a group of professional traders who trade FOREX, GOLD, OIL, SPI, AUSSIE 200, ASX SHARES etc, download mIRC and go to server OTHERNET, room is #TRADE (theres a password for the room to keep out spammers & rampers, message me with your background & I may give it to you)A lot of our members have more than…[Read more]

bear markets kill everyone, not just bulls.anyone who shorted when suggested would have been stopped out and lost money, possibly a lot.its now time to buy .

woah. serious conflict there. solicitor should be able to extort I mean negotiate the price lower due to the FRAUD

sale goes unconditional on Monday (we hope) so will have more to say then.

Sarah Beeny (Property ladder tv show) would say this was the perfect candidate for a reno.

Have a tonne of before & after photos which will help explain why it was a success.

will start a new thread I think….

congrats fioriyou managed to post something without an insult

another few good cheap ways to cool the house are:

paint the roof a light color
tint the windows

my current house had an inside temp of 37 deg. roof was dark brown tiles.

painted it light cream, temp came down to 31 deg.

tinted the windows, temp came down to 27 deg.

there was insulation already.

look at keeping the heat out before you spend…[Read more]

the only person in this thread with evidence of “suffering from a lack of brain cells” is fiori

just a tip, ignorance is not a great indicator of intellect.

Hi Jase

just sold my 3rd reno, heres the numbers:

Purchase: 300k (Sept 07)
stamp duty 3k
solicitors cost $570
total 303,570

reno cost 25,170
sale price – 435000 (Jan 7)
agents commission – 11325
profit – 94935

WWA 6.41%
CCP 5.9%
QAN 6.47%

Looking for instalment warrants, 2 yrs out, at the money

for the first time in years, positively geared shares is a possibility.

self funded instalment warrants are lookin good.

hahahaha

I laugh at people like you, inventing synonyms like C.U.B so you can act like you are some kind of expert when anyone with an IQ over 15 can see you are just ignorant and arrogant.

Im such a “bogan” cos I managed to win awards during my apprenticeship for workmanship, and got another award for getting the highest score on any trade exam…[Read more]

agents like you to pay 10% deposit, as this covers their commission. tell em to get bent.