Ive used the white knight stuff before. Its more a question of your preperation & painting skills than whether the product is good or not.
It seems fairly hard wearing, but if you have spare paint its easy to fix anyway. Dont think I would put it on a counter tho.

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Ive been told my bathroom looks like it cost $20k…….thats great, cos it only cost me about $2k.

I bought a nice modern vanity from the auctions for $220
I bought a 5 rail towel rail from a plumbing store carpark sale for $30, retail was $220
I bought a massage shower from the auctions for $800
I bought a square toilet from the auctions for $250
I bought a huge storage cabinet from the auctions for $170
I bought nice marble look tiles from the auctions for $10/m
I bought a plastic bath from bunnings for $135
I bought a real nice bath spout from Mitre 10, retail was $570, but there was a scratch on the underside so I offered $170, they took it.

We installed & tiled it all ourselves, took a week. Tiled right to the top of the walls.

Ive been to peoples houses & theyve told me they had a company do it all & spent $15k…..and honestly they are nothing flash.

If you have an ounce of skill, give it a go.

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ummm

splitting hairs here, but…….50% more?

I think you mean tax on the other 50%……big difference

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sorry andy, you are mistaken. I agree a lot of shows DONT show the true costs, but this one does.

I watch it religiously. It is my bible.

Its a business model that does not work in Oz. Thats why Im moving to NZ.

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Hi bessie

I have just been through a similar experience.

We used LJ Hooker In Sunnybank QLD. The agent we hired we really liked, but he quit 2 weeks into our overseas trip when the house was on the market. The house was handed over to an incompetant rookie with no desire to sell. As a result the house was on the market for 2 months, with 2 offers, one $75k below bank valuation, the other $175k below.

We changed brokers & he sold it within 24 hours for $61k above the highest previous offer.

The old agent tried to get $2k out of me for marketing & I told him to stick it. As I found out, it is illegal to overcharge for marketing, or charge a fee for services which are not justified. My ads in the local paper costed $170, yet LJH were charging $220ea. In the contract, it stated that advertising would be paid at settlement. Since they never acheived that, they cannot ask for payment. Also, the contract stated that they would advertise on 3 websites & show ads in open homes, plus have window cards in 3 branches. They did not do this and therefore I can claim for breach of contract. I may also be able to sue as there has been a tort of negligence.

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when you trade foreign exchange, you are basicly margin lending, like shares. Or you could think of it as 98% LVR.

2% margin means if you do a $100,000 trade, the capital required is $2,000 (2k x 50 = 100k)

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Ive explained this before in other threads.

You buy a currency pair with a high income and low interest payments….

eg:

AUD rate = 6.25%
JPY rate = 0%

borrow JPY & buy AUD with it = 6.25% profit
on 2% margin you can leverage it 50x

= 312% p.a

you are effectively borrowing Japanese funds @ 0% interest, and investing the funds in Australia @ 6.25%

ka-ching

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