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Thanks for the replies guys.
Based on the research I had done, I am not at all surprised at your answers. I guess I was just hoping the banks might have changed the rules a bit as the markets had picked up.
If it seems to good to be true, it probably is.
Cheers,
Daniel.
Hahaha, the 2 things to bear in mind when you come to tasmania:
A: Don't judge it by Queenstown, if you do your research – the place is as beautiful as any other Australian state. Queenstown is a mining town – simple and rundown.
B: Don't judge the weather – four seasons in one day! And don't forget we have had the wettest year in (don't quote me) 50 years if I recall, so naturally it will be dreary on a wet day in a rundown town ha.
I'd personally avoid buying more than 1 house in Queenstown, just take a look on realestate.com – over 3 pages of houses for rent and no one to rent them
lol, good to see a bit of harmless humour
$120k is cheap, even for shitty old gagebrook
The brighter side of it all is that you were lucky it wasn't burnt out as thats the going thing there atm It is a slum area but it has a new shopping centre and soon to be school (that got burnt down too ha….) and some of the kids are growing up nowdays, only time will tell.
Hey Kane,
I live in the next suburb accross, Howrah. Go grab yourself a map of the local area and I'll give you a rundown of what each suburb is like.
Rokeby is aprox 20mins from town(nothing to complain about by local standards) with mainly blue collar workers. If you have a 3 teir system of low, middle and upper class the following would be an rough idea of what to expect:
Rokeby: This would be the upper side of the lower class suburbs. Most people behave but this suburb suffers from the usual burnouts from the local hoons etc. Most people are friendly and there is a school and buses easily accessable. Some houses are overpriced atm at 200k+, Id personally not pay more than 190-200k here.
Clarendon Vale( about 1.5kms away on the lower side of Rokeby) This is considered a lower class suburb with all the usual trouble you get in a lower class area. These properties are going for 150-200k, you get what you pay for here however.
Lauderdale, Seven Mile beach etc are all further down again. These are stable middle class areas however there are some very expensive houses(mostly on large parcles of land or near beaches). Prices vary a lot here.
Howrah is on the upper side of Rokeby Hill and is considered to be a middle to upper middle class suburb, with the odd upper class street. The views here are generally sensational as is the near by Tranmere, Bellerive and Rosny areas, all running along the Derwent river. Prices here vary from 290-700k+, take your pick haha.
Off to the other side of Rokeby is Glebe Hill estate. This is a brand new area and is listed as Howrah(although its sort of seperate haha) with mostly good quality solid middle class people about. Houses here vary between 300-500k.Basically hobart is a bit odd because there is generally all good suburbs with a bogan suburb jambed smack bang in the middle(Clarendon Vale lol…) Its not always a bad thing though as money will be made here over the next 15 years. A suburb called Warrane used to be the same as Clarendon Vale but now it is quite a good place to live as the other suburbs popped up around it causing the bogans to sell up for a bit of cash and move to the outer areas like Gagebrook, Bridgewater etc.
Dan
In a 1940's house, asbestos "should" be minimal, but dont let that comment get your hopes up! You will find asbestos in various forms, but mainly in sheet form in a house. Common areas to find it include:
– under lino
– behind any wet area surfaces(ie: behind tiles)
– under the external eaves (mind you in a house that old – it probably has timber eavesIn other forms it is commonly found in lino, floor tiles, insulation over hot water pipes, etc etc!
I wouldn't expect to find it in the walls of a house unless it was renovated (sounds like it has been renovated from what you said above) as most houses built in 1940 would generally have brick internal walls or even timber stud with lath and plaster on top.
Personally if I was in doubt – Id just pay a few dollars to get it looked at by a pro. Asbestosis is a silent killer and its no point making lots of money in property if your life is cut short. On that note, you should wear a dust mask at all times anyhow because all dusts are bad for you! Asbestos is just the one they managed to prove was bad for you!
As for the floor, unless you really know what your doing then id probably be taking a builder with you to give you a quote, bearing in mind it probably wont be cheap as they will be wanting to cover themselves incase its worse than first thought.
Hope this helps
Dan.
