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    October 22, 2009 - 9:46 am

    cheers Mike, the reports you sent me were very informative. and talk about a quick, free service…….hope i can repay the favour one day…….

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    September 26, 2009 - 1:14 pm

    i've just read what i wrote, $30-50 is probably way to much, if you're only doing cosmetic work then you could probably say $25-35, but this all depends on location for what the tradies charge…………….

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    September 26, 2009 - 1:08 pm

    first things first, do the painting yourself, anyone can do it, shout  your mates to a bbq with free beer and food and it'll cost tou $500-750 ………..if you have a decent go you'll be able to do a pro job yourself at 1/4 of the price…………..polishing boards? well depends on the area to be done & your location, unfortunately tradeies in city locations have to pay city priced mortgages/rents & tend to charge more….but leave that to the pro's, might save $ doing it urself, but the quality you'll get from a good tradie will be well worth his fee……………restumping? again depends on the area of the house and its location, is it on brick piers? get to know some tradies, there's not much they won't do for free beer…………….. rewiring? absolutely no idea………………..in all honestly without knowing the size of the house or what type of job you wanna do i don't think anyone can answer these questions accurately and honestly but if i were to take a rough guess, i'd say $30-50k would get the house to its 1950's glory, using good product and good tradies…………….the only good tip i can give you is to get at least 3 to 5 quotes for each job and go with the best your gut tells you to…..remember that sometimes you get what you  pay for, the cheapest option may not always be the best!   good luck!

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    April 12, 2009 - 11:59 am

    we're just starting out with our first ip but we've decided to do it ourselves. the reasons being are that we have a good gut feeling about or tennant and it was hard to find an agent (and i had a fair dig) that i felt would do a good enough job to justify paying them about $1300 a year………..but in saying that, the property is not that far from home and we can keep an eye on it, it would be a different story if the house was a long way from home

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    March 2, 2009 - 6:13 am

    Hi Vicky,

    Installing from inside may be an option…….the links you're after are http://www.thermilate.com.au/ and http://www.insulationsuperstore.com.au/Products/InsulatingPaints/Insultec%20Commercial.php they make for pretty interesting reading, if the products actually work as well as they claim then they may be well worth using.

    I wonder if K Rudd's $1600 worth of insulation grant would be able to be used on these products.

    Cheers,

    Grant N.

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    March 1, 2009 - 8:55 am

    Thanks for the comments guys! I don't think it's gonna be an option for me to remove all the tin, install tnsulation batts and put the tin back on/replace. I 'spose the best thing to do is nut out all the costs involved either way and choose….just thought it may be eaiser to use insulating paint/additives….their respective websites make some pretty bold claims, but they are trying to sell their products

    Grant N.

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    February 20, 2009 - 9:15 am

    mate,
    go for the big block with chance of a subdiv later….

    find out everything you can first, ie if you actually can subdiv it or not…if you can go for it!

    build 3 or 4, sell enough to cover most of (or all) of your costs, keep the rest and enjoy the + cash flow, you could work less and go fishing or play golf or whatever you wanna do…….

    i haven't done it but plenty of others have and they're the types the rest of us suckers who work 40-60 hours a week wanna be like…..

    if you can make it work, go for it mate

    Grant N

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