Yes Mark, you don’t want to know what my husband said at the time and still says when the topic is brought up! Not a happy camper!

I think Sanjivgupta recommended Nancy Keep in a thread re HDT’s (also one of mine). She sounds really good. In this case though I called Qlds007’s accountant and he spent an hour on the phone with me (which is nice)…[Read more]

I’m changing my accountant this year too Mark. For the last 8 years we have worked for ourselves (and while we are builders we aren’t the ones living in the flash houses). Up until two years ago we would get a nice refund in the mail, then two years ago we took on Insurance assessing work which added to our cash flow allowing us to pay off one car…[Read more]

Make sure you know what is, and isn’t, included; the trades that usually cost the most are often the ones they don’t include in your price (plumbing labour, electrical labour), so get quotes for these trades and quote up the total job first.

You are usually only buying the plan and the materials; make sure that you are aware of the quality of the…[Read more]

Originally posted by Terryw:
Julie

I think you should have a company for your business for sure as this limits liability. But for property purchases, this is generally not recommended for lack of asset protection (the shares are an asset in your hands) and the lack of tax flexibility.

Terryw
Discover Home…[Read more]

Originally posted by World Changer:
Long live the days of the Holden Dealer Team hey!!!
On a side note,Jfisher,didnt Tom walkinshaw buy the hsv racing team last year ?
Or maybe hes just team manager now?
Im a HRT man myself![mario]

But yer back to property,
HDT s , I would say just be careful as to how u set it up and who u use,as if not set up…[Read more]

Thanks Richard and v8ghia. I have placed my trust in Richard who does know our financial status and although I don’t know him well enough yet, I can see that he is certainly respected on this and other forums. So this is just to let everyone to know that I have decided to go with a HDT.

Thanks all for your posts, all the advice was appreciated…[Read more]

Hi Kuade
In Vic a roofing plumber has to do any repairs associated with roofing and in NSW a builder can do it (we are licensed in both) so depending on Qld regulations I am not sure who you would contact but a building inspector could refer you.
Asbestos roofing isn’t always easy to walk on depending on how old it is, so be careful. Depending on…[Read more]

Like L.A Aussie said the agent is playing his game. He needs time to condition the owner ‘down’ in price and he will be secretly encouraging some uneducated purchaser to place a rediculously low bid to the vendor in order to encourage the vendor down in price.

Have a look around the area and see what previous properties have sold for (you can…[Read more]

Originally posted by jxf:

I have one more question… SORRY!
Going back to the cups catching rain analogy. Is it better to have a few large cups or lots of small cups to catch the rain. By that I mean is it better to by lots of cheaper properties (say properties in regional locations at about the $100,000 mark – which can be easier to positive…[Read more]

I bought the last copy of Residex’s top 100 growth predictions for the Country areas. On the top 10 for victoria, Skye was number two; I believe that is near Frankston Nth? With that in mind you would think that a well researched selection around these areas could be a great long term performer. Good luck.

Hi Daz
Please make sure you do your own due diligence (research) but I have Residex Top 100 predictions report (results ending quarter June 06) and Narre Warren Nth is rated 9 out of the top 10 country Vic for future growth predictions. Median value was $510.5k. If you are only going to resell then you probably wouldn’t worry about claiming too…[Read more]

Originally posted by v8ghia:
Hi Julie. HDT pretty much came to an end in 1988, when HSV took over Holdens’ ‘performance’ division after disagreements with the late Mr. Peter Brock. Having ditched my long love of Holdens around the VT Commondore era, I am more interested in Tickford, and of course their ‘evolution; into Ford Performance Vehicles…[Read more]

Thankyou Sanjiv, I am certainly interested in your accountant as she teaches MYOB. I have used that MYOB accounting software for 7 years and it still amazes me that my accountant and his staff still have to ask me to provide information (that is readily available on the disc I provide them) in order to finalize my returns every year. It would be…[Read more]

Originally posted by Jaffasoft:
No It’s hopeless, I don’t know how I’m Gunna find her so far?

Was that dyslexia? Is that the problem that I hsve and you have recognized that I have it?

What experience have you had with anyone other that that has this disability?

That’s a shame! Maybe an ad’ in the paper with a photo? Someone may have found…[Read more]

Originally posted by Jenny1:
Good answer Julie but I was more interested what people were doing to make their outside more presentable in these hard times of little water.

Sorry if my question wasn’t more clearer, I am sure everyone is in the same boat just wanted to know of any clever ideas to attract a buyer.

Thak you
Jenny1

Hi Jenny1
I sort…[Read more]

Originally posted by Kuade:
Thanks again for the help Julie. I called a council town planner and was informed that in Bris the land must be at least 3000 m2 to put townhouses on. I didn’t actually ask if the same rule applies to duplexes.

Wow, that is 3/4 of an acre! What if you only go single storey? Could you do it on a smaller allotment…[Read more]

Hey Jaffasoft

Have you found Roada yet? Let us know. Hope you’re feeling better than you must have been a couple of days ago…that was some serious keyboard dyslexia you had going there! I’ll send some more emails tomorrow, missed today sorry…..too busy!

Julie

My personal opinion is that every home in Australia should capture at least some of their rainfall (if and when it happens). Even if this water is used to water gardens (drought tolerant of course), wash cars and flush toilets it has to be better than letting it run down the stormwater system. Hooking up toilet flushing rainwater tanks or adding a…[Read more]

Originally posted by Kuade:
Thanks Julie.

We’re in Brisbane so the zoning codes may be different. The block is zoned Res A, which doesn’t mean a whole lot to me. I will ring up Bris Council and ask for a town planner. There are other townhouses in similar locations on the same street, though the blocks are slightly larger. The block is larger…[Read more]

Originally posted by Kuade:
We’re looking at a 1219m2 block that may have future development potential and we’ve not looked into development as an option yet so have a few questions.

What zoning is required in order to be able to build townhouses? Is there a minimum block size you need to have or a minimum amount of land per townhouse? How do you…[Read more]