PK,

They seem to have missed in the ad the bonus that it has excellent ventilation, although that may have been what they meant by “free flowing airducts”!!

Nice pickup!!

Hey Redwing,

The technical name for those wooden edge bits is “smooth edge” which I thought was hilarious when I first heard. Real contradiction considering the puncture wounds in my fingers after pulling them up!

Never laid lino before but have loads of personal experience with laminate flooring if you are considering that.

cheers

Jan

Still, he had to outlay a few million to make his next few millions. 100% return can be achieved in real estate as well although timing may be a bit longer.

The risk for Kevin would have been if his stock actually went the other way. Even with gearing, it could have stung although am sure he did his research.

Nice to hear a good news story though!

Irrespective of what order the work was performed, one thing that aggravates me is tradesmen that don’t respect the work of other tradesmen or the property in which they are working. Granted, the tiles should have been done last but that dosn’t excuse this sort of behaviour. Respect your job and leave it tidy, how hard is that to do?

Newgen, I…[Read more]

As Dr X said, know your market! If there is a labour shortage as in WA, your chances are pretty low to get it cheaper. It will be all to hard when a builder can basically pick and choose what jobs they want.

I would suggest you could ask if thats their best price as you are getting a few quotes, but ultimately you get what you pay for. They…[Read more]

Not sure about Bulgaria but in Oz it happens all the time. Not uncommon for a property to change hands multiple times before its even built. That is of course if you own the property. Who actually owns this property at the moment?

Hi Wits End,

I like your plan and hope you are successful.

A few issues you may like to consider and may want to search the forum as they have been discussed quite a few times already.

Firstly, early access for reno’s can have a few pitfalls and would suggest you keep the cost of jobs performed to a minimum just in case the deal falls through.…[Read more]

Out of curiosity, what is the $10k allocated for footings?

Hi GR,

The way I see it, truth is extremely subjective. One persons truth may be anothers lie depending on their understanding, point of view, political or religious standpoint etc.

Peronsally, truth is what you yourself believes as long as you are willing to understand the perspective of others.

In terms of telling the truth, every…[Read more]

Whats with the split personality Jacob? Answering your own questions?

Daniel, Think you will find they get paid less than that. Probably works out to be $2 a day but the point remains the same and sympathise.

I get stacks of calls at home and cannot say with any conviction if they are calling from India or just down the road. Either way, I resent getting repeated calls from the same company after I have said “no…[Read more]

Can’t say I have ever heard of placid Jack Russell or a placid whippet!!!

Really like the idea of a dog bond. As a dog owner and previous renter, would have supported that concept.

Having trouble though of the concept of renting with dogs without a fenced backyard. That means either the dogs are housebound or are tied up. As a rental,…[Read more]

Gotta agree Bruham, wouldn’t be a plumber for anything!!

Got a qote recently to connect my sewer to the mains. Asked if I could save some dosh by digging the trench for them. They said nah, won’t affect the price too much so just went ahead anyway.

They turned up on the morning as promised, I said seeya and headed for work. Got home that…[Read more]

Hey pursefattener,

Last time I did the roof, I hired a pressure cleaner from from Kennards for the day. Gurney type and did a great job. If you blow the water downstream you shouldn’t have too many problems although you can loose a bit of the cement around the capping.

Celivia, couldn’t think of anything worse than using a scrubbing brush up…[Read more]

Don’t worry Mooki, don’t make a habit of throwing pens, food etc either. Am sure it is very difficult making the system fair and equitable to all involved considering some of the personalities you may have come across.

I am just glad it, fingers crossed, is all over.

Hi viral and Mum,

Sydney Water really should be able to tell you whats going on, its their pipe after all. Dial Before You Dig will tell you where and what it is but doubt they can give much more.

As for what you can do, Service providers really don’t like people building over their pipes. This is just in case something breaks and they cant get…[Read more]

Celivia, couldn’t agree with you more, the world can often be a horrible place and continually think how lucky we are to be born in a country like Australia. Sacrifice here in Oz can be a bit different from somewhere such as China.

On the lighter side, Gatsby, your comment about your lung being ok, is that like the saying “I cut my smoking half…[Read more]

Doing a bit a net surf a while back and came across an interesting read by Stuart Wemyss, a regular poster here.

http://www.prosolution.com.au/articles/structure3.pdf.

Good information Stuart!

Cover your ….

By process I mean you cant simply take to the wall with a slegehammer. You need to make sure that taking out part of the wall isn’t going to compromise the structural integrity of the wall and roof. If its a standard door size in timber its really not hard at all, if wider than a standard door or masonry it gets a bit more involved. May need to…[Read more]