Chrisss1010 wrote:

If the agent is from a big company he/she would have some one above them talk to the boss I say

Yes I thought about this but felt this approach would create an uncomfortable situation for us both, mind you he has already made me feel uncomfortable

Xenia wrote:

I’m assuming that the agent has your letter of offer including your terms of purchase and subject to’s?

Yes definitely, I made an offer of intent to purchase the property at $XXX,XXX price and I requested special terms; Due diligence and finance.

Xenia wrote:

He could have always just given you a blank contract to be nice while the vendors are considering….

Yes this is exactly what I was hoping, atleast then my solicitor could start to review the contract

I will wait until Monday… but I’m not too hopeful.

Also office of fair trading are now looking after any real estate enquires, REIQ have just told me this.

The more I think about it is the agent did not like my offer, hence walk away, it was not a low ball offer, and the terms were standard due diligence and finance.

Hey Duckster,

Thats the problem Phil is software support, all previous support has not worked.

I'm running windows 8 64 bit other then that I have no idea, i will try your ideas and get back to you on this.

I tried emailing support again, see what happens.

Im in Brisbane, I wonder if there are any users here that done that very same thing, would be interesting to hear from them if they have!

Thanks for your feedback,

Cheers Mat

Hi Marg,

Yes if the untis were divided all would have exclusive access and all would be of equal size. Unfortunately the agenda for the meeting has already been scheduled so I will go armed with as much info as possible and put this forward to the committee.

Hopefully it will turn out to be an easy process. Thanks again for your feedback
Cheers Mat

Hi Jon,

Thanks for your reply! That is great to hear as the units are all ground level units. Sounds like my only hurdle will be ensuring all owners agree. Do you think it would be a good idea if I put together a quote or proposal of the project or will this put the owners off. Can you suggest any reason as to why the owners may not want to go ahead with such a project. Or on the otherhand do you think I should I just bring it up as an idea at the next committee meeting which is in October.

Thanks again for your help
Cheers Mat

Hi Else,

Yes the thought of lowering the rent was an option however he is already on a great deal, its been one of those property's for sale whereby becuase the rent is so low people interested in buyer the property seem to not want to put in an offer. (the tenancy agreement is for 12 months 2 weeks ago) Yes delaying the settlement date could be an option, I would need atleast a 6 month settlement date as I need to reside in the property for 6 months or longer and the tenant must not occupy the property or it is regarded as an investment, which in turn rules me out for concession on stamp duty, which as a first home buyer is nil, zero zip $$'s Unfortunately because the tenant is on a great deal the tenant does not want to budge.

Hi Michael,

Its funny when you dont know what your doing we will do anything, when we get expert advice which I should have done in the first place we make the right decisions the first time round.

There is tenant who will be residing in the property for 10 months and because of this I will have to pay $8450 in stamp duty where if he had only been there for 5 months and 29 days I would pay no stamp duty. I also did not read the disclosure statement of the body corporate, there is no $$ in the admin and sinking fund as he use to own the 6 units and has only just created a body corporate a couple of months ago.

I have only just got off the phone from the real estate agent after sending him an email which read 
"Dear JXYZ,   I can confirm that I have not recieved the sale of the signed contract for Unit XYZ, and therefore are not legally bound by the contract. I hereby withdrawal my offer.    Kind Regards"

His first response was we will keep our eye out for any property for you. Its funny he pushed and pushed and explained to me that I should pay the deposit of $500 which was due today by 5pm and that I should not pull out of the contract until after 5 days and that I should pull out subject to finance. Goes to show how badly he wanted me in the sale of the contract! Lets just say I have learnt alot and will alsways ensure I send contarct firstly to a solicitor.  

Cheers Mat