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Amazingjeffrey,  as far as tongue& groove vs click is concerned: Talked to an installer when I was in his store a while back, and I don't believe you don't have a choice! Tongue and groove is for the boards that you will glue to the underfloor.  Whereas the Click-in's are for installation as floating floorboards.   With floating you won't need glu…[Read more]

G'day Jeff, That was for strand woven. I assume the 'vertical' bamboo you refer to is the bamboo that is simply flattened stakes?  We saw this too, but it doesn't apparently doesn't have the hardness that the strand woven bamboo is famous for.  I too would be dubious about buying on eBay, I think there is a great variance in quality out there, s…[Read more]

Hi All, Thanks for the tips and options!   In the end we did not buy the property as after some finer level research the numbers didn't stack up.  We did do some research at local flooring places, and had we bought the place we probably would have gone with bamboo flooring for the living areas, and carpet for the bedrooms.     The bamboo look…[Read more]

Cool thanks guys,

Actually I haven’t declared any income from the foreign IP as its been consistently negative.. I’ve been receiving tax credits for this in NZ, but was advised that I don’t need to declare it over here until it becomes positive.

Think I need to find a good accountant over this side..! Any suggestions? (I’m in Sydney)

Hi crj,

I’m not Australian resident, but am resident for tax purposes. Is there a difference in this regard?

I bought the property immediately after I moved to Australia so it would be touch and go, but I think I did own it before becoming tax resident in Australia.

So I’m guessing that makes a difference in my liability for CGT?

Cheers,

Jude