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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 glue (hence the name), but there is some form of underlay that goes between the boards and the underfloor. This absorbs pressure and gives the 'floating' boards more of a springy feel than the glued.
Cheers,
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, so I'd be looking to go with someone who I can actually talk to face to face, to try and gauge their quality and experience!
Another thing to watch out for on the eco front apparently, is that due to its increasing popularity, bamboo is another crop that is starting to displace food crops and native habitats. So if you can ask your dealer where they get their stuff, then you might sleep a little easier knowing its not making some endangered animal homeless somewhere!
Please do report back on your findings – would be interested.
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 looked great and was half-way between solid wood and the laminate stuff. The whole eco thing with bamboo could also be a selling point.
We probably would have gone floating rather than fixed (glued) due to A) cheaper cost and
it can be removed if needed! Best cost for floating bamboo we came across was around $80 psqm and the guy would install for $22 psqm. Not bad, as we probably would have installed it ourselves.
Cheers all.
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)
it can be removed if needed! 
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.
