In other words, by inflation and then deflation, the whole world is going to be owned by the banks and creditor nations.I see one problem with this manifesting ultimately – the internet.tens of millions of people losing their homes, who know who scammed them, are unlikely to go quietly

darwin NTdeveloping is challenging as alwaysbuddied up with an architectural firm doing some CGI. can design buildings, but no formal architectural training (really, it isnt that hard)yes had experience with valuers, they charge a lot for little imo, and in turbulent times, theyll be charging a lot of people a lot for little

I didn't want to comment because I thought that somebody else might answer your questions more specifically, and also, I dont know about changes in demand for the jobs you just mentioned.From my own perspective (property developer with real estate agents in the family and about 50% of the people I associate with being either builders, contractors,…[Read more]

Repeat everything I have done thus far, in half the time

If you use a shovel or something and try to pry them off, and your glue is very strong (or wood weak. or both) you're risking tearing bits of the wood off along the grain. ive never done it myself, but i would keep that in mind and do a test patch before going in commando style.My first thought was jackhammer with one of those (newish) chisels on…[Read more]

still think there wont be a mass evacuation?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnvzWrxRFd0&feature=player_embedded

the planning office requires public display. it wouldnt be a bad way to prospect

George, hailing from Darwin, NT.I have a Certificate 4 in Building Construction. I come from a building family, having been dragged onto construction sites from age 6 or so. I made the jump to property development, and expanded into peripheral industries like architectural computer generated imagery, drafting, design, and helping other people with…[Read more]

Hello builder over hereIt all depends on: what the floor is made of ,what the walls are made of, where the pipes are, what the pipes are made of, how far away youre putting in your new waste (because plumbing pipes need to have a certain fall, so that water moves in the right direction,is the slab suspended or ground floorif youre going to have…[Read more]

$21 000 for everything done end to end including design, drafting, fees etc is not a lot of money in the overall scheme of things for a development of that size/complexity. Bad advice will often cost far more.By way of comparison someone I know recently paid (to someone else – not me) $16 000 just for the design and draft of  house plans; another…[Read more]

The advice in this thread is spot on. Something that I would also do is find out some details about the developers business, so that you can negotiate more effectively. A strict developer who employs a builder will be all about margin. A developer who is also the builder is about margin, plus keeping himself/his crew employed, and because hes…[Read more]

I have a vested interest in property prices remaining high, but I must admit that I am of the opinion that in the long term, properties are overvalued significantly, particularly the land component cost. There is a huge surplus of land in Australia that is not available to the public, and simultaneously, various zoning laws/strategic planning…[Read more]

I am a builder yes everything is negotiable, as the person above said. Large building companies with display villages have a lot of employees to keep happy, so it also pays to keep an eye on how busy they are – the busier they are, the less they care about you (because theres always someone else that will buy) but if you can find them in a…[Read more]

Ah, my apologies, youre right. I was reading fast and made an incorrect assumption. You could have just let me know that someone else wrote it instead of yelling, cuteyoungchick. Thanks nguli (hmpf. so much for property investors being a level headed crew. bunch of psychos. rawr!)

Most of the worlds media is owned by the same people who own general electric – the company that designed the faulty reactor. the design was so bad that several of their employees quit in protest 40 years ago. 3 days ago things were bad. Yesterday the temperature of the reactor cores started to go up significantly, indicating full scale meltdown.…[Read more]

What do your friends want? What can they afford? Where would they like to be? Why are they here? Do they have the means to put the cash up, or is this hypothetical? You have money, we do stuff. You have no money, we do no stuff. Easy.

Terryw wrote:
I live in Osaka, Japan, and it is things as normal here.  In Eastern Japan there are problems, but only in a small area.There is some radiation being found in the areas immediately surrounding the nuclear power plants and some food stuff has been contaminated such as green leafy vegetables from farms in the area.I can't see mass…[Read more]

I would contact all other purchasers and launch a class action lawsuit.You and the original developer entered into a legal contract, whereby you put down $x in assurance that you would receive an apartment on the y.y.2012.I would have a lawyer (team of lawyers, actually) take a very hard look at every single clause in the contract, and establish…[Read more]

What Rob said.In addition, there are occasionally various initiatives brought out by government that allow further tax concessions eg about a year ago, if you purchased any capital equipment new with value in excess of $1000 you could write it off immediately. Simultaneous, at the moment there is a capital gains incentive for small business with a…[Read more]

Another question as per capital growth.What kind of information would be the most reassuring for a buyer. Newspaper articles? Real estate institute reports? Real estate agent reports? Bureau of Statistics demographic data?To be honest it seems a bit crystal ballish to me, but im a meticulous sort of person and can acquire whatever is needful in…[Read more]