Hi DD,

Nice to know we were missed! A spot of renovating kept me busy.

Yes hard to tell the difference. The Super 6 over here, is now being replaced by Hardi Fence sheets.

So while Asbetos and Super 6 are held to tell between, the Hardi Fence sheet is reasonably easy to tell the difference as the corrigations are much larger.

Yes com’on the…[Read more]

David,

Will you have enough income from your reno’s to see you through retirement? If so, then do your reno’s and get the income together to live off. If not, then perhpas have osme rentals to provide inocme for retirement.

PK

Fibejebe,

The smell used to be the esturary prior to your time. It didn’t used to flush and the estuary would get stagnant and seaweed would just sit on the shore edges for days and days and smell quite badly. We used to go to Nairns as a kid and it was really bad at times (although that never stopped us crabbing in it as a kid!). But the…[Read more]

Scremin,

The esturary’s not as bad since they put the Dawesville channel in. Yes, it still has it’s days but most of the time it’s fine.

PK

Hi there Marisa,

I think it’s time I got a new valuation done.

I think there’s still a bit of growth in the market, although I think prices have already risen quite a bit in anticaption of the railway. I rekon by the time it gets there, the growth will have tapered off. What’s your thoughts?

I wouldn’t buy for cashflow down there.

Regards
PK

Great Post TeacherK6.

I odn’t have any myself, but my folks run a claeaning business and one of theri jobs is a roomhouse. In this one they odn’t have a live in caretaker, it’s run through an agent and the folks clean all the common areas once a week. The real esate agent pays them and charges the owner. They also clean the rooms ofr nayone…[Read more]

Wayne,

How’s it going, we havne’t been raining ash for the last two days so hope that means things are settling and hopefully you can unpack the car soon.

Regards
PK

Royalty,

I notice you have deleted all your questions and assume you feel offended. Please don’t take offence at the request to write the messages slighlty different. It’s easier for people to reply if it’s easy for them to read. The suggestion was only another effort to help. But if you get comments you don’t like then just ignore them, why…[Read more]

If you’ve been on the market for 8 months then I think yo can also list with other agents now. Check the sales agreement that was signed, normally you give exclusive rights to sell the home to a particular agent for a certain length of time eg: 3 or 4 months.

After that time you can sign up with others, although you need to let them know that…[Read more]

Derek,

Thanks for being up here helping and for pointing out the groups involved as often we don’t realise what it takes to man a effort like this has been.

Well done to everyone involved.

PK

Yes, I noticed the same thing when I booked, but the book does say a reduction of $200 so you attend at $495.

The full retail price used to be $695. OK, the discount now works out to less ie: $100 but it’s still correct in that we are attending for $495.

I guess it depends on how you look at it, but I’m no worse off then what I thought I would…[Read more]

YEs you can do a reno to add capital to either sell or rent. Just make sure you always do your numbers ie: go through a reno with a fine tooth comb, write down each item that needs doing and then cost it.

In your costs you need to add your stamp duty, mortgage/settlement costs, holding costs (ie: payments on mortgage while renovating) and…[Read more]

Well, fire still contained, although Firefighters are concerned about the weekend as temps as expected to be hot and winds are expected to pick up, they are worried about fire jumping the containment lines as the front is 150km long. (I can’t even picture that!)

Yes, the smoke is unbelievable, we’ve been raining ash here at various times over…[Read more]

Yes, believe it doesn’t cost all that much.

I think it’s the Dept of Comsumer and Emplyment Protection you need to contact, but do a search on this site as it’s been brought up a few times so you should be able to check whether that is the right dept.

Regards
PK

Yes, we found this out by accidnet that this occurs. We bought the first IP in joint names, the 2nd is hubby’s name as it’s -ve geared and he earnt more and the 3rd and 4th in my name as +ve geared.

When we didn’t get a bill for land tax I rang up to query where it was (yes, I know that sounds odd, but I didn’t want a big bill years down the…[Read more]

Ah Wayne, you must be close.

We’re in the hills too but further away and just been watching, waiting and had written a list of what to grab if we needed to.

I hope they catch the culprits, for those that hadn’t heard, the fire was deliberately lit and has been burning for 5 days now. The heat and wind have not helped. Firefighters have come…[Read more]

James, that sounds like one of the easiest solutions yet. Not costly and sorted out upfront without the need for any agreement as it’s already agreed. Any lawyers out there wish to comment?

Ok, here’s some food for thought.

mikefrost and wezza, would you donsider yourselves to be good tenants (wezza, think the future, would you be a good tenant?)

When you left or leave home at 17, 18 or 19, where are you going to rent? I imagine it’s going to be in one of the cheaper places to rent as most young fold don’t earn heaps in their…[Read more]

You’d also need to make sure their workmanship would be up to your standards.

Good Luck with the idea.

PK

Cheap properties do not mean bad tenants. Bad tenants come from all socio-economic backgrounds and so do good tenants!

Good luck, always do your homework on both the property, town and the tenant and you should be fine.

PK

PS. And don’t forget Landlords insurance, just in case!!!