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Hi Jeffery, I am just a humble draftie
didnt even complet my Assoc Dip in struct eng LOL ..lol what made me a success was the abliltiy to work out what my client is trying to achieve and then draw them up something they can use. I dont do domestic stuff.. avoid commerical like the plague !
I work in the manufacturing and mining sectors. I was lucky to do a drafting apprenticeship at a coal handling facility so I guess my focus is bext described at materials handling.
I have had the company going for 18yrs or so.. last 12 yrs free lance working for lots of clients. I use subcontract engs as I need them. bit odd that the draftie wins the work but thats how it is here. I sue a firm different engs, depending on the job and their skills. I also have a contract draftie who works 20hrs a week or so.. I am after more from him but he has other commitments so we have an udnertsanding LOL I dangle a good hourly pay rate to help him focus on my work
I get to work from home.. yes!!! and just go to site as I need to..
very lucky i have great clients and they respect my abilities
hope this helps you ……there is no magic formula as to how many or how long.. do your homework.. read the papers, go to auctions, take to agents…
and when the deal comes along grab it we just purchased 2 at once. Was after 1 in our local area as its going to grow a lot over the next 2-15 yrs.. new major suburb for the region planned just a 1-3 kms away.
offered successfully on 1st place I saw, but kept looking as a back stop… went to look at 3rd place out of interest.. found out the 1st place had a successful offer on was directly behind and a subdivision was a peice of cake with access perfect and over 2000sq m to work with in total.
so i brought both 2 weeks for renos and tidy up and tenents moved into both on same day.
keep looking.. keep out there and its like all things .. you get back what you put in !Great bones to work with !! I agree re kicthen , check out bunnings and also budget kitchen suppliers. Some places have a standard kitchen that may work for you. In bunning you can get kitchen guides with grid and sized cupbd to layout.. dead easy to use.
Hunt around at Joyce and Harveys for kitchen package bargains. We got an oven, ceramic cook top, range all in stainless steel, plus a bosch stainless stl dishwaher all for $1500 !!! the dishwasher was the old model and was $200 under cost price. cheap and looks great in a IP.
wash the walls well. Use a quality brand 3 in 1 undercoat sealer prep coat. Spend the extra $20 on a good brand… you get less splatter and a better new surface to start with. If you want to u can use this on the celing too. It may be worth getting 2 smaller tins and having one tinted to your wall colour.. saves time later as you only had to add one top coat to the walls. a good celing paint is worth as welll nothing worse than needed to recoat 2 times to get coverage.
consider panelled splashbacks in the kicthen as they are easy to fit.
love the idea of a brekkie bar.. so usesful in small flats.
make sure u take lots of before and after pics so you can enjoy your hard work later) and once you select a colour scheme, use it again and again so any left over paint goes to teh next job – store paint up off the floor and never on concrete !!!
good luck.. love a reno job))dont put aside mid st blocks. I was lucky enough to pick up 2 places back to back.. ! 2024 sm total, we can subdivide to a battle axe with dual occupany in the middle block easliy as we have 4.5-4.7m from the side boundry to the eaves… our council has a min of 3.5m for driveways on battle aex so its a no brainer. the min block size is 450sm but 650 for a battle axe blk so we can onlhy get 3 blocks but we can do dual occupanies so its 4 rents for price of 2 plus building
Never thought I would score a deal like that
)) but i did just by checking out all the properties for sale even after I had palced the 1st offer, naturally didnt tell the agent I had secured 1 blk hahahhaa the 1st agent knew as he was family friend as was thrilled we got a break
and I am just an average investor.. these bring my total to 5 so hang in there…. it will happen for you too if u believe it inWe have been using them for 4.5 yrs and up till now ( well april 2009 ) , no probs…
very disappointing they dropped the ball and failed in their duty of care.. the hard part with this was by the monthly statements all rent was paid… so its deception by their part as to the rental arrears.. I had no way of telling until I asked then requested a copy of the tenancy ledger which shows the truth.cant wait to be rid of them… ended up using flyers at mine sites to get my own new tenant, and they will take 1 weeks rent for that too… but its all for long term gain.. $6K in my bank not theirs. My this time next week they will have a 30 day termination notice as my managing agent.
Yes the only person who really cares is the owner, but when u pay a premium of 10% managing fees ( closed market and they know it when they charge ) you do expect something back for it. They have a large number of properties they manage in that area… so I hope they are not doing this to other investors as well.. look after the locals at our expense !
didnt even complet my Assoc Dip in struct eng LOL ..lol what made me a success was the abliltiy to work out what my client is trying to achieve and then draw them up something they can use. I dont do domestic stuff.. avoid commerical like the plague ! 
very disappointing they dropped the ball and failed in their duty of care.. the hard part with this was by the monthly statements all rent was paid… so its deception by their part as to the rental arrears.. I had no way of telling until I asked then requested a copy of the tenancy ledger which shows the truth.
