For colours, we like Dulux Chalk USA (highly recommended by all interior designers we talked to) on walls & white on ceilings/cornice.

You don’t have to use tha actual Dulux brand….any brand will mix colours to match. We used Washable Velvet by Wattle. It was recommended by a painter friend.

All doors, frames & skirting were done in Satin…[Read more]

Originally posted by d_robb21:
More than happy to give you the details of a great architect that we used in VIC, depending of course where you are, buy we’ve had him inspect blocks in both Eastern and Western Melbourne, very happy with his services and instilled a lot of confidence in us when purchasing property for development purposes.

Let me…[Read more]

We’ve recently completed renovation our ’60s apartment.

Yes, asbestos WAS found (in the most unexpected place).

It was actually IN the front door, which has to be fire-rated. Ours had a deep crack on the top since purchase. No one thought anything of it until we got a locksmith to change the front door lock. He found white power, freaked out,…[Read more]

I am also a big fan of the show. It amazes me how many people are tossing good advice away yet still make a profit [blink]……

I’d LOVE to have someone like Sarah Beeny as my mentor [inlove]!!

Originally posted by crashy:
Its a business model that does not work in Oz. Thats why Im moving to NZ.

Hey Cashy,

I’m intrigued by your comment. Care…[Read more]

Oooh, thankyou, Frank [inlove]!!!

We are still waiting to hear from another painter (which our builder recommends).

This first quote came from the painter who does work for our Body Corporate/Building Insurance. He did our front door which was recently replaced by insurance (old door containing asbestos).

He did a quick job: two visits, one…[Read more]

Originally posted by freeman cooper:
A good guide for the price of painting is about $250 per sqare (100 sq feet). That is for new and providing you don’t have to do too much work to the plaster.
When quoting older places I would quote by the condition of the plaster, whether it needed work etc.

Hi Frank,

We are just about to finish our bathroom…[Read more]

Congrets, blogs[thumbsupanim]!!!!

The auction we went to last Sat sold for $445ks (approx 500sqm with a knock-down job of an old house on it)……..

With results like this, we wonder if the boom is still going on [blink]…. where is the bust we are meant to be having….??

There seem to be more subdividers & developers out there, instead of…[Read more]

We (Terry & Shelley) will be there [happy3]…….

See you then.

Hmmmm. Altona. Could be worth a look …. (thanks, smoothsatin!!)

A little update, we are finding no sign whatsoever of the market softening (at least not from looking around Footscray) [hmm]……

Anyone else got anything to add…?

(we might pop down tomorrow to do a little auction-watching)

Originally posted by TriggerL:
If anyone knows of any good contacts here in Adelaide, please feel free to share.

If I remember correctly, Dr. X on this forum is SA based…?

Good luck, TriggerL!

Thankyou for the reply, allana..!!!

Anyone else got anything else to add?

We went to a local meeting (run by troy&bec) a couple of weeks ago. They have generously shared a couple of recent houses they have done (thanks, guys [inlove]…!!)………I wonder if they had any sort of ‘rule of thumb’ figure-wise..?

When doing the “Buy-Reno-Sell”,…[Read more]

Sorry for the late reply……

We (me & Terry) will be there. See you all [happy3]!!!

Shelley

I grew up in Mt Waverley & my parents own their IP there as well.

One thing I would like to bring to your attention, is that while it seems that everyone is subdividing a whole block, some streets actually has restrctions (usually put in place by the original orchard owners who subdivided the blocks) which would stop you from subdividing your…[Read more]

I grew up in Mt Waverley & my parents own their IP there as well.

One thing I would like to bring to your attention, is that while it seems that everyone is subdividing a whole block, some streets actually has restrctions (usually put in place by the original orchard owners who subdivided the blocks) which would stop you from subdividing your…[Read more]

I grew up in Mt Waverley & my parents own their IP there as well.

One thing I would like to bring to your attention, is that while it seems that everyone is subdividing a whole block, some streets actually has restrctions (usually put in place by the original orchard owners who subdivided the blocks) which would stop you from subdividing your…[Read more]

Not sure about other states, but in Melbourne you can purchase some kind of “Good School Guide” (similar to “Good Food Guide” [happy3]) from Newsagency or bookshops…….

Web site looks good, Xenia [suave2]!!

……I wish your service is also available in Melb [glum2]. We can do with the help …….

*Re cost of website, I can check with my other half, he builds them*

I work in a call centre at the moment…. when phones are quiet I get to Google & participate in forums [thumbsupanim]!

In my previous life I was a fashion designer. That career path lead to serious illness, which actually prompted me into creating a new life for myself [rambo2]…… now I am doing my time in exchange for some cash to…[Read more]

Hi Sarah,

If you want a contact number of a good mortgage broker, I’m happy to pass the contact details of the one we are using right now.

She has been VERY helful to us.

Please PM me if you are interested [smiling]……..

Great thread! Thought provoking [exhappy]

Originally posted by jessmont:

Hi All

Very interesting topic….. i guess I am more in line with Wealth4life.
Success is measured in many varied ways and for some:

1.It is the gathering of as many assets before retiring as they can.

2. To others it is not the assets but what they can provide for you…[Read more]