In your case the desktop valuation is worthless as you don’t have a cookie cutter block. Get a real valuer rather than an extrapolated computer model.

check the security of payments legislation – it will provide protection if it is an ip. you will need to notify the other party of the dispute within the timeframe though .

The thread had me going too….

At first, I thought it was a happy rainbow day type thing.

Then, the big house.

or … the dog house.

But alas, nothing so sinister.

You lost your posting rights – good to see you're back on deck Frecks.

I got an email from a broker earlier today offering a 3 year fixed rate of 4.99%

Looks like things are moving in our favour when returns are higher than the interest rate even in the capital cities.

Beg to differ there Nigel, in the stratum developments that I have seen, the stratum does come first but the owner of the stratum has the rights to further develop their stratum eg a multi-use development may contain 2 or more stratum eg carpark, retail, commercial and residential stratum. If stage 1 & 2 eg carpark and commercial are built, the remaining stratum can be sold off to another developer who can then build and undertake strata subdivision of the residential component or retal components etc.

(Not sure what happens in States other than NSW).

Trading income – income derived in the course of doing business

CGT – capital gains tax, a one-off profit derived from a capital transaction

With regards to the rest of your fence, this is your/other neighbour's fence so YOU will need to get the quotes & contact the other adjoining neighbour – I would suggest contacting the same 3 fencers who have provided the quotes (since they have been to site and it would be cheaper to use one of these guys than another contractor.

Maintenance is a rarely defined item in a lease however it will largely depend on the construction of the lease as to what it may mean and to what extent each party is responsible.

I have seen plenty of leases where the lessor is required to keep the exterior of the building/grounds in a similar condition to the commencement of the lease but also net leases where the tenant essentially pays for all maintenance and repairs (eg replacement of major components of air conditioning systems, replacement of fixtures & fittings when broken etc).

There is no single answer.

Query it. Ask for the comparables which they have used.

Check with the supplier regards burn marks from cigarettes & also flamability of each carpet.

Wool carpet is too high quality for the location.