Hi Redwing.You are right about labourers taking up the positions of tradesmen,but that is not restricted to brickies…..it also applies to painters,plasterers,carpenters etc.But at the end of the day they aren’t tradesmen,they are just working as tradesmen.

Bbruhm,as for there being no money in trades,I dispute that.It all boils down to…[Read more]

As a tradesman of 20 years,I have seen many apprentices come and go,and a fair percentage aren’t even worth the pay they receive.After one year of uni,I undertook four years of apprenticeship because I wanted to be a carpenter,not because I had to do something and an apprenticeship was an “easy” option.The bulk of apprentices I come across these…[Read more]

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Hi Fullout,
I am no accountant,but I think you will find that if your turnover is more than $50,000 then you have to,but if it is less than 50,it is optional.If you don’t register ,however,you will not be able to claim back any GST paid on purchases.

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Turns out it is Asian Pacific,but I don’t know if they are related to your company,and I have never dealt with either.

Hi Geronimo,
There is a company here in Melbourne of similar name.I am not sure if it is Asia PAcific,or Asian Pacific.They seem to do a lot of office suite developments/marketing.I will be driving past one of them this afternoon,so I will check to see if it is the same name.

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Hi Purple,

It is hard work,but well worth doing it yourself.If you have some DIY nouse and patience,it isn’t that hard.Just don’t decide half way through that it is too hard,or say “that’s good enough”,b/c you will kick yourself.Put all your effort in to it.And go with Malachii’s thoughts….Bunnings is full of school boys and those that couldn’t…[Read more]

Hey Rags…..just a word of warning…it would be wise to check what all that broken internal and external wall sheeting is made of.From the look of the building from the pics,there is every chance it contains asbestos,and you should be very careful with how you handle it,and how you dispose of it.

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we could short circuit the lamp so we would hear it go bang when we switched it on.

maybe the cord is long enough that we can take the lamp in to the switch room with us.

maybe we could remove the globe,move the lamp as close as possible to the switch room,stick a finger in the lamp and reach around to try each switch

ok,we break the glass on the globe in the lamp,making sure we don’t break the filament.We drape the curtains over the broken lamp,and go to the other room.We try a switch a a time,waiting for 10 minutes between each.If the other room catches fire,we know we have found the right switch!

where’s Chan when you need him……..

you ask someone else in the room to tell you when the light goes on/off

do the two rooms have a light each,and do these switches control them?

maybe the room light in the lamp room and the switch room are both on,so the switch that is still off is the lamp.

we can assume one controls the light in the room with the switches,so that narrows it down to 2.Maybe we are able to see the electricity meter,and if we turn one on at a time,we could see which one uses less power,and safely assume that one is the lamp……

Hi Yack,
No,I don’t think they are overpriced.In fact,my valuation came back $30,000 over what I paid for it.You have to remember also that there are 69 suites that were searching for a tenant all at once.Many have found tenants at the rate I spoke of,but some others must be struggling with their mortgages and are prepared to take a tenant at any…[Read more]

Why is it that when ever the Government says “more money for education”,teachers hear it as “pay rise”?What about the kids?I have worked in many schools over the years,and I think that teachers are already overpayed for what they do.If you want a joke of a job,become a “Physical Education” teacher in a primary school.

Hi Debenvy……ther ehas been some discussion on AC in th epast.Here is a link.

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https://www.propertyinvesting.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6341&SearchTerms=asbestos