Thanks for the response. Yes, you're right, my solicitor is on holiday until 12-Jan and perhaps there'll be a lot of work when his office re-opens.The vendor has agreed to mid-Feb settlement in the contract, but I've asked my solicitor to request for an earlier settlement. I was told that we can always bring forward the settlement date. If we in…[Read more]

Thanks, I'll look into my superfund to see if I could increase my insurance cover.

Have you tried getting past sales reports for that area? You can get it from a number of places like Homepriceguide, etc.

Thanks for the comments, Terryw.I may buy the property in Maroubra Junction, mainly because it's much newer (I can get depreciation).