PropertyInvesting.com | James740 | Activity https://www.propertyinvesting.com/members/james740/activity/ Activity feed for James740. Fri, 01 May 2026 22:23:44 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.8.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 0ad43b945324391ec00650af41b6c5f7 James740 replied to the topic Old house interior - Help with Gyprock and wooden wall boards in the forum I just came across a few https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4408824-old-house-interior-help-with-gyprock-and-wooden-wall-boards/#post-4687253 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:57:58 +0000 I just came across a few houses I was looking at that had these features.  One of them was a period specific house, the other one was a bit of a mix, definitely not heritage house just a very old plain house.  Just scoping out renovation possibilities for these houses and learn something about it as I hadn't really considered reno these…

]]> 07afc0338861031db3890f17ec8fd847 James740 replied to the topic Old house interior - Help with Gyprock and wooden wall boards in the forum Value Adding https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4408824-old-house-interior-help-with-gyprock-and-wooden-wall-boards/#post-4687253 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:57:58 +0000 I just came across a few houses I was looking at that had these features.  One of them was a period specific house, the other one was a bit of a mix, definitely not heritage house just a very old plain house.  Just scoping out renovation possibilities for these houses and learn something about it as I hadn't really considered reno these…

]]> 3ff5570fc575c350f09dc9fcdbce4662 James740 replied to the topic Improvements to ex NSW Housing Commission House in the forum Value Adding https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4408444-improvements-to-ex-nsw-housing-commission-house/page/2/#post-4683935 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 08:14:48 +0000 Doonside NSW

bought some laminate floors and did the whole house with it.  That was probably the only easy part of the entire renovation.  I had a million holes in the walls to fix  up when I first got it.  THought about doing the kitchen and bathroom myself but that would've taken a ridiculous amount of time, so I just bought the bathroom wares…[Read more]

]]> 23031d1533a47bc6ac2b8467e3c53647 James740 replied to the topic Improvements to ex NSW Housing Commission House in the forum Value Adding https://www.propertyinvesting.com/topic/4408444-improvements-to-ex-nsw-housing-commission-house/page/2/#post-4683933 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 07:19:51 +0000 I just finished a renovation on my ex gov house.  I didn't do anything on the outside, solely focused on the inside.  New floor, new  kitchen, new bathroom.  All in all, spent 20k, had the bank do a valuation and came back 70k higher than the purchase price, or 40k up if you take out reno and buying cost.  but out of the 20k reno, about half of…[Read more]

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