In case anyone is interested, just thought I’d let you know that today I pulled out of the deal on the unit.

The sellers wouldn’t take any less than full price, I felt the body corp fees were too high for what they provided, and on further investigation the ducted aircon was over 20 years old and I was too worried about the expense if I had to…[Read more]

Thanks Ali G, for starting this topic! [biggrin]

It’s been great to read that everyone else also experiences the ‘you’re mad!’ attitude.

Never being much of a conformist I’ve heard ‘you’re mad!’ a lot, but it is still disheartening to hear ‘you’re mad!’ when I am actually being serious about something!

I am slowly managing to block out the…[Read more]

Hi Josh,

When I purchased the property I currently live in, which is a duplex half, we had a clause that stated we’d like to meet the neighbours and reserved the right to cancel the offer if we didn’t like them! I was surprised the Real Estate agent even let us get away with that one! We just wanted a way to get out of the deal if we needed to.…[Read more]

Thanks KP,

Have PM’d you. I must admit I have not done much research on Property Managers up there in Karratha. I am in Perth. Prepared to fly up for a look see if I am going to finalise anything.

JoD

Thanks for your calculations PropertyGuru and Steve – much appreciated [biggrin]

I wasn’t expecting the body corp fees to be that high and that blew my calcs out a tad!

I have made an offer, subject to building inspection and also more photographs provided, just to get my foot in the door, but still be able to pull out if necessary. I was glad…[Read more]