Robo , So there is nothing wrong with the Australian cladding products as such ? Compared to the Canadian products ?

I will get the measurements again and send them to you to see how how good the quote is .

Shawn

Some of the cladding from years ago such as the immitation brick stuff I always thought was awful.
From what I looked at today some of the colours and styles are really snappy .

Thanks Robo.

My heritage is a bit twisty and the tree goes back to France during the revolution . The family name owned and ran the guillotine business and apparently they were very well respected [biggrin]

One relative came out and fought in the Maori wars then settled with a Maori wife in Taranaki NZ. Then a couple of generations later I had a pommy…[Read more]

Hmmm some good ideas there.

I love cleaning and picking up and disposing of all the rubbish. I find the satisfaction factor is high . I once bought a place where the gutters were full of grass 10 inches high and the house fully covered in grime and crap. Once we had pressure cleaned the place I had people asking me if we had painted! What a…[Read more]

How come you were able to take out the garden for free?

Do you mean that your time is not worth anything ?

Where would you invest: I would finance rural/commercial property in my local area ( south west vic) In finding a good deal I would be looking for bad management and lots of problems. I would expect to have a valuation of about double what i’d paid in 12 months.

Now I know this is not very glamorous to you poshy swanky types , but hey , it’s…[Read more]

What about the movie ‘Ghost’ and the scene with the potters wheel. Ahhhh was a good movie []

I,m a dairy farmer in the deep southwest of Victoria and up to my eye balls in it. I have done ok .

One farm milks around 5oo cows and another milks 180 cows. The industry is ok at the moment and possibly a good time to sell up maybe. I have a heaP of machinery and around 1100 acres of good dairy land plus all the stock to sell but not really…[Read more]

I have met agents who will look you in the eye and tell you blatant lies and expect you to believe it. There are lies , lies and ‘Damn Lies’!!

As one of steves tips goes……you can sell your integrity but never buy it.

Some things are more important than money.

Shawn

Interesting article on the ABC Foreign Correspondent last night on property investment in Moscow. What an eye opener!! Having title to property means nothing if someone else wants it. Corruption is rife and justice at the end of a gun!! We have absolutely no idea. No idea at all.

It would be a brave person indeed who invested there. Being an…[Read more]

I have just read ‘Reno Kings , Real property Real People , Unreal profits’

I think it is another good entry level book and easy to follow. I stumbled across investing books almost by accident years ago when I was given Noel Whittakers first book ‘Making Money Made Simple’. Somewhere in that book he mentions the Idea of having a success library of…[Read more]

Here is another one that happened to me a few years back and with a happy ending.

Project was to build a nice picket fence out the front of my old PPOR in Warrnambool (now IP ) .

Had to have the site prepared and all that with a bobcat so called the dial before you dig folks and the guy turned up with his gadget and marked the ground with paint…[Read more]

Near disaster Story

Had a case with a newly let property and the tenants got a couple of nasty electric shocks off the taps !!

It was a faulty earth as it turned out.

Tip

Keep an eye out for the earth peg and ajacent plumming.

Shawn

Hi Hiri

I was in Opotiki about 30 odd years ago on holiday with my folks but the only thing I remember was the huge stingray my dad caught in the surf with his rod and when he finally landed it I dispatched it with a heavy piece of drift wood !!

PM Minimogul , She knows the area

Thanks Stephen

Good point on the dual occupancy thing.
I think it’s a good way to pick up some more cashflow providing you can get approval.

A place I have owned for a few years has an extra title at the back which is very small and in a triangular shape with big trees growing on it.

A few years ago I talked to the council about putting a granny flat in and got the big NO.

I am wondering if I could overcome regulations with something trasportable rather than permanent.

Where would…[Read more]

Thanks Celivia You are right it is very slippery and dangerous when wet and its green moss too.

I tried spraying a small section of the roof with roundup to kill the moss first but it didn’t kill it and in fact I think it is growing better than it was…

Water is not a problem here

I like using pressure cleaners as I can see quick results for…[Read more]

I sold a house direct to a nearby hospital and the conveyancing fees were no more that normal.

However our solicitor does ok out of us overall.

Ask your solicitor for a written costing.

I was audited some years ago by the ato and thankfully there were no problems. Can thank my conservative old accontant for that. The thing that sticks in my mind is the look he gave me after the auditor had finished… Yep that stressed and haunted look… Actually he died only a few years after that.

Shawn

Hello Don

Welcome to the forum and good on you with the propertys.

Would love to hear your story about property in Moscow. Can you access your equity there with a local bank or institution ? Would you buy more property there ?

Good luck