What is the crime rate? Is it improving? Where is the cop shop? What is the local unemployment rates for adults/youths?

only domain.com.au allows private listings

You may have some luck with local newsprint as well

spouse, parents or kids?

Some states allow you to put your partner on title gratis but others may have to pay stamp duty & trigger a cgt event for you.

moanafusion or a few others are able to get you a report.

I assume that you are referring to a residential or retail bond.
No , it must be lodged with the bond board – it is required under the tenancy act for the protection of the tenant’s bond. It is the tenant’s money not yours.

or look for contractors all risk insurance before you start work.

Of course valuers should be held to account when they negligently prepare a valuation and disregard valid comparable sales evidence either accidentally or at the request of the client. However, when the market is skewed by unreported ‘side deals’ & cash-backs the valuer cannot be held to account for such market aberrations.

Many developers use 2…[Read more]

TT is the land title system used in Oz whereby the Crown guarantees the right to title unlike old system title.

Strata is a form of TT which allows vertical subdivision.

Hmmm howabout the effect of reducing the solar power feed-in tarriff from 60 cents to 40 cents.a.

Go on…… I dare you!

Stoopid question: where is the main switchboard? Is it outside the house/Unit in a main switchroom? Do you have access to it?If you have your smarts about you, then turn off the power to your house/unit at the switchboard not the sub-board. (The main switchboard is where the electricity meters are and where the meter reader comes to check the…[Read more]

how about a condensed mobile version – just the forums???

is that on leasehold or freehold Jamie?

a better advert wouldn’t go astray.

Now if everyone on the forums can email the agent you might cause a stir.

I use LBW @ Chatswood – good team. Probably a bit conservative.

Names ,company, city, state. I want to know which agent to avoid!

But seriously, I’d suggest that the agency had a vested interest in buying it themselves when it goes stale.

If you can, contact the owner.

Also lodge a written complaint with the licensee & follow up for resolution. If you get no response, take it it to cat or fairtrading

Contact a local carpenter/builder.

So are the girls @ Islington (popular)

Wolfy, you may need to check out a Canadian quantity surveyor's website to get some current budget rates for construction, obviously land cost will vary with zoning etc.The cost of energy efficient technologies is still quite high compared to conventional systems so you may need to consider whether or not you are able to achieve a premium price in…[Read more]

Yes no and maybe…. A house should last 40 + years with absolutely no maintenance whatsoever however the return on that property will also be reflected in its value.There are plenty of 100+ year old houses in the inner city of Melbourne, Sydney and elsewhere which have been maintained and command premium prices simply because they are character homes.