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  • taipan replied to the topic Who pays? retaining wall &fence in the forum Help Needed! 18 years, 3 months ago

    giddo

    You might find that because they have had to excavate as part of the building process that installing building retaining walls to maintain stable soil structure on neighbouring properties is part part of the council approval requirements. If this is the case then they should pay, but an agreement between you two can share this cost if this…[Read more]

  • taipan replied to the topic smoke detector blues in the forum General Property 18 years, 7 months ago

    Hi Milly

    To fix the problem of the smoke alarm going beeping when the battery gets low you need to make sure the battery is changed annually (if you dont already do this) A good time to do it is when daylight saviings ends because this is when the weather starts getting colder and the battery will start lose charge quicker.

    It is worrying that…[Read more]

  • taipan replied to the topic Tax deductibiltiy on PPOR in the forum No Subject 18 years, 9 months ago

    I would agree that his would attract the attention of the tax office because the purpose of the arangement is to avoid tax not really for investment. think very carefully about this seek proffesional advise.Enjoy your home and concentrate your investments on other houses. That is my point view on this mattr any way

    Cheers
    John

  • taipan replied to the topic good suburb bad suburb in the forum Help Needed! 18 years, 10 months ago

    I might be getting into this good bad suburb discussion a bit late but I will tell my side anyway. Macquarie fields has been mentioned a bit so I will talk about this area because it is where I work in an emergency services capacity so I get to know different parts of this area well. Also what I will say is about Mac’fields but could be applied to…[Read more]

  • taipan replied to the topic depreciation schedule in the forum Help Needed! 19 years, 1 month ago

    If the place has termites in it then I would seriously consider if it is really worth buying and compounded with the state of the bathroom you should think carefully about how much this place is really worth.
    As has already been said you have to be careful about trying to write capital improvements off as repairs this will ring alarm bells in the…[Read more]

  • taipan replied to the topic Is this right in the forum Help Needed! 19 years, 2 months ago

    Hi Martine

    The main deductions that are likely to make it +ve (after tax) are non cash deductions on construction costs and fittings. There might not be a lot you can claim in costruction costs because of the age of the building but there may be some if there has been some recent renovations. For fittings you maybe surprised how much you can…[Read more]

  • taipan replied to the topic Which City/Suburb you live? in the forum Forum Frolic 19 years, 2 months ago

    We are in the Southern Highlands in NSW. About 1 hour south of Sydney along the Hume Hwy

  • taipan replied to the topic putting in very low offer in property in the forum Help Needed! 19 years, 3 months ago

    Hi Vyvyen,

    I am propably coming in a bit late on this point but dont feel embarrassed about making a low offer. You have the right to make whatever offer you like. On my first house i made an offer of $70K on a place listed at $92K. They knocked back $70K but 3 months later we came to an agreement at $75K we had to start somewhere and so do you.…[Read more]

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