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the vision part is clear in my head :) preliminary chat with my builder tells me it's possible :) so i think i'll get an engineer to do a site inspection to confirm that i can take out all these walls and then get a draftsman / architect to draw it up :) thanks.

Hi all, We recently purchased a small multilevel commercial property in Sydney that we want to remove a number of structural walls from to open it up and to create a void. Should we first call in an engineer to confirm that the walls can be successfully removed or should we first have an...

yeah, it includes gst :(

Hi all, Hubby and I are looking to purchase a commercial property and would like some advice on when we need to register for ABN and GST in a sole trader capacity in order to recover the GST from the purchase. We tried doing it online and it came back saying that we are not currently...

so, how much more expensive is prefab over brick, when one takes into account saved labour vs crane cost vs manufacture costs vs cost of rendering brickwork etc? 10% more expensive or more? just looking for a ballpark :) cheers

love seeing houses being built from contemporary materials. i think prefab concrete panels are great although they do require a lot of thought regarding insulation and placement of plumbing and electrical points. i think if i was to build a house, i would use this material. cheers

is there a good large terrazzo tile option that gives a "polished concrete look"? having done polished concrete before, im thinking any option would be a cheaper option.

FWIW Yes, I find it quite strange that the landlord would not have inserted a general consent clause, especially for the exterior which would typically include any signage rights you might have. Regardless, you might also have to check with council and may well have to lodge a DA depending...

Hi all, We have been looking at Commercial Properties of late and would like to know what peoples thoughts are in regards to purchase structure. Let me say that we will get appropriate accounting/legal advise if we proceed but at the same time I'm very interested to see what is happening out...

Sorry, should have clarified. Car will earn me income in the sense that it will be used for business purposes. Guess what im really asking is rather than financing the car from a financial institution, can i finance it from my own equity and get the benefit of the lower interest rate? Julie

hi all, rather than do a CHP with a provider, is it possible to pull equity from your home to purchase a car and then claim the interest component (specific to the car) for tax purposes? if so, what would be the cleanest way of doing this? hope this question makes sense. regards...

hi all, curious to know how negative gearing works with partners? for eg, if i was to buy a property with a friends for $300k and we both put in $150k, can we both claims our portion for negatively geared purposes? regards, julie

Hi Julia, Im a little confused. 1. Say we have a PPOR which we currently live in. 2. We find a house that we want to buy as our new PPOR. 3. The house is in a dipilated state and in our opinion unliveable and we choose not to live in it in its current state. 4. We buy the house and...

thanks julia, that was the sort of detail i was looking for :) cheers, julie

hi all, long time since ive posted :) we are currently looking at a dipilated house to possibly knock down and rebuild as our dream home. we currently have our ppor which we will eventually sell when our dream home is built. assuming that the dipilated house is never tenanted, is...