Recent content by Asashoryu

OK, heres my tale. I have a approx 1100m2 block in Sth Hedland with a "well loved" 1970s BHP brick and decramastic 3BR/1Bath 110m2 house on it rented to a major company. By well loved I mean the place needs a lot of work to bring it up to a good standard. I figure $100K would get it close, and...

Had to replace a stove in my Hedland property a couple of weeks back, pretty hard from Brisbane self managing.....lol. Called the local Retravision store as I found a flyer on the web listing the current specials, ordered and payed for it over the phone and delivered that arvo. For $90 extra I...

Shane Jacob Settlements 16 Gibson St Mt Pleasant WA 6153 www.shanejacobsettlements.com.au Just used them to settle my South Hedland purchase and they were absolutely great, got me through a veritable minefield of dramas.

Definitely got some news, the property settled yesterday, Fri 12 Feb. Seems the caveat wasnt enough to stop things happening and got it removed. I asked about getting info on it and it was certainly something I was allowed/able to do but in the end I didnt worry about it since all the good stuff...

Hmm, you all make very valid and good points. As for when the caveat was placed that I am not sure about. My settlement agent did all the searches back when this started so I can only assume its been a recently placed one. The vendor didnt mention it to his agent until the day of settlement when...

Well here we go again, this IP in South Hedland is turning into a major pain in the backside. Settlement was after many delays finally set for Fri 5 Feb, that morning I get a call from my settlement agent telling me its now moved back to hopefully Mon 8 Feb as there is a Caveat on the property...

And if its in Pilbara or really remote type area or mining boom area, double it..... Got a quote from EBM today for building and landlords insurance, $1130 all up and thats allowing for the rent being over $1k per week. Heck of a lot better than CBA wanting $4k. I am insuring the house for...

Im waiting to hear from 2 other agencies re PM. Sadly Im in Brissie so nowhere near the place. As for negotiating........I am going to give it a shot at least, what do I have to lose. Even a 1% cut in management fees would be a start. Letting fees arent really a worry yet, I have a lease in...

Got to agree with you Fudge, PM fees in Hedland are exhorbitant. Im pricing them up there now to manage my place and even though I am buying thru the agent they give a discount on PM. Drops from 8.5% plus GST down a whole 0.5% to 8% plus GST. Heres the rundown on their fees; 1. LETTING FEE...

I settle on my South Hedland purchase next Friday, went the whole hog and financed 100% plus costs with Comm Bank. That was my biggest pain, switching my PPOR across to them since I was very happy with Heritage. I bought sight unseen barring a dozen or so pictures and "only" a 9.6% gross...

Im shopping for insurance at this time as well. Tried Terri Scheer and I can get their Landlord policy but they dont do building insurance for properties in WA above the 26th parallel.....which South Hedland is. Now to try a few other places. Anyone in the forum have a property in Hedland...

I got the same letter after 7 yrs as Platinum, then again after 2 yrs as Gold. Now Im down to Silver and work pays my QC membership instead. They are pretty generous first yr you drop your flights but then its a downward spiral.....lol. Still, I spend a decent amount of time in the QC so its...

OK, looks like my purchase in Sth Hedland is a goer so now Im looking into doing a bit of work to the place since its such a lovely shade of purple on the outside walls...... :o (actually, that icon is pretty close to the colour.......) Brick walls painted purple isnt exactly my ideal so Im...

I did see that article Ausprop, had it sent to me by one very helpful and down to earth REA from Hedland. Hes sent me a heap of info and been really good, sadly the place I am buying isnt from him. I tried to get one from him but had the offer on this one when he had a few nice ones show up. All...

Well after much stuffing around on the vendors, agents, conveyancer and my parts trying to get a legible contract finalised I finally hear from my broker today I have "conditional" approval on finance subject to the valuation being OK on my purchase in Sth Hedland. If, as Blue Card suggests...