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Hi Would anyone be able to recommend a plasterer in Adelaide (good work & reasonable price) to repair wall cracks in an older style house? Thanks

Hi It's been a few yrs since I've been on here. We've been living in Adelaide since May last yr and have just started actively looking around to buy a PPOR now that we are certain of the area we want to be in. We have noticed the market has dropped since moving here, we still think the...

Hi Poppy We had the same extra charge applied to our IP that we built in D Bay last year. My understanding is that the rates charged at the beginning of the FY were for vacant land, so because the Caboolture District bills rates on an annual basis, once building starts and sewerage etc is...

Hi We are expecting our first child in June, so I will go going on maternity leave in May, returning to work part-time somewhere between March and June 09. We want to start looking for the next IP once the current one is completed (we think sometime in April), but we are not sure how the bank...

If you want something close to home, Raphael's at Shorncliffe/Sandgate is excellent. Birches at Mt Mee is also very very good.

Hi Sue Can't help too much with the mobiles. Our internet (ADSL2+) is through TPG. We pay $69.99/mth for 40GB during peak and 110GB off peak. For the home phone we have the basic $20/mth package through telstra as we use VOIP (through pennytel) for all our calls (domestic...

Hubby also works for one of the cos I quoted, so I know what staff prices we get the goods for :)

The mark up on bathroom fittings is so great you should try negotiating with the different suppliers (ie Reece, Tradelink). They generally have several different prices for products - staff, builder etc.

Hi Shona I would go for house no 2. I lived in Fairfield while at uni and its a great spot -walking distance to the uni, the city (if you can't afford a cab home), train stations and Coles. The house we lived in was on the cnr of Fairfield Rd - we didn't see it was being a problem at the...

Hi Could anyone recommend a person/company that does bathroom renovations on the northside (we are around the Strathpine area)? We have a highset house that has one bathroom and 2nd toilet in the laundry. We are considering getting a second shower installed in the laundry. From people's...

We had my husbands mobile with us (what they eventually contacted us on) which we turned on every day also had email which we checked regularly. Before we left we gave them all of our contact details and my dads contact details who was a backup contact with the builder and the bank. Even had our...

Hi Been doing a bit of browsing on re.com and have noticed several properties advertised as being in a suburb that is different from the actual suburb the property is in (ie advertised as Carseldine instead of Bald Hills). Seems to be where the properties are close to the suburb boundaries. I...

Hi Letiha Found out about the survey pegs when the soil test/survey was done around the end of June. The builder told us that we would just need to get the pegs in before they started building. We arranged for a surveyor to do this, which he did around mid July (advised them once it was...

Hi Sue We realise that most builders take around 9-10 months. All other builders we spoke to where up front and told us that. Our issue is that the Sales Consultant was dishonest with us telling us their process took 6mths not 9-10months. If he had been honest with us (we clarified many many...

Hi Just wanted to post this about our experience with Stylemaster homes for those looking at building in Brisbane. We are currently building a house in on the northside of Brisbane with Stylemaster Homes. The process started back in June (authorising soil tests, contract to be done up etc)...