Recent content by emcdonald

Had to laugh at this one...:p Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business.When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his father died, he decided he needed a wife to share his fortune with . One evening at an investment meeting...

I think lending has changed so much in the past ten years that 'relationships' with banks (or their lending staff) is largely a thing of the past. Perhaps this would come into play with higher LVR loans or greater risk lending?? Mortgage brokers might be able to help us out a bit with this one...

TB, It's sad to see that someone asking for advice was judged and shut down so quickly, I asked plenty of similar questions when I was just starting out and fortunately wasn't shot down or deemed to be 'sponging' or a 'selfish' 'gen y'er'. This isn't the way somersoft runs, keep criticism...

thanks Richard and Tubs, much appreciated. Cheers, E x

Hi all forumites, well the inevitable has happened - relationship breakdown...... Right now my concern is the house we recently purchased in Gympie, I want it in my name only my understanding is this will incur Stamp Duty (could someone please let me know the figure for QLD). Will there be...

HI Brenda, I heard a couple of years ago that the small lot code was likely to DEcrease down to 350 to allow for 'corridor' homes in the brisbane area... I would be interested to know if they have in fact gone the other way with 450 - makes finding splitters that bit harder. Good luck AC...

$800 youch! hopefully ours won't be that much, i'll let you know

Thanks for the info guys, JJJ I'd love to speak with your friend about getting them installed. The units are HUGE, we got a very good deal from Hardley Normal they were $1,200 each and we got them for $570 cash each. They come with 60 months warranty and are reverse cycle etc. We got big...

Hi all, I've had a search but couldn't find a reasonable guide to how much i should expect to pay for 2 x 7.5 kw split systems in our IP in gympie. Does $500 per unit sound resonable? I've only managed to get one quote over the phone today, i guess the installers are all in full swing...

hey rambada, partner and i are fellow ambo's up the coast; mind you i use the term partner very losley seeing as he's on the IC course (never get to see him)... cheers, e x

Hi Sailor, I worked at Caloundra for the best part of '05. The area is lovely mind you there are a large number of retirees and elderley living in the aubundant retirement homes and villages around the area. I would probably be interested in reading the census age data in that area before...

just with that link i posted above, to get the prices in AU dollars you need to click on the AU flag in the top L hand corner, it will bring up a white screen that says "click here to proceed" you need to click it quickly to get the site priced in our $.

lycra is hot! and i can say that for certain because there are about 200 male athletes running up and down the street at the moment getting ready for the Noosa tri tomorrow YUM YUM YUM! Can i also recommend a great site for cheap lycra? i went to buy my partner some new shorts and they were...

cheers guys! Need to T up a Q Ride course now, the guys at Kawasaki Team moto charge $750 for three days...does that sound reasonable? I've heard you can do cheaper courses around $500? Any recommendations? e x

Thanks Dos, we were really lucky, the agent who had it was adamant that it was listed at 'market price' but i think they may have done their comparitive sales searches on properties that are in flood zones (ours isn't)... That and the owners were keen to see it go (mess divorce in the family...