Recent content by gotit

Are you thinking about a unit or a house? Like Angel said, transport is important. So train station or busway stop nearby. In that price range you could only get a unit/townhouse in Indro or Taringa. These suburbs haven't fared too well in the last couple of years. I can't imagine that they'd...

can you undo one of the powerpoints and see what the sheeting looks like on the inside? if it's brown it'll be masonite. generally asbestos sheeting is not very smooth and it's very hard. it can't be screwed into because it cracks, so instead nails were punched through.

Few years ago had a lovely 30s house next door to us on two lots in a DCP. Owners started demolishing it from the inside - got rid of all the walls. We could see what they were doing and reported it to council but at the end of the day the owners had the house declared structurally unsound and...

In terms of catering for some of the biggest uni campuses in Brisbane, I love my area, middle ring south - Tarragindi/Greenslopes/Annerley/Holland Park west. I lived at home during uni and my family all marvelled at how the location suited all of us - I went to UQ St Lucia and my sisters went to...

I'm not sure how, but as a buyer you can have the sale price withheld - some kind of form that needs to be filled out I think. It gets arranged at settlement I understand. This then ensures that the sale price doesn't appear on RP data or onthehouse etc. An interesting tactic I think...

On the advice of nearly everyone, I had a small piece of the cement sheeting tested at Parsons Brinckerhoff (I'm in Brisbane) and it came back with "no asbestos detected". Very good news.

Just thought I'd give an update - had a builder around for another reason and got him to check out the sheeting. He said quite certainly that it doesn't contain asbestos, confirming my dad's opinion. Apparently it's just too new and smooth. He also agreed that the blue adhesive stuff is pretty...

Thanks amiaow! Quite possible that the bathroom is 70s, except the wall just doesn't look that old. It's all a mystery, and I will solve it by doing some testing. Looks like $38.50 from parsons brinckerhoff is a good option for lab testing.

Yep, I think I'll get a bit of it tested to be sure. It seems to say "Hardiboard", and googling only seems to show up things about Hardiboard being a non-asbestos containing material. Hmm... Then there's the possibility that not all four walls will be the same material! You're totally right...

Hi all, We've been doing some renovations lately and come across some walls that could contain asbestos. It's a late 60s house that has been messed around with... most walls are masonite but the ceilings are likely to be asbestos fibro (nailed every 30cm or so). We started removing some...