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Waterfront bargain in Whitsundays Qld <500k We need the funds from our previous home on the Cannonvale waterfront overlooking Abel Point Marina. We are about to sign a contract, so move fast if you are interested! It is land value only (though we lived in it), at the quiet end of Coral...

fatigue Personally I would avoid miracle cures and anyone who makes a profit directly from flogging you theirs. Lizzie and Tony, I have PM'ed you both with my ideas (FWIW). Best of luck Harpic

Personally I know nothing, but just spoke to a close friend whose brother has a previously successful and well-connected construction company there, employing ?60 or more, which is currently in real trouble. Nobody paying him and apparently has lost millions and just trying to salvage what he...

Seems to me the police could have exercised a bit of discretion. They didn't have to tell you to wind up the party early and could have advised your neighbours they were making a fuss about nothing. Harpic

We thought about doing the same with my sister-in-law & family. Then we moved away. Could you maybe get out of CGT by living in the one you own first and then swapping houses every 6 years (?selling to each other). I am not sure whether friends or family would be riskier landlords...

We have 2 vegetable Omega 3 products locally in our supermarkets. One is produced by a friend of my wife & is a mix of flax oil, hemp oil, evening primrose oil and pumpkin oil - claims to contain omega 3,6,& 9 in in the ratio 2:1:1 - smells and tastes much like fish oil (??which component...

Has anyone had experience of a reasonable (costwise) painter in the Whitsunday area. Just had a very large quote from our agent's handyman. Think it may be better to arrange some quotes myself (from afar). Thanks Harpic

...and is it reasonable to expect that the tenant pays by standing order so that the the rent comes in on time etc??? This is the standard practice here where we are renting ourselves in the UK. I can never understand why the rent collected by our agents comes in in bits and pieces -...

I do rent my PPOR . It's big and well situated and the rent is very cheap by local standards, so we don't complain about the state of repair, which is pretty dreadful. If I owned it I would put in a 2nd loo. And a proper kitchen. And mend the roof. And some decent flooring. And a decent...

Anybody else out there claiming this? (ie those currently resident overseas) I'm not sure whether my agent should be doing this as part of their service (as one of my 2 agents has offered) or whether to get my accountant to do it (he has also offered, though I suspect that he may well charge...

Many congrats. 2 girls and a boy is a great mix and very wise to have the boy 3rd (ours was 1st). Beautiful pictures - the Japanese are so cool in the way they do childbirth! Funnily enough we met now our close Japanese-American friends under African stars (on a 5 day camel trek). Great...

Other sites that might be worth a look for currency convertion are as follows: http://www.currencyuk.co.uk/ http://www.fool.co.uk/news/comment/2005/c050216d.htm http://www.currenciesdirect.com http://boards.fool.co.uk/Message.asp?mid=7987415&sort=whole The last is a thread about...

Frank Can't advise about the USA or Canada, but we've been in the UK for over 3 yrs now. We have 2 properties in Qld which have been slightly negatively geared. It depends what your job is, but you can potentially earn much more in the UK and sending money home is no big hassle. I just...

Petrol in the UK is now 1 pound a litre ($2.36) :eek:

One of our agents keeps trying to add charges for "renewal of lease" (ie when you increase/renegotiate the rent, they try to add on a week of rent to our fees for just changing the number in the box on their preprinted form). There are a few threads on this, but I would make sure that is...