Recent content by Hetty

I never said they outperformed land, but buying land isn't always an option, many people who bought apartments in Parramatta 3-4 years ago probably couldn't afford land. We're just starting out and bought an apartment in Sydney for our PPOR. We would have loved to buy land but we can't afford...

I've met plenty of people who have made money with apartments. If you look at how much some of these Parramatta apartments are selling for at the moment compared to pre-boom, fair whack of money. I do agree with Sash though, those apartments are not a good idea.

Yes, thank you for asking. We ended up buying in Belfield, which is a bit crap from a public transport POV, but I hate public transport anyway. We wanted to buy in Beverly Hills but there haven't been any units up for sale for a while, and the rental we're living in (in Beverly Hills) is falling...

We are doing half our loan at 4.09% for three years and half at 4.15% for one year. I agree with you, I think it is a good deal, especially with the 100% offset. I'm nervous at fixing for three years but we have a while until settlement so will see how fixed rates go.

Spludgey, we are planning on the 4.15 fixed for a year as well, but I'm thinking with the cut today it may go lower. Thoughts? TM Bank too.

Thanks, a bit to think about and work out! Does anyone have any recs for companies? (apart from Magnetite)

$1100 for two windows sounds like a lot. That's why I was thinking it may be more expensive.

Is that more expensive than traditional double glazing, where they take the windows out?

Has anyone done double glazing in Sydney? Who did you use? There's so many places and types, I'm not sure where to start! ETA: for noise reduction rather than thermal issues.

Thank you, that sounds like a good way of thinking about it.

So if they have an asking price instead of an "offers over", you should still treat it like an "offers over"? We offered the asking price and knew no one else had signed on Wednesday. They said they wanted to wait until more people saw the place on Saturday, but now they've cancelled the...

Thank you, I'll have a look.

I'm wondering if I should get one. I'm getting really over dealing with REAs and looking at dozens of properties. I've read about what they do and it sounds good. How much do they cost? This is for a PPOR in South-Western Sydney.

Thanks all. We made an offer of the asking price, asked for an answer today, and they didn't reject our offer but they rejected our time limit. They wanted to hold on to the offer until they showed more people through on the weekend. We rescinded, we want to be able to look on the weekend and...

Haven't made the formal written offer. I didn't know I could put a time limit. Would it be reasonable to say by Friday if we sign today? I would like to be out looking on Saturday if it's rejected.