Recent content by Hobieyak

Curtain mould magic Just tried the product mentioned by Abra - it certainly seems to work well. My daughter's bathroom ceiling had bad mould and this stuff worked great on it. Waiting now to see if it will last. Can only purchase it on line and they are somewhat slow with their delivery, but...

Thanks Impala67 and everyone else for feedback The drainage, ventilation and insulation work (both ceiling and subfloor) appears to be having an effect. Tenant has reported no further incidents of mould and the dehumidifier I supplied is now only extracting half the amount of moisture it was...

Tenant in my 3 bed house reported a mould problem in the south facing bedrooms a couple of months back. The house is probably 30 yrs old, brick veneered and built on piers. The soil in the sub floor area was damp so I put in drains along the southern (high) side and improved the underfloor...

Wondering what members experience has been with allowing a PM to control maintenance costs ? My recently acquired IP (3 bed / stand alone house) had some maintenance issues (dishwasher, curtain, etc) and I gave the PM the go ahead to get things sorted. I was duly billed $88 for the dishwasher...

Hi All, Does anyone know of a reliable handyman in the Wollongong / Albion Park area ? Reason I'm asking is that I recently had a new tenant move in to a house I purchased at Albion Park and they identified a number of items that needed attention. I gave the PM the all clear to get the...

If I go ahead it will basically be a rebuild - only showing garage conversion because I thought it may be easier to get it through council. Bought at Albion Park because I thought the particular property was reasonable value for money and had rear street access. When I was looking I didn't...

Haven't got any costing on the conversion yet but my guess would be $50 to $60K. If there wasn't a reasonable capital gain then it may not be a good short term (say 5 yrs) proposition. However, I'm hoping that just by showing that a granny flat is feasible for this property would add some...

Do you have samples to share? Not sure how well this will come out but see attached.............

Thanks for responses why not order an upfront val 'to be erected' - not familiar with the 'to be erected' val - is this something you arrange through a local estate agent or something more formal that you pay someone to do ? An average rule of thumb is that the higher the median price of...

Suburb is Albion Park (South of Wollongong) and it would be a granny flat at the rear of the property. The back yard has access to a street at the rear of the property and it would be possible to fence off a portion of the yard so the GF has a small yard space of its own. Overall land size is...

There's no doubt that adding a granny flat to an IP will significantly increase the rental return (small decrease in house rental but well and truly offset by additional rental from granny flat). However, what about the overall value of the property - does it increase by the cost of the...

Thanks for replies, much appreciated. Will get an online quote from EBM - they appear to get some good reports on Somersoft forums

Thanks for the info guys, much appreciated.:) Can I assume people are generally happy with EBM ? Their rent cover platinum seems a reasonable deal - but as nhg points out the most important thing is that they live up to their side of the bargain if things go wrong. The last post on this...

Wondering what people's experiences are with insurance for a IP which is a stand alone house (i.e. no strata). Is it best to go for one of those policies which appears to include both landlord and building/contents in the one policy (e.g. Bendigo Bank offers this) or two separate policies...

Thanks Thanks for the replies / suggestions. I am organising a builder to give me a quote on repairs - depending on that I will exchange :D or keep looking :(