Recent content by Jacko1983

The National Commission of Audit has just released their report - http://www.ncoa.gov.au/report/index.html This will give some indication on federal government budget priorities.

I do the same as Anh, just two Swap and Go BBQ gas bottles. If they are missing when the tenant moves out then it comes out of their bond. There are plenty of places within a couple of Kms for tenants to swap them over.

Do you mean a tenancy agreement? If so all forms can be found - http://www.rta.qld.gov.au/Resources/Forms/Forms-for-general-tenancies Form 18A is the general tenancy agreement

The $28K in Infrastructure Charges isn't negotiable. I just went through this in Mackay and it ended up costing me a lot more then what I had planned. So far for me $28K - Infrastructure Charges $5K - Water Meter Connection $2K - Sewer Access Point $3K - Civil Works $5K - Council...

Unfortunately I can't get another quote as it is council infrastructure so therefore council are required to carry out the work and this is their quote. I guess I was seeing if there was any point in interrogating council more over the quote and if I would get anywhere. Anyway yesterday...

Have you tried www.serviceseeking.com.au to try and find a private carpet layer? I've always used Bennets Carpets at Cleveland for four properties so far and delt with the director Mark Bennet, they always work in with my schedule and are reasonably priced. Cheers

Hi Everyone, I'm currently doing a subdivision in Mackay and I keep coming across costs that I wasn't aware of (probably due to the lack of my own research, but I engaged a town planner and engineer who I thought would be well aware of the costs involved up front). So far I have paid over...

I have used serviceseeking.com.au to find all sorts of trades people. I usually receive around 3 calls/emails before I log on and de-activate the request so I stop receiving calls and emails. I found this much easier compared to going on google and searching and having to explain my request...

Hi, Can anyone recommend a property manager in Mackay? I'm currently managing my own properties there but want to hand these over to a PM. Preferably with an agency that doesn't have a high turnover of staff. Previous experience last time I did this with one agency was a different PM...

Hi RPI, Total square meters is 351. The $505,000 also includes additional costs for the slab as it didn't come back within the standard inclusion the builder includes. This could change as I have only based this on the engineers report for the house I have already built on the block. I'm...

Mackay Subdivision Hi Azzazell, I'm looking at doing the same thing in Mackay with a block of land and wanted to know if you went ahead with this. At the moment I am looking at either building a duplex or just a house. I have already built a new house on the block and situated this to one...