Recent content by justlearning

Sorry for late notice but I can't make today. Have fun.

I'm keen but depends on baby sitting. Will confirm closer to the date.

We signed our contract in November last year and still have things to finalize before we can get to site. Our builder completely stuffed up the planning and approvals. They were however very good at working with us to get a design we like. Next time I'd go with a smaller builder. When we...

We went ahead with two retain and builds in thornlie a couple of years ago. At the time the numbers didn't really stack up but we did it anyway mainly for the experience. However for us the risk was low because the front houses could stay rented the whole time. Luckily the market has moved a bit...

Or marry a good administrator! That's what I have.

We used megaseal. Shower leaked again in a couple of years. We were advised we had only paid for the walls and not the floor so wasn't covered under their warranty. Perhaps check they do the whole shower if you use them.

I'm interested in this too. My purpose would be to pay off our ppor off firstt. I've read a few things saying it's possible to claim the additional borrowing expenses but I think it goes back to your Intent. I'd also like to continue to earn ff points for property expenses and pay the...

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Please count me in too

Doh...just saw this thread. I'd love to come...trying to get out of my current Sat engagement.

We sacked our pm a couole of years ago. They were hopeless and weren't doing their job. We should have given them written notice to allow them to fix the issues as per the agreement but we just wanted out because they were so bad. They ended up taking us to court for breaking the contact (I...

I expect somebody working for me to be as professional as I am in my day job. Nobody ever has to send me an email twice. It took us three goes...now we've finally got a good agent.

My sister makes us go along to a degustation for her birthday each year. We've been to a fancy place in the Barossa, Jackson's and most recently Amuse. Jackson's was nice but I felt expensive for what we got. The place in the Barossa had a horrible gamey jus through a few of the dishes. Amuse...

If you're handy you couldybuy a second hand Ikea kitchen from the gum tree. We just sold ours for about a third of the price of new. Great quality and everything still works like new.

Well I managed to get my partner to come around to the idea of using a broker...we're currently using property finance online who have been great. We're splitting the loans between ANZ and Bankwest. All loans now sit at 80%or lower...no cross collatorisation. Separate loans have been setup...