Recent content by kassy

If you rent out your ppor, you will be charged land tax on it in Queensland as well (as I've recently discovered). You just need to notify them when you move back in to get the exemption again...

Hi, I've had a 3 bed house in Algester since '98. Had a few long term tenants and virtually no vacancy (1week between at most). Capital gain has never set the world on fire but the property has never gone down in value and continued to increase even during the GFC. It's really been the little...

Hi! Also purchased a property with my husband in Belconnen in September. We put in a low ball offer and ended up just below the middle of the asking price and our initial offer. The house we bought had reasons we could use as a basis for our offer - work to be done outside, long time on the...

Me again... I do agree that Belconnen is underpriced for large home/blocks compared to other Canberra districts with similar houses/blocks. I'm not a born and bred local...

Hi, My first coffee lounge thread. I'm moving today. 90% packed. 10% to go before the removalist shows at 1pm. Hubby and I have both been working full time as well. Truly over it! Stress has stopped me from sleeping more than 4hrs the last 2nights. We do this nearly every 2years...

Hi, I have to disagree with this, we just bought a standalone house on a big block in Belconnen, it's also been fully renovated but was on the market for over six months prior to us buying. There are several other big houses on big blocks in Belconnen that we walked through that have also...

Property settled! Hi, Just to feedback, ended up going with Trinity Law. Georgina and the team were excellent! We even managed an early settlement without issue. Thanks again for the referral! Kassy

Redom, We were looking to buy for a while in gungahlin and belconnen and seeing the same faces at the inspections in both places. At the start if this year, we never got RE callbacks after open houses but I have been called constantly in the last month or so. My mortgage broker also warned...

Hi, We've been renting in Canberra for 3 years and just bought a property(we have a couple in Qld already). Our mortgage is going to be a few hundred a month lower than our rent. I think our land lord will get a shock when we give notice. There are some houses on the market for rent here...

Hi, We use Callaghans in Belconnen. We've found them much better than our old accountant in Brisbane. Kassy

Thanks Nemo, RPI and Jamie for your responses! I'll do a ring around and take it from there...

Hi, I'm looking for recommendations for a solicitor for conveyancing in Canberra? Found a property but haven't submitted an offer yet. I'm from Brisbane transplanted here for work, have a couple of properties up north but not sure really about the process here. I work in Belconnen, currently...

Thanks for the reply and info Travelbug! :) We'll just have to see if our application is accepted and take it from there...

Hi! We may be moving into a house that has fake grass. We have a dog, she rarely digs and is not distructive (6yr old kelpie cross), has anyone got any experience of pets and fake grass?:eek: What are people's experience with fake grass in general? Is there maintenance/cleaning? To give...

Hi, Someone has already mentioned dying - here's another vote for that but I had it dyed back to original colour not the colour of the stain. I had some badly stained pale grey carpet in an ip and my property manager arranged to get it dyed back to pale grey by a carpet repairer. The...