Recent content by masterjunko

Highest gearing would be CFDs, if you can call it an investment.

Hi Battler, It's definitely not an excess sheet of plaster because it wouldn't be so uniform and in all areas under the house. If it's in the foundations, what's the purpose of this layer and what bad things might happen if I do?

btw, this layer is only about a centiment deep and is quite uniform though out the foundation.

If it were cocaine that would make me rich. :rolleyes: On a second thought might land me in jail too.:p But if it was calcium hydroxide what is the purpose of that layer? Keep pests away? keep ground dry? I am not sure.

I have a 1960's double brick house with brick piers under the house. And the house is on a gently slopping piece of land. At the back the house is almost 1 storey higher than ground level. So I thought it's a good idea to dig out a bit of dirt under the house and I can make a store room out of...

This credit crunch is really a confidence crunch. As long as investor confidence can be restored, pricing risk is a minor task to be done on the side. At the moment the biggest problem is no one in the know want to talk about how big the problem really is. So I sort of draw the conclusion...

Recently bought a house in Northen Sydney (Epping). The new tenants want to have pest control done before moving in. The pest report done when I purchased it also mentioned there were signs of previous termite activity. So I thought it would be a good idea to get a pest treatment done. Can...

Thank you Keith, This is really sensational stuff. Learnt a lot from your post. Kudos to you.

Only ~$100. I really should be donating more...:o

Telstra... You know they are good ... at charging excessive fees. Sort of like MacBank. Stay as far away from them as possible. The dumbest thing I have done? There are too many dumb things I have done. Which one is the worst? Let me think... I should have discovered this forum before the...

Hi everyone, Newer townhouses/villas are mostly gyprock inside, it has become quite hard to find a full brick townhouse. How much more would you pay for a full brick townhouse compare to a more conventional gyprock partitioned one? And how much extra value would you place on a townhouse...

Plan_Trader This house is definitely one of the best I have seen. Looks so classy. :cool:

Today Tonight, always take it with a pinch of salt.

there is this software called teleport pro. Works very well for me.

Isn't this like the option to buy in 12 month time? If the property price rises in 12 months time, they buy it and sell for a neat profit. If not they loose $30K + costs. But that sounds a bit expensive for a property worth only $345K. Maybe they have inside information on rezoning etc? I...