Recent content by meg

Hi Garbage they are both houses although the one in semaphore is on a small block and rents for $300pw and the seaford is on a large sub-divisable block and rents for $280. I have seen Capital Gains of 14% on the semaphore region in the last year or so (valuation only) and slower 8% on seaford...

Hi Garbage i have property north (semaphore area) and south (seaford) of adelaide and both properties are worth roughly the same. I get much better returns on the semaphore area one. It is closer to the city and land availability is rarer. Down south there is so much land available for people...

Hopefully the end of the story goes like this... The tenant ended up vacating some time on the saturday after 2 home opens were cancelled and changed the locks. Agent went to show people through Sunday and couldn't get in, had to break window at the back. 10 couples came through. 3 did call...

new twist well.....2 weeks on, he decided to leave as he doesn't want to let any more people through. we decided to go with the gamble of being without a tenant and doing lots of opens to sell, then after 2 weeks, see if a new tenant will move in at a reduced rent, who will do home opens. So...

He has said that he wants to leave now within 21 days, but we can't be sure what state he'll leave the place and if we have to waive rights if we agree he has had his quiet enjoyment ruined.We are waiting to hear from the agent. I get the feeling he has told people (friends) it is his house and...

Hi there thought this might give a few of you a laugh, or entertainment? we are trying to sell an investment property at the moment in another state. have had same tenant in house for 12 months and let him know that will be putting it on the market (tenancy runs out in Feb). He said that he did...

My dad has been doing developments around Marion, Oaklands Park for a few years now- he loves it! train to city, plenty of oldies love shopping at westfield Marion, still close enough to beach. You could do a lot worse Meg

In Perth the councils take a very strong stand against deliberate poisoning and massive signs have been erected in place of the tree saying : a selfish person has poisoned a natural habitat which used to be here (outline of a tree, to the size of what was there, often 8 metres tall) and this...

Hi I have always had a broker as never seem to get to a bank or have time to ring when they are open. Have had mixed experiences. The first time with one was great, the next time they seemed to loose momentum soon as we had agreed on what we wanted and sat in fear that the deal wasn't going to...

Hi I also grew up in Adelaide and surfing this region every weekend. I looked 2 years ago at buyng an investment there and are now glad that I didn't. I know that it is a sea change venue, but there is sooooo much land down there and not the population growth to say that they will need...

Fly screens Well, I have had an interesting day and I still don't really know if I have to install them or not. I looked up on the SA tennancy web page as to a landlord's obligations and it stated that a landlord must protect from vermin and sated what to do if you had rats, wasps or bees (ie...

Thanks Wylie, now what do I do about the agent who has quoted in her email that "unfortunately it is in the act that all windows must have screens?" I have been thinking that it is time to change PMs! Meg

Thanks Wylie and Rixter for your replies. I do intend on putting screens on, I just don't want to be pushed in a corner to do it right now. I just feel that it was okay for 1 1/2 years, but now I'm going for a substantial rent raise she wants more. This is my 2nd IP and I can't believe the...

Hi I was wondering if any of the property managers can help me out. We have a tennant who seems to think that we are cashed up and makes a demand every month for a new shower head, new curtains,replace a chipped tile, the front door slams, etc. We have been fairly tolerant but as it comes time...

Agent's friends It seems that my agent and tennant are friends and I keep getting shitty little requests that I don't think I would've gotten otherwise. I think my agent thinks I'm a rich WA person who should be taken advantage of. So... I would be warry of and agent telling the tennant all the...