Recent content by Wise1InOz

Hectic bidding and houses selling well over reserve in this part of Boroondara 29 Glyndon Road, Camberwell: http://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-camberwell-114611479 Was on market at 1.61 Million - around 4-5 bidders, sold for $1.895 M. Guess it was a developer, who will probably...

Hawthorn East and Camberwell - these two suburbs in particular :).

Our first buy was easy - we loved the house, it met all our requirements, was below our budget and is our PPOR/'forever' home. Now that we are looking to buying a second property (as a long term investment) I'm plagued with doubts. Just a couple of questions for the experts here :) How do you...

Yes, have been incredibly lucky with our PPOR, so who knows? May be lady-luck will smile upon us again!

I wish but doesn't look like house prices are falling in the more desirable suburbs (Boroondara -e.g. Hawthorn E; Camberwell; Stonnington - Malvern, Glen Iris etc) in Melbourne:( Far from it. We're planning to buy a[nother] house in either Camberwell or Hawthorn/Richmond if a nice bargain can...

Yes, either that, in order to make money each time a tenant vacates or just sheer incompetence. I'm leaning heavily towards the former in our case.

The correspondence relates to our disputing their final condition report along with photos, the evidence appears to be in my favour. Like I said, I'll await receipt of the bond money in full before doing any victory dance.

I spoke to the new property manager who is now handling the property. The previous agent is no longer with the company. According to this property manager: "We do not believe we have a case against you and will not be proceeding with VCAT. It appears the previous agent did not inspect the...

Ok thanks, I found out from the bond authority. I guess I was unnecessarily worried about being sued separately for rental loss if they were not able to lease it for this reason.

Can an agent lease out a property and take another bond without releasing the previous bond? Thanks.

I've been reading the TUV website and I just realised that I was only given one UNSIGNED copy of the entry condition report. I remember asking her and she said that it would be signed by her and a copy given to me only after I signed and returned it within 3 business days. I was actually...

ofcourse, have agreed to go there on Sat to trim the shrubs and clear the backyard:)

Thanks so much for your support and advice, Wylie. As someone who is obsessed with cleanliness/tidiness (almost a disorder with me!) their baseless allegations have come as a huge shock. Thank God for photos. By the way, can they keep adding to the "Final inspection report" indefinitely...

The photos and report were sent using yahoo mail - so can't tamper with either contents or the dates. As regards date photo taken not sure if this can be tampered with - date modified maybe but not date taken.

Spoken like an agent...lol A 5 min inspection during OFI is not exactly enough time to see every scuff and dirt mark. I had no problems with the untidiness as I cleaned it up after we moved in. Have you read my post at all? The place is MUCH tidier now than it was before AND it exceeds...