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Much appreciation to Jan, Ian and the mod team led by Sim. Only 7 yrs on here for me but my time on SS has been one of the inspiring forces behind my property success. At the time of joining I was holding 1 ppor, a duplex and a block of dirt. I just calculated that my net worth has more than...

Yes, correct.

No I wasn't but it seemed you were generalising. No offense intended. I know of builders who spread themselves too thinly over many jobs and the quality control can drop since tradies are left on their own without sufficient supervision and briefing. Mistakes can snowball as time goes by. An...

I know there are owner builders out there who do better quality work than some licenced builders. We have been owner builders so I don't accept your sweeping statement. Plenty of experienced tradies I know who haven't got a builders licence but have built quality homes as owner builders.

WOuld the GF have a negative influence on the existing houses rent or is there plenty of space to achieve adequate privacy? It seems strange that with a 20k reno you would only get 450 per wk for the house and yet 400 for the GF? Is the house only 2 bed?

Not sure if this has been brought to anyones attention yet on SS. I heard through a friend that NSW DFT decided early this year to prohibit owner builders from carrying out dual occupancy (duplex) projects unless exceptional circumstances warranted an exemption. I spoke to a DFT representative...

This must include Sec 94 contributions? The OP allowed for infrastructure charges of 81k so this would be comparable. en_, why don't you begin with something smaller to minimise the risk. Say an existing house with room for a dual occ or granny flat. This may stack up better for a buy, build...

This is close to where I live. I was actually inspecting a property for sale recently that adjoins the park. :) Yuragir N P near Coffs is also great.

All settled yesterday after all the uncertainty even up until the 11th hour. On now to DA lodgement of the 3 unit project which we plan to have built by Xmas. Thanks for the comments. :)

Settlement date has been booked again for next Tuesday but my lawyer told me not to get my hopes up yet. We'll see what happens. At least there is some attempt being made from the other solicitor to finalise the sale.

The agent did tell me he has other property investments so this could be true Terry.

Nasty .............

I spoke with the agent today and it seems that the vendors lawyer is embarrassed because he won't return messages. Vendor's lawyer wants to settle but it seems the issue is between vendor and his bank and the apparent breakdown in communication. Not sure if notice is given whether it will help...

What was your vendor's hold up oc1? Most vendors want their money sooner rather than later.

I don't understand why you can build a dual occupancy but can't strata subdivide it and sell off individually. Am I missing something here?? This seems very strange. I have been doing this for years in my shire. I understand that you may not be able to do a full subdivision but why can't you...

I know very little about the vendor apart from what the agent tells me. Apparrantly he "disappears" sometimes and is very hard to contact. I have been told he works overseas at times. I have been told it's around 30k. He has obviously borrowed against the land a few years ago which would...

We are in a rare situation. We have an unconditional contract for a vacant block of land that was due to settle on Jan 16. The Vendor's bank hold the title and weren't ready to settle on Jan 16. This was the beginning of an extended settlement which still hasn't happened. Since then we have...

Francesco, not sure what you mean by this. Do you have plans to have your cooker at the window - next to the sink?

I'm in a bit of a dilemma whether to put a sink into an island or not. I've always lived with sinks at a window but my current design has the option of putting it in the island or at the window. Has anyone lived with both and has any advice on pro's and con's of each?

Dominique - by The Singing Nun! I'm quite amazed it wasn't a Beatles early classic - plenty of them being pumped out in late '63 And I was apparantly conceived to Walk Like A Man. :D Frankie Valli