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Hi Guys, Seeking advice as to whom I should contact in order to have an Island Kitchen Bench extended/modified. Mind you, I've never ever done any physical changes to a property, EVER, so quite vanilla at all this. We are looking to change the current island bench as follows: -...

Hi Guys, Just wondering if anybody knows or could recommend somebody to contact in respect to Aluminium Sliding Doors in Sydney (Rosebery 2018 and surrounds)? I'd like to reconfigure two of the panels on a 5 panel configuration. Any idea of cost to do this? Basically just want to swap the...

Hi Guys, I'm just curious as to how much formal documentation you have received from your Solicitor/Conveyancer for your property purchase in NSW? Previous purchases in Victoria have run extremely smoothly and our Solicitor was very professional providing us with formal...

Hi All, I know this topic has been discussed numerous times although, I'd like to get feedback from people living in Sydney regarding the aircraft noise. A lot of the areas we are considering are affected by aircraft noise. This is something unusual for us giving we've relocated from...

Hi All, Happy New Year! Partner and I are preparing/researching for a purchase in 2014 in Sydney. We're both a bit vanilla with Sydney having only moved here from Melbourne (1 x IP in North Melbourne) in April 2013. Similar to our North Melbourne property, looking for a property to...

Hey Guys, Well, with great disappointment my water problems with our ensuite shower are back! Water is seeping onto the ceiling below again! Obviously the leak wasn't found the first time. My question is, should I call another plumber or get somebody like these guys to come and "find"...

Hi Guys, I have a pending lease renewal coming up in May for our IP. At this stage we have sent the tenants a letter to notify them that the weekly rent will be increasing by $10 p/month which is inline with the current market rental for the house/area. My issue is around whether or not we...

Hey Guys, My GF and I have been looking for a new dining table and we couldn't believe the price of a simple solid timber table and chairs. We went to a furniture store on Johnson St here in Fitzroy for a look on the weekend. They quoted $1,595 for a dining table 2100 x 1050 x 770 in...

Hi Guys, Not sure if many of you have been tracking my water damage issues over in the Buying/Selling forum, however, the plasterer is coming tomorrow to repair the dodgy plaster work. The agent said that the painter will be coming on the same day in the afternoon to paint. I'm just wondering...

Hey Guys, WOW! Can't believe how may Electricity and Gas suppliers you have here in Victoria.... Soo much choice... Without going through each individual suppliers sites/tariffs/fees, etc. is there really much saving to be had choosing one over the other? And are some companies better than...

Hi Guys, I have today been informed by the selling agent of the property we just purchased in North Melbourne that there was some water damage caused by a leaking pipe to our property. I only found this out after making a call to him to arrange an inspection so we could measure some of the...

Hey Guys, Well it's almost time to settle on our new property and the first call of duty is the wardrobes. Whilst there are built-ins currently in the master, the layout and use of the space is really inefficient and a point I think was a potential 'turn-off' to some 'other' interested...

Hey Guys, Well it's been a few weeks now since we signed the contract on property number two, so I thought I'd share with you all how and where we ended up. For those that have seen my posts, my GF and I have been wanting to purchase a property in inner Melbourne. As we currently live in...

Hi Guys, I'm just curious when starting out, what LVR were you at? My GF and I are still quite young (DINKS), currently have 1 IP in Brisbane and have just purchased a PPOR in North Melbourne (will most likely become IP at some stage). We are still in the acquisition stages of our wealth...

Hey Everybody, As the title suggests I'm looking for any feedback from members on ING. I'm at a cross roads where I can either lump all my borrowings with CBA or diversify and use another lender. I feel there are benefits with either option. Stategy wise thinking along the lines of not...

Hi Everybody, I am seeking some advice in regards to which property we should be claiming our PPOR excemption on. We have a property in Brisbane (House / Outer Suburbs) that is currently being claimed as our PPOR but is currently an IP due to relocation to Melbourne. We lived in this property...

Hey Guys, I'm just wondering, what's peoples general consensus on the best time to submit offers... For example, assume a property is OFI on Saturday from 10:00am to 10:30am. You've inspected the place before, had the S32 checked by your Solicitor and are ready to make an offer. Would...

Hi guys, I'm just wondering when looking at comparable properties, if one property had something a little extra, how much would this increase market value and/or the price one should offer for a particular property. For instance, standard 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 1 car unit... If another...

Hey Guys, As some of you would be aware from my previous posts, I've been looking at units in the inner city as my next purchase. With all these new high density apartment developments (ie. multiple levels, 20+ apartments, pools, gyms, etc.) popping up all over the place, I'm wondering how...

Hey Guys, I'm just wondering from those whom have experience renovating units, just how easy is it to do things? I'm not talking about external or structural renovations, moreso, along the lines of adding a simple power point, relocating the antenna point from one side of the room to...