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Thanks for all the advice :) I'll tell her. K

My Mum's trying to talk my Dad into investing in property, but he's suggested they see a financial advisor first. She reckons he's stalling, because she's been trying to talk him into seeing an advisor for years, but she's happy to see one if it'll help. Does anyone know a good financial...

Thanks, all - we shall check out your suggestions :)

We're getting our new front door made to order (for PPOR), and would like to put a simple gum-leaf-and-branch motif on the sidelights. Searching the Yellow Pages for "sand blasting" came up with industrial cleaning solutions, which is not what we're after. Trying "etching" got a list of...

I intend to study things that interest me, such as foreign languages, musical instruments and martial arts, and also to spend time doing all the stuff I'd rather be doing than work, such as travelling, cooking, fishing and the like. I can't imagine running out of things to do :p

Thanks for the info; I had no idea :)

Merbau is a rainforest timber, so I'd avoid it if you're environmentally minded. I've heard jarrah makes a good substitute.

Re.com is non-user-friendly for buyers because their true clients (ie the people who pay them) are the agents. I complained to them once when I'd done a search and it had come up with several properties priced above the range I was searching in. This happens all the time but in this particular...

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Having reached saturation point with marketers phoning, emailing, sending letters, knocking on the door and approaching me on the street, I don't respond to direct marketing of any kind. A personally addressed letter of this type would make me even angrier than a randomly posted one. But...

hehe :) I was hoping to get away with being a little lazy myself :D Waaaay too busy with work and family commitments atm to do a lot of research. Shall try the NIBA then; thanks, K

We currently have insurance for the contents of our rented home with one company, and for our motorcycle with a different company. I got these by phoning half a dozen different companies for quotes and then choosing. We were hoping to find someone who'd give us a discount for doing both, but...

Yep, house and contents. Sorry about the lack of detail; a bit flustered today :)

Can anyone recommend a reliable insurance broker? We've just found out that the bank requires proof of insurance before they'll finalise the loan. Thanks heaps :) K

Thanks for all the advice :) The building inspector doesn't think it's rising damp, and he says we should be fine if we just clear some ventilation area around the outside, so we'll be doing that and see how we go. The reason we have to be aware of fumes is that I'm a bit chemically...

We've finally bought a PPOR (eeeeeeeeeeeee! :)), the downstairs part of which is a converted garage. It smells of mould, since it's a plain concrete floor with a carpet over it, and the absence of a membrane has allowed moisture to seep up into the carpet. We need to get the floor sealed to...

Thanks for that :) Yep, we're also asking friends and family. So far we've got recommendations from my Mum and our broker, so we'll get some quotes and see how it goes.

Thanks to all who responded with recommendations for inspections :) Now of course we have the next step - the renovations (yes, we're this close to owning the house - we have a verbal agreement and will be signing tonight). So, sheol's boss says his builder is brilliant and he can't...

Again, thanks :) This could be a good alternative if Archicentre can't make it in our time limit.

Great; thanks for that :)