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Why didn't you want it released beforehand?

Mine charged $88 for each s32 review

I would get finance preapproved, but it doesn't really help you, so some argue it's pointless. That's one of the ridiculous things about an auction - you have to promise to spend some large sum of money, with no way out, without actually knowing if you have that money. And nobody sees a...

It'll only be as wide as one door (I've measured), though even if it's wider that's probably one of the more minor issues, there's a number of things we can do around that anyway. Heck we may even take the opportunity to leave it open, got an idea or two around that. But thanks for pointing...

Assuming my bank and conveyancer don't keep losing paperwork, I pick up the keys to my first place on Monday (yay! And this forum has been great!). Then it's all hands on deck; the move comes 2 weeks after, so I'm painting (decided to do it myself instead of hiring somebody) before that...

Moving into my house over the next few weeks, and one thing we need to install is a dishwasher (if you ever saw the state of my kitchen, you'd understand why!). Problem. There's no dishwasher space. Now, along the sink side of the kitchen there are 3 sets of double cabinets (fairly...

Hard to say what's fair without knowing what his normal price is. IMO any discount is a benefit, and not obligatory. Assuming the other buyer paid full price, then somebody else has subsidised your inspection anyway...

Thanks for the advice :) (I'll stick with the feature wall though!)

So I pick up the keys to my new 3br house in a few weeks, and I've set the 'move-in' date 2 weeks after that. There are 2 main things I want to do: 1)install floorboards (bamboo) 2)Re-paint the house Now, I'm thinking it would be best to do floorboards first, as the floorboards could...

Well of course, even if it goes to auction you can still put in an offer, but it'll pretty much need to be unconditional. Auctions can get expensive for buyers if you miss a few....inspection costs start adding up. I used Sargeants Conveyancing from a forum recommendation on here. $88 for a...

True, but that incurs a cost. Better off wearing the solicitor cost upfront then risking 'cooling off' and incurring a much larger cost. That risk makes more sense with a building inspection (where the cost of the inspection may be similar to cooling off anyway) IMO

I'd imagine the vendor would be wondering - what would constitute dissatisfaction on the conveyancer's part? Is it a disagreement over a single clause, or what? It strikes me as very broad and vague. Conveyancing isn't much - mine only charges $88 to look over the contract and advise...

Yeah, it looks like the foundation was laid with some sort of modular system, according to the s32, so I'd guess that's to make access easier.

Looking at properties, coming across a couple with easements. One I'm going to auction at tomorrow is pretty safe, I'm sure, as far as the easement goes (I don't think anything is above the easement...) Another property seems to have the garage situated above the easement, though. So...

Gotcha. It's not a discussion we've had so far (not that I can recall, maybe we did but not in a heap of detail), though we hadn't made a decision on how to finally structure the loan anyway. Thanks for the tip.

Interest only loans are something I haven't given a lot of consideration to at this point, so i'm not too clear on the angle you're going down tbh

Is that a problem though? I get a small discount off the interest rate and I pay no LMI (I plan on borrowing more than I need to as I have more than enough deposit. It's a financial decision)

Actually I do intend to use this as an investment property in a couple of years as I plan on moving interstate. I actually work for NAB in another department, so for the way I want to structure the loan at the moment, the staff benefits (while not significant) seem to work fairly well for me...

Yeah, I've just fired off an email to the REA requesting vendor's approval for a special condition stipulating $1000 cash deposit and a guarantee being provided in a mutually agreeable timeframe. The deposit guarantee (apparently) can be used for other properties - and really, the money being...

Deposit Power require conditional approval, not unconditional. NAB don't do bank guarantees, so I'm told, and they won't organise the deposit bond until the loan goes unconditional. Deposit power advertise as something that people 'go to auction' with, so I find it peculiar that it's...