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    How would you fix this?

    Tenant's kids did some naughty thing on our newly polished floorboard, I've attached some pics. Need advice on: - How would you fix them? the scratch is quite deep - Also need some idea how much bond money would you charge for this damage? Thanks, Marc
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    Need Advice - 17 sqm short

    Our block falls under Hurstville council which classify our zone as zone 2. According to council under zone 2 we can have dual occupancy dwelling, but for some cruel joke, we're short 17sqm to council's minimum area requirement. I'm looking for some advices whether we can go around the...
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    Handyman and Gardener

    Our tenant decided to leave after 3 years 2 days before Christmas so our IP is going to be vacant at least 4 weeks during Christmas & New Year periods. :( We thought we might as well use this period to refresh the property, just wondering whether anyone knows a good and reliable but...
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    Strata property without strata fee, is that possible?

    We went to an open house today for a complex of four duplexes. They are built as two set of duplexes, two in front and two at the back. The strange thing is that they're sold as townhouses under strata title not duplex title. I asked the agent and was told that the land size didn't qualify to...
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    old house need work and I'm overwhelmed

    okay, good news is we finally bought our first home, it's a 1939-40's single story brick house that from the look at the building inspection reports need a lot of love and work to restore it. the bad news is we joined the "working to pay the mortgage" club and since I'm newbie, I'm kind of...
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    Buyers Agent Questions

    Hi, I have some questions regarding buyers agent, I'm seriously considering to use buyers agent service but I have some questions I need to clarify: -) Do we pay the agent before or after we buy the property? -) Will the agent go to property auctions and bid on our behalf? Do they charge extra...
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    Balcony into Sunroom

    Been thinking lately to convert a large but unused balcony into a sunroom. Is that something that can be done in strata environment? Anyone has done this before in a unit? I appreciate any advice on this.
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    Hiring a tradesman

    I need some advice regarding hiring tradesman. Just wondering when hiring a tradesman for work on house/unit that cost more than $2000, do we usually need to sign a contract to make sure what we get is equal or greater than what we expect from the tradesman? If there's no contract, how would...
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    Adding a room to a unit

    Just wondering, if for example we convert a large 1 bedroom unit into a 2 bedroom unit: 1) will it increase the value of the unit? 2) do we need to let prospective buyer that the unit was 1br and now it's 2br? What do you guys think?
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    Land Tax

    Just wondering how land tax works? I was told it is based on the value of the property, is that mean if I have 20 hectares land and property that cost me $700K and I have 600sqm land and property that also cost me $700K, is that mean that my land tax will be the same? Also, is it possible...
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    Cost to Build Double Brick House

    I'm planning to build a double brick house on a patch of land in West Sydney. Just wandering whether anyone has any experience building a house before because I have so many questions ??? in my head. 1. Should I find a builder or should I get homebuilder license and do it my self? (I have no...
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