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  1. sammmeee

    Double concrete entrance wasted space

    Any ideas? As you walk through double entrance doors this is the entry. A tiled over corner may have been a planter has been filled with cement. We were originally going to tear down and just fill in the tiles but unfortunately we can't get the matching tiles. Not sure what to do with it...
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    Seller made changes to property after contract signed

    Settlement was due to go through today for our next ip it didn't. I am doing a refi and other things and banks are fighting each other "bank A you didn't put settlement agents fax number on form Bank B we hdobt need to" Anyways while my banks are fighting I did a pre settlement inspection to...
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    How to get a better valuation

    Our worst investment has been our PPOR we sold and bought at the peak of the market 2007 and have only now just seen increases. We had a valuation last year Feb I think that was really bad. The valuer in my eyes was incompetent. On the valuation it said it was 1 story. Our is 2 story with...
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    To trust or not trust

    Husband and I have properties all in our names but in different percentages. As does happen, hubby was at a "boys" day with football and alcohol mixed in one of his mates thinks we are crazy for put properties in our own names and they should be purchased with trusts. we both are payg...
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    3 offers in 2 days 3 rejections

    The areas I am looking are SOOOO hot at the moment Beach suburbs in perth.. 3 offers all way over the asking price ALL rejected all gone after first home open. It is extremely hot at the moment. Sooo many home opens and it is all getting very frustrating. Yet I found one for my mum in record...
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    Buying a deceased estate not through probate

    Looking at putting an offer for a property just on the market. Found out it is a deceased estate not yet through probate. The agent (another story there) has given two annexures for the contract A: The property is sold as is no warranties on the property to be given (paraphrased) the...
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    Sewer lines

    When looking at development sites where is the best place for sewer lines to be Eg: down a driveway that would serve a property at the back of a block Or side of house that won't be developed
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    R codes and agents don't mix

    I have seen re.com agents are saying properties are proposed R40 when they are most definitely not! I have checked with the councils and the say no def not proposed R40. Sooo after being fed up with this false advertising I rang an agent this morning and asked how his newly advertised...
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    R Codes battle axe

    I am currently getting my head around the WA R codes and just wanted to ask the min lot area/ rear battle axe : Does the min area include the driveway to get to the block that is purely for that blocks use? And another question: A corner block that may be r15/25 can that be upgraded to...
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    Inner city or house and land Perth?

    I am having massive analysis paralysis! Previously we have bought IPs that we could afford..House and land kelmscott (possibly dev site) and beach unit in shoalwater We have had some gains so have taken out 100k from those two...now we have a budget of 500k (bank said they would give us a...
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    I stuffed up the offer

    Its been a couple of years since I placed my last offer and I am a little/lot rusty..no excuses I stuffed up my offer. In WA you have to make the offer formally and I put in a price that I felt the property was worth 7% less than the asking..Told the agent this was the first and final offer...
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    Strategies for hot property

    I have missed out on a couple of properties of late...one had 4 offers another 3 and another 2. Cant believe the amount of people that are at the inspections..is there a strategy I should use? One real estate agent refused to take an offer for me as he already had 4 and that was all her was...
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    How to save useful threads or posts

    Just wondering how you can save threads or posts that you may need tor refer to regularly or want to keep. Is there an easy way other than email to yourself
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    Small 1 Bedroom unit inner city

    Just wondering how people felt about small 1 bedroom units within 5km radius of a major city. Remembering they are generally 45sqm which generally means the banks need larger deposits before a lend... Thoughts...
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    CGT on new build

    Just wondering when it is considered 1 year to get the 50% cgt rate when you do a new build.. Is it from keys handover or from when the contract is signed
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    Alice Springs?

    Can anyone explain why the prices in Alice have doubled since 08? I cant get much info on Alice..
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    Financial Adviser Perth

    Just wondering if anyone knows of a good financial adviser in Perth. Just want to sort out our family finances. We have 3 kids and earn $200k per year yet it seems we did better on 1 income of 90k. Want to sort out what's going on???
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    Bankwest OFFset accounts

    Currently doing some top ups for our 2 IPS so that we can down pay our deposit on these which is on a different account with our PPOR loan AND Our mortgage broker has suggested us to refinance our PPOR to bankwest as it has unlimited offset accounts when you have "blah blah" account which...
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    Pilbara property prices to fall in Karratha

    http://www.perthnow.com.au/business/pilbara-property-prices-to-fall-as-karratha-transforms/story-e6frg2ru-1226197096636:mad:
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    6k quote for ext paintjob

    Just got a quote of 6k to paint exterior of our ppor. We normally do everything ourselves so not sure if this is a good price. Includes 2 coats on our never painted scratch coat rendered house. House is 2 storey. The issue is that it's ppor so no tax deductions? What do you reckon?
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