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Hi I have a maisonette in Salisbury SA and need to get A/C put in. Any recommendations? Thanks.

Hi Apparently there was a genuine "no reserve" auction in Brisbane: http://brisbanetimes.domain.com.au/real-estate-news/ultimate-highstakes-auction-20110917-1kfgc.html http://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-qld-gaythorne-107574663 Would anyone know the actual sale price? Did...

Hi I work in IT and have been offered a job in Dubai. Has anyone worked there recently - could you give me an idea what Dubai is like? The job is advertised as "tax free". I think that is a bit of a con, surely if i am an Australian resident I must pay the ATO? If I leave Australia...

Hi Dazz Your quote from another thread (http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65420): Can you provide a few more details about that story? I'd love to know if you were driving the bobcat?

Hello Is anyone here a surveyor? I am hoping to find out how surveyors calculate the land area of a block of land, when it is on a steep hill. I have drawn a simplified example: Would the surveyor calculate the land area as: a) 78.10m x 100m = 7810m2 b) 60m x 100m = 6000m2 I think the...

You gotta love the way newspapers sensationalise the headline: House prices slump near city Read it at: http://theage.domain.com.au/real-estate-news/house-prices-slump-near-city-20101201-18gn1.html Mr Yardney says that "well chosen" inner suburban real estate is a guaranteed winner...

Hello I bought a 1 bedroom unit in Ballarat Vic, and it must be 50 years old. It is currently tenanted and will remain so. A depreciation report costs around $500? What exactly will the QS put on the depreciation report? As far as I can tell nothing would qualify for depreciation...

Hello Westpac gave me unconditional approval for the loan. They sent out the loan document for me to sign. The loan document was WRONG. It has the wrong loan term. Also the monthly repayment figure was more than $100 above what it should have been (even using the shorter wrong loan...

Hello I signed a contract today for a house. It will be purchased in the name of a trust with a corporate trustee. I rang up Westpac to organise a bank loan. They have sent me an application form. It is a BUSINESS FINANCE REQUEST form???? Has anyone here ever got finance from Westpac...

Hello I was looking at weatherboard ips. A family friend said you should never buy a weatherboard as an ip because you need to completely repaint the interior and exterior every 6 years. You basically have to allow $1500 per year for repainting costs. Is that correct????? I have never...

Hello I have seen 1 bedroom apartments for sale in North Melbourne for under under $200k. It is a large building at least 5 stories high, probably a few hundred apartments in the one building. They seem like a good deal so there must be some catch.... I noticed other advertisements say...

Hello Lets say you are going to a location such as Newcastle, to inspect 7 properties for sale. All 7 properties have a different person as the selling agent. The problem is 3 of them work for the same company. I guess they are not stupid, they will quickly realise I am looking at...

Hello, I am looking at a 4 bedroom single story brick house in Victoria. This house would be very easy to split into 2 units. By splitting into 2 units the rental would increase around 50%. I was wondering how much it roughly costs to get a new power / water meter installed? It would be...

Hi, I have a HDT setup. Could anyone please recommend an accountant in the Canberra region who actually knows what a HDT is? I have phoned some accountants who have pearls of wisdom such as "you can't negative gear with a trust". And before anyone recommends Dale GG, when I talked to...

Hello, I have 2 loans with a bank that were cross - collaterised against 2 properties. Over time the properties have gone up in value and obviously I have reduced the size of my debt. I now have the ability to use one property to secure 2 loans. I put in an application and the bank...

Hello, I am setting up a hybrid trust with corporate trustee. The corporate trustee is a brand new company with absolutely no trading history. No income and only one expense - the ASIC renewal fee. In this case can the trust pay the fee? Or how do I manage the ASIC fee? Can the trust...

Hello, This is a bit of a hypothetical that won't apply to me, although maybe a future wife.... Say a woman sets up a trust for investing and names herself as the benificiary eg Ms Danielle Walters. What happens if she gets married and changes her name!? The thrust deed has her...

Hello, I am planning on setting up a trust structure. Does anyone have advice or experiences they would like to share regarding Canberran accountants? Thanks, Tom