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It is just personal experience because I used to live in the area (Wilga St) and went to Tyndale (on Douglas Rd). By the way, this is in the late 90s. I moved north (near Sunnyholt Rd) in 2003, and I think the area is not as nice. Take a trip down Lalor Park shopping centre if you want to get an...

P.S. I agree with Jacque. Plenty of good sub $500k houses in those areas. Sub $400k even. I personally like the southern area (between Flushcombe Rd and Walters Rd) ... or between Bungaribee and Douglas Rd. But my only qualification is that I used to live in Blacktown, I'm not a property guy...

Hi Jacque :) Our old place definitely sounds cheap now (personal attachment factored in)! Imagine how much reno you can do with a $100k. On the Bunya development, my 2 cents: I used to live in the area (Tallawong oval), and I also think that the houses near the Bunya development (down...

I often read the comments on SMH every time there's an article about housing prices, where 95% of the posters seem like rabid Steve Keen followers (a non rabid one may settle with 5-10% figure, but the rabid ones truly want a 40% drop). What I don't get is, why do some people aggregate the...

Cheers for the info. I never would have thought of it that way (i.e. unable to get it back if deal turns sour).

We just exchanged contract yesterday and I feel a bit crummy about one thing. One of the clauses in the contract was to allow the release of our deposit so that they can use it as a deposit to purchase another property. When I came to sign at my solicitor's office, apparently he had already...

I thought 88888 i.e. 5 8 means not lucky (Nick Leeson's Barings Bank story) :confused: ... or does the 2 neutralise it :D I guess it should be read 28 88 88 Reminds me of the time when I couldn't make sense why a place was about 10% more expensive than nearby houses because it's number 28.

Cheers! Never paid too much attention to this area to be honest, will add it to the list.

There was actually a mortgagee sale in Neutral Bay, 1.070m for a 4 bedroom single storey house. Kinda feel sorry I didn't even bother.

Hi Mike, My boss actually lives in South Turramurra and he told me to stick with the train line if we use the train. How bad is Kissing Point Rd in the morning? I guess the commute between St Ives and Gordon is similar.

By the way, maybe I'm being naive here, but I was hoping once a year termite control will safeguard against this. On the other hand, I'm terrified of having 100kg branch dropping on me or my family (or my car, or the house for that matter). Never mind the 100kg branch, I'm paranoid about having...

Hi Jacque :D I love essays, thanks for the info! I have actually seen that property you linked, and it is 950k vs 990k tag (at the time) of the Turramurra house we chased and we thought they were worlds apart (2 extra rooms I think) --- of course we now know how serious that 990k price tag...

Oh wow, thanks for the info. Definitely did not expect that. I guess I was just following the wrong houses in the last few weeks.

Cheers, you're right that $100k was too optimistic. I forgot to add that most of the old houses in Thornleigh seems to have low ceiling, which probably adds to the cramped feeling.

I agree on this, but I wonder what the clearance rate for those specific areas are. Is it something like 30% or less? Chatswood and Epping are still selling well (actually thought Epping is overpriced). I also don't buy this whole thing about Epping/North Ryde transport being the reason (that...

I actually quite like Thornleigh's Woolworths. We were looking around the area, and I thought the town centre was better than Pennant Hills or Beecroft (not that I have spent a lot of time in any of these places though). Actually, Thornleigh/Normanhurst were the two suburbs we initially...

Any opinions on the market around this area? We're looking for a PPOR, and so far I have been watching the houses for sale in Turramurra and St Ives area (we're looking around the $1 million mark) up all the way to Hornsby (also from Beecroft to Normanhurst) One thing I noticed: they...

This is the vision in my head as well, a gazebo here, a bbq area there, a small garden everywhere ... unfortunately I can't shake the $10,000s label attached to each of these areas either :mad:

Never thought about this. I assume a normal house insurance will cover it ... but historically I tend to assume a lot of things which are not true. After this thread, my enthusiasm dimmed a little, and I think we're moving away from this property for now. There's just too many other option at...

I'd pay $7000 to make sure I have a legal stake on a $1.5m property ...