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Are you talking about the suburb of East Brisbane or the area within a 7km radius east of Brisbane CBD? I bought a unit in morningside that I am fairly confident will do well over the next 5 years. Looking for next purchase to be around New Farm

Yeah but a studio and 1 bedder are still very different. If I was to move back to brisbane I would rent a 1 bed unit with my girlfriend but we would never rent a studio. And as far as these ones go they have a pretty good layout and a nice size balcony. Yeah the agent said there was no way...

Yeah I am a bit skeptical as well. I was assuming more around the $375 mark. But I was also considering offering mine fully furnished or at least chucking a washing machine and fridge in and hoping to get a bit more from that. But who knows maybe they will be popular? There seems to be a lot of...

I am just using my family solicitor. My parents have been with her for a while so I don't know exact costs at the moment but she normally looks after us pretty well. I can PM you her details if you like, maybe it will be an easier process as it will be 2x of the same contract. I am less...

Yeah I put a EOI deposit down last week. Good to hear there are 3 of us within the first week. I won't be living in mine though - purely investment. Agent said they only need 4 sales to commence construction so thats good news. I think I will give him a call tomorrow to see how...

Hi Twesty, What did you not like about the tiles? Do you know if others have put a deposit down?

Hi everyone, Just wanting opinions on the following properties. 1 bedroom apartments in morningside 7km east of the Brisbane CBD. In the past I had always thought to stay away from 1 bedroom apartments and try look more at 2 bed apartments as I have always been lead to believe they have...

Yeah, I too am not sure if she would be better to use her incentive to get a 2 bedroom unit or something. Or even forgo it all together and try to negotiate a much better price on something older. After thinking about it and hearing some of your guys thoughts I think that its probably a good...

Hmm, I can see what you are saying that the incentives shouldn't be the deciding factor. I thought the basic point of creating equity was creating a product that is worth more than what you payed for. So I thought maybe I was doing this but I can see what you are saying and maybe im wrong. I...

Hi Pkin, Congrats on getting approval - keep us updated in the process if you can. I have really enjoyed others development threads Any chance you could PM me the address, I might have a look on pdonline. If you would rather not than thats cool :D Cheers

Yeah I actually did have a read of that. Alright well thanks guys, I appreciate all the comments and I can tell some people are going to try blast me for this but I don't really need anymore on the de facto issue please.

Cheers for the comments westy. Yeah I think I want to get a really solid quote from the builder, he invited me to come see him and work out how cheap we can go. From there I guess a broker is the next step.

Hi Aaron, Would it be possible with just 1 year? Do you think it would be better to put down a 35k deposit and keep the other 35k in an offset account rather than putting the 70k down at start?

It's no where near two years, and its only been a couple of months. How the hell would anyone be able to say/prove that we were in de facto? When nothing gets mailed here. I pay all bills and she doesn't pay rent or anything? To me it just looks like she comes a few times a week. Everything says...

Hey Jrc, We have only been in the new house for a number of months. And before that we have rented in brisbane with other people for a couple of years as "friends". I say not de facto because technically she is still living at her parents place who also live close by and mail and stuff...

Also can anyone clarify, does a person need to be employed for at least 2 years to satisfy the banks to give them a loan (without a guarantor)?

Hi rolf, How much harder do you think a 90% lend would be? I suspect that her parents may have to go guarantor for her. They did for her brother. And mine did for me too. We are very lucky that we have awesome parents who have really given us a 10 year head start in our financial lives which...

Girlfriend buying house scenario – Advice wanted Hi guys, this is a really long post but it has actually helped writing it all down to get my head around it. If you can manage to make it to the end I would really appreciate any opinions with those with greater understanding and experience. I...

Ahh yes we were on the same page. Yeah I am really not a fan on the shared landings. It does appear that this one doesn't have one though as you look on street view but interesting enough its pretty hard to locate the entrance as well. Completely agree with you that they drag the desirability...

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