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What are all the choices and the benefits and disadvantages of each choice for someone looking to retire using a property possibly worth 800 000 or maybe more. How can the number figures and the pros and cons or each choice be researched better. What kind of financial adviser or other...

Who can explain to me how borrowing against equity works for this situation please. How would equity work for a $140000 loan How much would one need to pay it back and how long would it take If it would be used to build a unit that might rent for $400 a week how soon would the unit...

where can i find council laws on granny flats , I've looked up their website unsuccessfully. I know theres certain requirements re setback, garage, garden space per dwelling but i couldnt find where its all written. I tried looking up town planning, laws , buillding, any clues please. Thank...

does anyone know the site mentioned a couple of months ago on aca where you can post a job needed and get a much cheaper local tradesman instead of being ripped off? but how would it work as in many cases we dont know the problem so would a tradesman come just to diagnose and quote. that...

i dont have experience and would like any advice please for materials and ways to save time and money practically and in building contracts for building upstairs and separate unit on a property as large as council allows within reason possibly 2 storey for rental income or to live in. I...

we are using a top property management agent, but what more can be done to assure a nice unit in a good area is rented quickly and doesnt stay vacant for a couple of weeks. We have had a few people come and look but noone definite and one tenant we thought we had earlier on fell through. Do...

Someone is showing an apartment to prospective tenants. I went there and the windows were open and i could not smell anything and i have a very strong sense of smell so i dont feel they should tell the tenants that there is a curry smell that they are working to get rid of. They were cutting...

There is a property in my family ear marked to go to several grand children . Since property in major cities in good suburbs is so expensive and hard to buy, I wonder if instead of selling a property and dividing the proceeds amongst several grandchildren and that is then the first and last...

Does anyone know what kind of gambling incentives different places use to lure people to gamble with them.

I"d love suggestions please for improving my life balance. How do you make time to exercise socialise have enjoyable time with your spouse relax, do housework, paperwork, and other chores, fix it jobs, that need doing. A few of us were discussing how negative it can feel if hubby is handy...

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We fixed a westinghouse gas oven using a westinghouse repairman and the repair bill was $185. We have another westinghouse gas oven that needs repairing.Its only 6 years old. Is there a cheaper option please. my plumber or handyman dont feel qualified. The oven is in melbourne . Thank you.

neighoours on both sides want to build garage wall on fenceline. should i bother me? Is there any reason why its better for me if they build it a bit back from the fenceline and not on the fenceline. one brick wall against the fenceline at my back left side is there already but now the...

Builders from next door are meeting with me to let me know about the demolition and rebuilding of a 2 story home next door to me which will be similar size to the current one but a metre further away from our home than where the current building is now What questions should i ask...

How can i find the links with precedents that show that trusts are not safe to protect assetts in divorce. I found one small thread but i know there are many more comprehensive ones with precedents talked about in them. Thank you. Jason

OUr bedrooms are all down the side of our house, not far from the neighbours current 2 storey house. wecan hear everything in their rooms near us and we get woken by snoring, singing talking as our windows are so close to theirs . the new owner will demolish this current home and build...

I need some answers asap before monday about insurances for rental properties. can anyone tell me what sort of insurances they have and what sort of claims they have made eg rental default insurance building contents maliscious damage which companies have the rental insurance or...

I have received 2 electric bills after the smart meter was installed and the first one was 200 higher than i'd ever received before and the second one was 300 higher than i'd ever received before I had seen many programs of others receiving crazy high electric bills and iwas so happy that...

20 YEAR Old units with windows of various shapes that are rotting and were never built well in the first place. I've been told it would cost 30 000 to replace the windows. Any ideas of how to save money on this or how to preserve the older ones longer without it being dangerous as there is a...

Does someone know alot about fig trees and damage to house. I heard that any tree should be the same distance from the house as its height. Should i definitely remove fig trees that are next to (within a metre) of house? How far can the roots go? They grow very much each year and I wonder if...