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Thank you so much for the support. I've already signed up t play the ASX game myself to see how it goes and so I can help DD along if she wants to play it. Loads of educational info on there, which is a huge plus. I think I'll do the following in this order; - Continue on taking the...

I wish it was a 5minute thing.. but it has been 3 years now. It started after she was in Kinder and we renovated one of our IP's with the kids tagging along side us. It hasn't let up. I think, given the amount that she has already saved up, that I may just introduce her to shares. A couple of...

I've tried the whole, save up thing. She doesn't get paid pocket money, she earns her own with her little side jobs. I'm pretty sure it can be done, but I'm left wondering if it would need to be associated with a family trust or if we would need to go guarantor. She is a feisty one, and...

I'm a mum, and it's great. My eldest child is 7. She is headstrong and determined. She is the kind of girl that makes me cringe sometimes because, ouch, she is so like me. At other times, it makes my heart swell with pride because, well, she is so how I would like to be. Today, on the way...

G'day. We have an IP in Shepparton. Lately we have been amazed at how quickly it is to rent out, renters in one day and the next day in, we were a bit more picky and had a 1.5 week vacancy between tenants. Also amazed by how much rent we are able to get for our property. Seems like they are...

Just popping in. We haven't done much investing for quite some time. But, my DH was cleaning out the garage the other day and found a copy of "Building wealth Story by Story" by Jan Somers. It's kind of interesting. I was connected to this forum via a different forum member, who I don't know...

Brilliant work. I really love reading about truly tight **** renovations :) Well done for all the dedication and hard work that has gone into this project. I always think that it is much more frugal to be able to be on site every day and get everything done. Camping out in the house is a great...

I'm so guilty of not doing the roof 1st Neeko!!!! LOL..... You are absolutely right. It should be the first thing.

No idea about that one. We generally get our own hands dirty and are right in the thick of the renovation. I coordinate all the tradies, build the cabinets, do some plastering, paint ect. I think you better add another $15K to the cost if you are going to outsource everything. We do...

Don't forget the costs of your tradies. Sure, quite a bit can be done yourself but when it comes to electrical and plumbing work you will want a tradie. Allow $2K. I could see that bathroom easily blowing out to more than $2K. I'd be looking at replacing the shower screens and giving the...

Not sure if this is an option worth pursuing. - Get the chain linked fence replaced. And grow a lovely hedge on your side of the fence so that you have some privacy. Simple and effective.

Hi Travel bug. I'll try to do a breakdown of the kitchen, but some of this stuff was used in the laundry too, like the flooring, paint ect. Kitchen cost- including lights, fitting out the internals with bins, dividers and buckets, ect. $5700. This included the stone, sink, tap, range hood...

Bob shovel- I found the whole exercise through Ikea was easy. You do have to carefully read the instructions and follow them to a tee. But once you start to master that it is easy. One thing is that the Ikea kitchens are generally have a standard height to bolt the cabinets to the wall. This can...

The kitchen has also had some work done to it...... and I've got a dishwasher that works. Our sparky came over and did some power points and some lights for us. These were relatively inexpensive, but I think they look great. This light was just plain fun. I love putting stuff like this...

I'm back! Sorry I've been MIA for a little while, I've been in and out of hospital after catching a nasty pneumonia. I'm starting to get better now. Since the last lot of photos I've taken some with appliances and splash back in the laundry. We decided to go for glass splash backs, and they...

Thanks people :) The bench tops are Caesar stone in a color called Ice snow. A little while to go. The splash backs will be the last thing really, and will be installed in around 2 weeks. Then there is potentially going to be a few odds and end jobs. It's been just over 1 month since...

Back to the kitchen. After getting the Ikea stuff; Me again- Hello... very pregnant, and putting together the rotation shelving for the corner units This is how where we are up to at the moment. Yep, it's not styled or tidy. We are living amongst it at the moment...

Work, work and more work. I was happy to put in my hours. I organized the flooring to go in the laundry as well. Then the thought sprung to mind. Why shouldn't we do a laundry too while we are at it. Pregnant and unable to sleep anyhow, I put those hours to good use between 2 and 6am while...

Yep, after doing so much for our IP and tenants we are finally doing something for our own place. It feels good. However it is much harder when we are living here. That would be my DH, Myself, my 6 year old daughter and 4 year old son with one on the way. Anyway, we own (scratch that) the...

Cool :) I quite like the Ikea kitchens, ours also has soft close cupboards, soft close drawers, a waste bin drawer, all the internal fittings and dividers. I'll check out DYI Australia though. Another kit kitchen company I was unaware of. There seem to be so many. Freedom, Bunnings, Ikea...