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Hi all Has anyone had any experience with underpinning a brick house in the Geelong area? Is there anyone you recommend or do not recommend? PM if you wish.

I naively fell for this marketing spiel.

Does the same advice to stay way apply to inner west Sydney? Someone said for ppor it's different. As an ip is it an amateur move to buy there now and better to revisit in a few years

I am doing DD on next purchase. Sorry long post The title shows a carriage way - which permits access to the back of said property via the back left hand neighbour's property. Eg 1 2 3 4 (4 is IP and 1 is neighbor with carriage way) Also along the rear there is a 3m wide drainage...

We have road frontage on 3 sides. The neighbor across one of those roads insists on planting trees on the verges on our side that we are responsible for maintaining. :D

Hi Speary Yes was happy to have an expiry clause. The issue was getting them to accept a formal offer. The way they wanted me to present the offer was not going to be worth the paper it was written on. Presenting them 3 signed contracts by me - which means they can sign straight away when...

Does anyone know how state trustees operate in terms of accepting offers? Background. Owner has gone into a nursing home and State Trustee (ST) is selling the house. It went to auction and was passed in with no bids. It is now for sale with a narrow price guide. Selling agent told me the...

I pay land tax in Vic and this IP never appears on it. So I assume the SRO knows that I don't own it. I will ask him if the rates notices he is receiving are in two names. My half was mortgaged. I assumed ANZ would have handed the title over at settlement. In terms of seeking legal...

Approx 8 years ago my brother bought my half share of an IP. He had the other half. We used the same conveyancer for the sale. I paid the bill. Assumed coveyancer did his job The sale was included in my tax return and I paid CGT. I don't know what brother did, if he paid stamp duty etc...

Thanks Monalisa My head also says why not other areas - where there is better yield and prospects. The BA doesn't service those areas. -+ It has taken a while to get to the point of having the ducks in a row to buy in West Syd. Now that I can it is a sellers market. Add to that I also may...

Thanks for the reply. Can I ask why? I have read/heard good things about Baulkham Hills being a desirable place to live. Nothing negative. A societal perception or attitude that the Hills shire is better than Blacktown. Different demographic and background of tenents also. If people...

Hi Guys I PMed Monalisa instead of posting publicly. I am very appreciative of her time to respond. I interpreted the lack of other replies as it being not a good idea to buy there - people have a lot of opinions on a lot of places on here. I took the silence as people being polite...

Is this one of those times where if you don't have something positive to say then say nothing at all. Would you invest here? Have you invested in these suburbs?

Not knowing Sydney very well. I would like personal opinion with investment hat on, on buying a House in Stanhope Gardens or Glenwood v townhouse or villa in Baulkham hills pls.

Thanks for the replies :)

Hi Wategos Yes I can get my head around that. The part I am not so sure about is the 'sinking fund'. Is that where the maintenance money comes from? So with a house you would not pay strata but building ins out of own pocket. And maintenance as it arises so $ are kept in own bank account...

Hi Almost ready to purchase another IP. With our budget we can buy closer in - unit, townhouse etc with strata fees or further out house with no strata. I will be buying in NSW. Long term buy and hold. I am at present anti strata (house on own title is all I have previously had)...

You can do it - if you choose to. Yes it does take time and effort to make things work. My wife and I and our young children (who we take with us) are doing it at the moment. It is a challenge, it involves a lot of juggling, sharing of roles and a lack of leisure and relaxation time. But the...

Do you get paid by API for your story? (Just curious - my situ is not feature material).

Australian grown, owned or made - does that apply to IPs too?