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thanks for the replies, opinion on dogs seems to be evenly divided. :) RE forwarded me the details of the younger couple (well not that young really, 28/30). Both hold stable good jobs for the past 4-5 years. both with parents living not too far away, first time moving out of home, I thought...

LOL, this is not making the decision any easier... I agree that pet owners can be good IF they're responsible, but a dog is still a dog, I have to assume it will come inside regularly and accidents happen, minor scratches to doors/fixtures are easily fixed, but scratches/pee stains to timber...

First time landlord, after a couple weeks on the market, agent has put forward 2 applicants. Property is a small unit, fairly new/well appointed and in a good area with high rent. has floorboards/tiles only but small backyard. One applicant is an early 30's professional, married, no kids...

This is in Melbourne btw. There is BC (now called owners corp, at least in VIC) on the property, it has to be setup when the block was subdivided. The BC did have insurance on all buildings and common property at the time of sale. Just that when the 4 units were sold off individually to...

after a bit more research, there seems different types titles? strata plan and plan of subdivision? I suppose the question is how to tell which kind of title your property has?. found some info here http://www.hayproperty.com.au/property.html if that's correct, mine could be a subdivision...

There is an owner's corp certificate in the s.32. along with a few pages of standard body corp info. no sinking funds according to certificate, but did have owner's corp insurance at time of sale that's now expired. I think the problem is none of the new owner's including myself understood/...

there was strata insurance held by a single owner(owned all 4 units) at the time of the sale(sold all 4 at the same time), but that would've been expired since no fees were paid. I think the easiest would be to just get our own, but I can't seem to find a insurer that'll insure individual...

Hi all, I'm currently looking at insurance options for a unit I'm about to lease out and I seem to have run into a problem. The unit is in a group of 4 with just a couple of driveways in between. It's part of an owner's(body) corp according to contract but since it was purchased there was...

Hi, Just wondering how much does it normally cost to withdraw a caveat on a property? Does it have to be done by a lawyer or conveyancer?

I just got married last year and my wife is not on the title, I'm trying to think how can this be of help...

Hi, I'm looking to buy a bigger second house to move into. Right now I have a small unit that I bought 3 years ago, borrowed deposit from parents(made an legal debt agreement at that time) and took out a 200K mortgage. I have since repayed 170K in advance with only 9K left in balance. From...