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Hi All, With the number of cranes working in Perth at the moment, does anyone see a looming over-supply of office space in 2 years? To my very untrained eye, we are building more office space in Perth right now than the sum of office supply since the 1970's. This will be a good thing...

Hi All, As a part of my Building Studies course at TAFE I am completing a unit called Construction Planning. The project that I am working on at the moment requires me to produce schedules for materials & plant. I was wondering if it possible to create a new column that looks at a...

Hi All... I am hopeless at bookeeping and need help with the following problem.... The attached file shows a Cash Receipts Journal, Cash Payments Journal and Bank Statement. I just cannot get them to balance... Any help would be greatly appreciated. Glenn

Hi All, I am posting a photo of my great grandfather. He served in France in WW1, and I am told that this photo was taken on Anzac day after then. Judging by his clothing and the background, is anyone able to help me put a date on when this photo may have been taken? I have only...

Hi All, Under what circumstances could the costs of food for property investors become a depreciable item? Glenn

Hi All, Has anyone had experience in removing ceiling roses from ceilings? If possible, I would like to do it without tearing the ceiling apart, leaving a minimal amount of repair work for a platerer. The ceiling is one where plaster was jammed between and over timber battens. The house...

Hi All, Around the Perth inner city recently, I have noticed that any building work for new homes usually incorporates the building of an underground wine cellar. Large amounts of soil (usually sand here in WA) is excavated from the site, footings poured followed by the constuction of a...

I was wondering if it is feasible to buy say, 200 hectares of cleared land with a view to planting trees that are sought after by timber companies. Upon the plantation maturing to the point of it being feasible to harvest, the whole property could be onsold to a timber company. If this...

Hi All, When my wife and I were living in Sydney from 1999-2001 we fell in love with Paddington due to the beautiful Victorian homes, tight streets (slow for traffic) and proximity to the city. We are wondering what Sydneysiders or anyone with experience in the Paddington property market...

Hi All, I am trying to get hold of some Liquidambar styraciflua 'Naree' trees. We think that they are one of the best courtyard trees going around. In WA, we can only buy mature versions...even from wholesale nurseries. Does anyone know where we could source these on the eastern...

Hi All, Would anyone know if it is possible to repaint colorbond fence in a way that will be durable? Glenn

Hi All, One of our tenants has just called to advise that the front load washer has packed up. A quick scan of the local rag found a new Electrolux EW1050 for $590. Does anyone have any experience with the Electrolux brand of washer?? Regards Glenn

This could be the stupidist question ever asked......but I will give it a go anyway Is it possible to move a brick house to a different spot on the same (flat) block? Glenn

Jeez, My thoughts are that Perth property is still cheap compared to other cities in Australia due to: 1. Strong economy = investor & first home buyer confidence 2. Strong employment = more $$$ flowing around the economy 3. Best weather in Australia 4. Wages, after tax are...

Hi All, Based on the Reserve Bank's comments last week, I would like to officially start the Generational Backlash! Come on you old buggers, start gifting us some of your wealth or you will be living in the worst "old people's" home you could imagine.......50k per year without tax/pension...

Hi All, Would anyone have a blank property condition report form in Word or PDF form?? Any help greatly appreciated. Glenn

Hi All, I was wondering if it is possible to tile on gyprock or does fibre cement board need to be laid over the top of the gyprock? Glenn

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Hi All, I found this rather interesting http://www.diynet.com/DIY/1,1014,,FF.html Glenn

Hi All, I just wanted to know if there is anything tricky to consider before installing a lintel and knocking out the wall underneath. The process I was going to follow was: 1. Cut a horizontal line with angle grinder on both sides of single brick wall at the height that I wanted to...