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Hi all. Does anyone know if Mend-a-bath is still in business? They did a bathtub for us 9.5 years ago and it needs a fixup under the original 10 yr warranty we had. None of the phone numbers on their website seem to be working. Jireh

Has anyone sold a property, but first offered it to the long term tenants? I haven't signed a sales agent yet. Are there any gotchas I should think about? For us, the tenants have been there 6 years and the father grew up on the street. The son is interested in buying the property and would...

Hey all! I'm selling a 3bed/1bath single garage single brick house on 600sqm. It's located 500m from Warilla beach and currently tenanted. I'm asking $330K. Houses on the east side of the highway are rare so this won't last long. The tenant would like to stay, so I'm looking for an...

Hi all, I'm looking for a bookkeeper/office manager to help 'declutter' all my files, reciepts and IP/bank statements so I can get caught up on taxes. I've been staring at it for too long and just want it organised and done. Arg! :eek: It's a once off, but it would be good to talk to a...

Hi all, I'm looking for a decent agent to sell my IP (3bdrm) Does anyone have any good experiences with agents, buying or selling around the Blue Haven/San Remo/Budgewoi/Lake Haven/Gorokan area in the Central Coast NSW? Jireh

The tenants want compensation for a hot water heater they claimed was faulty and didn't turn off (ie. constantly heating whether it needed it or not) The agent investigated the water heater and had the hot water replaced at our cost. The reason was there was a bulge in the bottom of the hot...

Hi all, This is a longshot, but can anyone recommend a good PM in Picnic Point/Panania/Revesby/Padstow area? We've just bought a 4 bdrm house w/pool and are looking for a switched-on PM looking to grow their property mgnt business. I've got Raine and Horne Padstow as a possibility, but was...

I'd like to structure the existing IP loans and new (big) PPOR loan so we can easily get back into the IP game. Like everyone, I'd like to get to the magical land of LOE, but we're starting out all over again, and I just want to know the key first "baby steps". Does anyone have any ideas on how...

We've just signed a contract for a house in Sydney and paid our 0.25% deposit up front and signed the "exchange by the agent" form. The vendor is up the central coast and the agent is obviously delayed securing the vendor's signature. The agent is getting worried because they still have an...

I just found this one and it's a worry. :eek: http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin/rsearch?a=o&id=103987547&f=0&p=90&t=res&ty=&fmt=&header=&c=77074669&s=nsw&tm=1178359677

Is it possible to add enough value to overcome a less-than-ideal corner location? My wife and I at odds over buying a property on a corner. The house is very good; 4 real bdrms single brick about 20 years old, separate lounge and dining, polished floorboards, kitchen needs doing up and the...

Hi, Has anyone used the HBS pro pack? :confused: I've just asked my current mortgage broker to hunt around for a PPOR loan. I've used this guy several times for IPs over the past 5 years and his considered opinion was the pro pack from HBS. His summary was like this. 6.82% 1 year intro with...

Hi all, I'm going to go out on a limb and predict I'm going to have fun selling our PPOR. I'm not saying I'll get a fanfabulous price in this market, but my first impressions with my RE agent are looking very promising. Theodore Roosevelt said, "The best businessman is the one who has sense...

I think I may have found a reasonable agent with integrity to sell our PPOR (private treaty). :eek::eek: He had a great appraisal and marketing presentation and had a definite and coherent approach for our place. The upfront commission is 2.2% which INCLUDES advertisting costs. If we...

The tenants informed us of a shower leak and we discovered the leak was in the shower hob, as well as the wall tiles which were bowing out from the wall. After a silicone patch didn't work. We decided to refurbish the whole bathroom. Except for the bath, which we managed to reuse, everything...

Our first IP had to be under $150K back in 2001 because anything else was "too expensive" and too much debt to handle (ie. bad SANF). Now, our comfort threshhold is higher. What's yours at now? If you include commercial property, I suppose you should say so.

I just found out from my strata manager that NSW has passed a Strata Schemes Management Amendment. The purpose of this plan is to force owners corporations to do a 10 year expenditure plan for their sinking fund. Essentially, BC need to get a quantity surveyor to look at all upcoming...

Oh...we've finally decided to get a house and sell the apartment. Yay!! My wife is looking forward to a bit of dirt to garden. We'll be switching suburbs as well since Campsie houses are a bit rich for our budget and we're looking for better schools for our little girl who is going to school...

(edited because it was too wordy) I'm wondering if anyone could recommend a good building consultant or building solicitor near Campsie, NSW? I need one for an action we (the owners corporation) are taking up against the builder? :mad::mad: In a nutshell, the builder's plumber (incorrectly)...

Hi all, We're looking at renovating the bathroom for our place in Blue Haven (near Wyong/Tuggerah) and are looking for recommendations for a good specialist bathroom renovations company that does work in the NSW Central Coast. We're having significant shower leakage problems, like GeoffW, and...