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We've lived in Lynbrook for 13 years. It's a fantastic place to live. We have a train station, 2 fantastic Primary Schools, a Children's Centre with Maternal Health and Kinder services, 2 Child Care centres, a brand spanking new Community Centre, a great set of shops, beautiful parklands, and...

We've lived in Lynbrook for 13 years. We were thinking of moving last year into something new in the newer estates of Cranbourne. But after some research came to the conclusion that it made absolutely no (financial) sense to sell our current (bank val @ $500k) home on 750sqm to go and live in...

We bought in FN last year. 3bd for $252k. Rent is $270/wk Look for houses on the outer ring of the suburb ie. the closer to Ballarto & Dandy-Frankston Rds the better.

We use Harcourts in Frankston. No issues so far. Good communication and timely responses to any questions.

Highly recommend getting a comparable quote from Hallam Kitchens, in Hallam. They're a small father & son outfit with a few guys working for them. No flash showroom, or sales people to bump up prices. They've done 2 Kitchens (and a laundry) for us now, and were originally recommended by a...

Jamie M (on this forum). He's based in ACT, we are in Melbourne. All of our communication was/is done via phone & email.

Many thanks to Scott/Depreciator for arranging our discount for being a SS member. Much appreciated. :D

I did call BMT. Because it's not a new house, they offered me the 'supply your receipts/photos and we'll take care of the rest' service. It's our first purchase, I didn't want the worry of possibly missing something in the photos and then having to bother the PM and tenant, plus the time it...

We were charged $715.

All sorted. Someone from Depreciator came within 2 days.

Yikes! Someone should be in contact with me in the next couple of days to organise an inspection, but it could take up to 2 weeks! I've left it to late :-(. How do you organise these things when a tennant has just moved in? Are we even allowed to still organise for this to happen? I've paid...

We settled on our first IP 3 weeks ago and have spent this time doing some minor renos and cosmetic fixes. It's just hit home, that tennants move in at the end of next week and I still need to organise a depreciation report. Does anyone know how much notice is needed for a QS to organise...

We just bought our first IP in Frankston North. Its a nice 3 bedder on the rim of the estate, near cnr of Fran-Dand & Ballarto Rds. We got it for $252k, vendor was originally asking $275-295 but had dropped price to offers above $255k when we made our offer (she was desperate and there were...

Our Neighbours ceiling collapsed in their living areas earlier this year, 12year old house. Insurance company refused their claim and builder was basically saying too bad, so sad guarantee has run out. They decided to replace the ceilings throughout the house so they knew everything was safe...

Turns out our current supplier was able to connect us. Connection fee to be credited on first bill and the pay-on-time discounts we currently receive will be applied to the new connection too. No disconnection fee.

Hi again everyone, How do you go about getting a temporary electricity and gas connection to a house at settlement? We only need these utilities whilst we complete renos on our first IP purchase, about 3 weeks. Is there certain companies that do these type of connections because I can only...

^^^ Ditto from us. Jamie is great!

We are a bit DIY chellenged. In fact I wield a drill better than my husband. Am looking at IKEA cabinets and then paying for their installation service. I'm also going to ask a local cabinet maker to look at the job. What are people's thoughts on IKEA kitchens? Their brochures say they come...

After posting the job on Service Central I've had 2 companies contact me. I'm arranging to get access to the property on Wednesday for the trades to come and measure and quote. One company was strongly recommending water based poly. Anyone have any experience with water based poly in a rental...

The internals of the current cupboards are not in good condition. The PM we have chosen has suggested replacing with a new kitchen. Doing so will also apparently help with the overall appeal of the house. I was thinking $3k for kitchen redo? Do you think that's feasible? We settle on the...