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When it happened last time the tenants gave their notice. They have been in the house for eighteen months but felt that having the drains back up three times was too much. They have a toddler and they worried about the baby's health. When the drains back up the area around the drain floods with...

Our tenant advised that the plumbing was blocked which came as a surprise because we had recently renewed all the plumbing, including drains. Expensive but necessary! It happened on Australia Day weekend but the plumber responded very quickly because, I imagine, he had done the renewal. He...

It is time to buy a new computer but we are trying to determine if a laptop will do the job or will we have to buy the desktop type. We just use it for banking, correspondence, this forum etc. Laptops seem to be very compact and take up so little room. Any suggestions?

When you have an existing tenant and you choose to have a new lease rather than a continuing lease do you go through the whole thing again? Do you have to complete a new condition report or do you carry the original forward? Obviously you would complete an inspection but is it time to agree to a...

I have seen 'standalone' air conditioning units advertised for sale at approx $800. They are not evaporative units but are small refrigerative air coolers. There is no instalation required and I do not know if they are reverse cycle. Split systems are getting cheaper now but instalation can be...

I have just stripped the many coats of paint from an old cedar door. I started with a heat gun to get the top few coats off but found it necessary to use a paint stripper to get through to the bottom coat. Next came the sanding! The flat areas were relatively easy but the crevices, it is a four...

Window blinds & curtains. What do you do? After checking a recently vacated IP, I decided to replace the blinds which had virtually just fallen apart. I have no idea how long they were there but the fabric had crumbled. The windows were the right size because I was able to buy the new blinds...

I have been renovating houses for a lifetime! Most have been sold but some I have retained for income. I have two undergoing reno now. One is about 110 years old and is a real little gem. Very little modernisation or changes. In one spot the original paint is still untouched. I've become...