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Out of curiosity, if the carpet costs less than $300 (cheap DIY job), can you claim the depreciation up front?

Thanks for all the replies. The draftsman was dealing with council. I thought he had formally applied, but he just spoke with their arborist who agreed the tree is nothing pretty, but it's healthy and it's unlikely council will approve removing it. Apparently council will only look at it as...

Thanks G & T. Happy to pay, but council have flatly rejected it. Just wondering if there is any review/appeal available.

The tree is too close to the boundary. We're developing a four townhouse block, the idea was to have one townhouse with its own frontage and crossover, and the remaining three to have access off the other driveway.

Has anyone managed to negotiate with council to move or remove a street tree? I'm planning a development with two crossovers, but there's a street tree that's a little too close to the second proposed crossover. (Monash) council have refused to let us move the tree. In Victoria, does anyone...

Bloodline, orphan black, arrested development, orange is the new black, marco polo, jim Jeffries. Stan has some good stuff too.

Thanks Paul. When you say accumulate, would the accumulation period be limited to the financial year the property becomes available for rent (and beyond) or could you claim retrospectively for interest incurred in a previous financial year? [Edit - never mind, I read the case. It seems that...

Interesting. I did forget to mention that no sales are planned, intention is to hold. I guess what I'm interested in is whether the interest for the pre-construction costs will be deductible once they are available to rent.

Sorry, yes it will be for investment Terry

Just a quick question for the tax gurus. I'm in the early stages of developing a property I own - just getting initial sketches done now. I'm wondering what the best way to fund the development is, from a tax and/or cashflow perspective? I've got cash offsetting my homeloan (PPOR), and I've...

Envious? Concerned maybe?

Fellas, he's doing a remarkably good impression of a supernatural bridge-dweller.

This troll is a comedic genius.

Yes littletree, that's pretty much the reason. A bit of madness over the school zone created demand. More Chinese bought in the area, which attracted more again as it became a bit of a chinese quarter like box hill. Developers got a sniff and started building apartments, adding more fuel and...

Monash has just proposed new residential zones that will severely inhibit development. Might have an impact on values.

Fixed that for you. :)

I can highly recommend Whiteflash. Ordered an engagement ring through them last year. Lots of information about their diamonds, also conflict free. Definitely spend some time on the price scope website, very knowledgeable and friendly bunch, not unlike this forum. I'd suggest getting the...

As long as you both have a copy of the signed contract, that should be fine. You checked both copies you signed were the same, right?

Funny, last night it was white and gold, now I'm seeing blue and black.

Thanks andini, very helpful post. When I say contract administration, I'm talking about client side project management / keeping the builder honest type thing. Cheers.