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great work nixba can you tell us who you used for building and pest inspection if you did use someone reliable thanks

didnt even notice the date of this thread. Was a good read. Would be good to know how Burnie is doing employment and property wise

has anyone used this Builder broker service before to look for a builder? http://www.homebuildersaustralia.com.au/ tried digging for more details on google but cant find any good or bad reviews thanks

Hi all looking at getting some quotes for a small 16sq double storey unit build in the Bayswater, Vic area. Anyone on here able to recommend a good builder? thanks regards L

all good now very lucky to have it sorted without the council. He actually came over 2 days after we had a shouting match with signed papers and sorted things out with me. Not too sure if council called him or not but once i was at work i contacted the council and told them to not come over as...

i have called the council and they will come out tomorrow and issue him a letter of warning and what needs to be done. Hopefully they will lay a $200 fine while they are there as well. His just been a real pain. What really gets me is he asked me he wanted to fix it over 2 weeks ago and after...

Hi all, i have an issue with my idiot neighbour who has been a pain in our backside ever since we moved in. Always looking our backyard and just plain nosy. Anyways the fence between our houses have been falling apart for a while now and he did not want to get it down 2yrs back when i got the...

dont know if anyones posted this site yet. www.nearmap.com like google map but you can zoom in closer and pictures are alot clearer plus the nifty thing is you can scan back to how it look back in 2009. Think they update the maps every few months so the longer they do this the better and more...

hi all, i tried doing a search but everything seems fairly old. Friend wants to sell his place ASAP while the market is hot plus they have an eye on a house thats been on the market for a while. They have spoken to one agent today who's fees was 3.3% and 11%! for each dollar over some...

ahhh thanks for clearing this up i might inform my friend this as well the way he explained it and was explained to by the broker was that they were checking the workmanship. Anyways ill get him to verify this again with his bank but im sure you guys are right.

thanks for the reply guys Are these guys actual builders that know what they are looking for? if you were building is there a reason why we should get someone to check these stages as well if the banks already doing the checks?

Hi All i was speaking with a friend who was building a new house. I asked if he was getting any inspections done along the way at certain stages, eg slab, pre-plaster, etcetc. He said no because his broker told him his bank will get their people out to do the checks for him before they release...

thanks kane some great links ill definately have to save in my favourites Just wanted to share one of my favourite link as well its for Vic only http://services.land.vic.gov.au/maps/interactive.jsp Great site to look and block sizes of houses your interested in.

Thanks for the quick replies. When you say keep as close to the south as possible do you mean as south as possible or Elizabeth South? Just wondering cause Elizabeth Grove and Elizabeth Vale looks further south the Elizabeth South if you know what i mean. I need to get a Adelaide directory...

Hi Guys Ive been looking at this area and it seems really good value and pretty good rental returns. I have read that this area is pretty rough and i was wondering if any South Australians can tell me which part of Elizabeth is the best to look at? eg south, east, downs, north etc and which are...

for the past year while i have been reading and learning about property investing i have also kept an eye on the frankston area. I was wondering how can we gauge when there is an over supply of investors in the area? By looking at realestate.com enough? if so this is the result of the following...

if you have a fax you can call The Big hen and ask them to send you a price list of commonly bought stuff for reno's they always give out when you go their which was pretty helpful. Try to haggle with them after you get your list of items you want to buy. But he discounted some stuff for me when...

I picked up this vanity on ebay for $290. It has extended draw railings aswell. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Brand-new-900...QQcmdZViewItem Bid started at $250 and was going for 9 days and i couldnt wait so i emailed the guy and said how much it would be for a buy it now price and i got it real...

Make sure you check all the windows for cracks, we only did a quick check of the windows found one with a large crack and got that fixed but when we moved in we realised there were around 3 - 4 windows with small cracks in them. These were the bottom windows which we didnt take as much notice...

May be an interesting read The great coastal squeeze http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/01/17/1168709828659.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1