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Would like advice please regarding a block of 8 flats where 6 are owned by the same person who, when financial, has majority vote. The complex needs major maintenance incl pool that leaks and is currently empty but for green slime from rain water catchment and guttering that drastically needs...

I've just found a thread from 2002 discussing unit v houses and the different titles involved. We are looking at buying a 1960's unit in a upmarket area in Adelaide which is on a Moiety Title. I was very apprehensive as I remembered a neighbour decades ago having a property on a moiety title...

Just a question to any property managers out there... How many of you actually check your tenants' entry condition reports and verify their comments before you sign off on them? I know for a fact that a previous PM I had (slacked for gross slackness) handed the form to the tenant and...

Here's a question prompted by another forumite's query on the need for flood insurance. I was told by an insurance broker years ago that flood insurance usually only covered for flood damage caused by water from above e.g. torrential rain but did not cover for damage caused by water not from...

Have been away for awhile so pls forgive if this is redundant. Has anyone else rcvd notification from their big banks re above? I was filing bank statements the other day and noticed several paragraphs tacked onto the end of the statement regarding changes to Fees and Charges effective 15...

I have two units in a 10 unit complex. Several months ago, a tradesman had reason to contact the elderly owner occupier of one of the units with regard to a maintenance job. In the course of a conversation I had with the tradie recently, he asked if I were aware that the owner in question is a...

Finally, we may see Property Management pulling out their fingers and doing what we pay them to do. Reading the local paper (Eastern Messenger) in Adelaide over the weekend I noticed high profile franchisee REA advertising 3 months free property management for landlords. There were also...

Would someone please explain what is meant when a member appears as a "currently active member" at the bottom of the menu page but does not have their green light on against posts etc. Are they online or not? It's no big deal but I'm just curious. Thanks in anticipation. Cheers

Are there any forumites interested in an informal get together in Cairns in the last week of January? I really enjoyed the gathering that sailor organised last year and would love to do it all again. Cheers

This is just an observation but has anyone else noticed that there seems to be an urgency and almost desperation coming through in the posts from new forumites regarding buying their first IP's! I haven't been aware of it before but it's almost as though the feeling is that there isn't enough...

The latest Fin Review (28Dec07-01Jan08) has a 12 page liftout with '07 median prices for houses/apartments for every postcode plus info re 1yr change, 10yr trend and 1yr % forecast. It may be of interest to Forumites. Happy New Year to you all. bernly

Front page of the local paper this week includes an article about a local resident who is dismayed that her council rates have decreased because it seems that her property is very close to a proposed new prison development. It made me grateful that our rates are still going up. Note to self - no...

I made the mistake of letting a house with swimming pool, through an agent, with the condition that the swimming pool be maintained by the tenant at their cost. I changed agents in June and it now transpires that there are problems with the chlorinator. On investigating further the property...

This morning when I logged on, I found a private message from "Buddha" who proceeded to give a little spiel about his religious beliefs. I notice that he is banned but I wonder what the implications are of this - I imagine that I wasn't the only one contacted and I do not have a lot of personal...

For almost a year now we've had satelite broadband. I swear it is slower than most dial-up and if I see another "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" message tonight I'll just have to slash my wrists. To make things worse we have an enormous, ugly satelite dish on our roof. What could...

Had a phone call last night from a guy who has just bought the property that shares the back fence with an IP of ours. He is arranging to have 8 (very large) trees cut down and removed and mentioned that 2 are along the back fence and that one of them is set half way between the fence and has...

Have spent the past few days gutting a 1br unit in Cairns. Loaded rolls of old carpet onto roof racks and filled the subaru wagon to overflowing with dismantled kitchen and bathroom cupboards plus stove. The fee for dumping? An unbelievable $3.00. Cheers

I notice that today had the most users ever online at 2.59pm. Did I miss something? :cool:

I've noticed when reading through various threads that posts often have times that don't seem to relate to my own computer clock and are often hours ahead of mine. I know that there are different time zones in Oz & OS but surely not as many as would appear on Somersoft, especially when taking...

I told in an earlier thread of probs with a PM in Cairns whom I recently sacked. We received in the mail last week the tenant's file which included copies of the lease agreement, bond lodgement form etc etc as well as a copy of the Ingoing Inspection Report which has our property address in the...