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Thinking about replacing some carpet and vinyl with 1.2m strip plank vinyl tiling. New to me. Any good? What to watch for? Units located in Brisbane. PM suggests (rather than recommends), - CarpetCall, Indooroopilly, - CarpetOne, Stafford, and someone gave me a card for a small...

Do any of the PMs or a private owner have a home maintenance service they could recommend? The work is to repair a shower and surrounds in a granny flat, paint and replace Venetians (as examples)? Attack a house that has had tenants who were hard on it (but not claimable through insurance)...

Sigh, the REA we deal with has been churning through PMs and the replacements are trained in 'flick everything to the owner' management. As well, new fees are being invented. Once again and with feeling, has anyone got a good PM for (say) Southport north to Paradise Point?

On inspection, water was found under a kitchen sink. Water seems to have been spraying from a fitting or dishwasher hose (crack or fitting to tap failed?) and the under part of a section of the sink bench and the adjoining cupboards has swelled and is mouldy. A quote is being obtained to fix...

Do property managers routinely issue a notice to leave at the end of a fixed term lease? Do they routinely include a new lease for signature? Or do they instead invite applications without including a lease and committing to an offer? What is said in the covering letter? Just to add...

This artlcie in The Courier Mail, Brisbane reads as though rental housing in SEQueensland is completely unregulated and on a par with some undeveloped country. Title: Brisbane renters fall through the loop due to lack of guidelines, basic living standards needed...

The tenant broke the plastic handle on a dishwasher soon after commencing the tenancy. It was a clean break without any evidence of yellowing from a prior crack. The tenant says it is wear and tear and the PM agrees. The house is in Qld. If this is so and I do not know what RTA or Tribunal...

Periodic tenancy - tenants have advised the PM they are leaving early next month. PM has advised that the tenants are behind and have paid some rent after notices but are in financial straits. They are adults and are on govt pensions. PM has recommended that we agree to the tenants using...

This is a problem I have not hit before and some opinions would be helpful. An elderly relative is getting a house drain cleared by a plumber, a job that was done several years ago in under 1 1/2 hours. This time however a different plumber, after working for 2 1/2. hours has said that he...

A 21 yr old disability pensioner has asked my wife and I for advice on how she might save money to one day own her own home. She pays board and does not throw her money around (not that there is any to hit the town with). Finance and accounting are not our strengths, nonetheless we feel...

Just noticed a new change restricting accommodation providers to viewing their advertisement only. Need to be UofQ staff or student to see more. When did this come in and what is the reason?:confused:

A relative kindly handled the letting of my vacant house while I was temporarily absent for a few weeks and I would like to clarify some points. Three individuals signed the lease which ends at the same time for all. Does it matter if they signed on different days (different signature...

Help please to find builders who will design build on a sloping block Toowong/Indooroopilly area (western suburbs) Brisbane. Lightweight building, steel roof is fine. Steel structure is OK. Project builders who will do sloping blocks would probably be better. DJ Builders might be one...

Can anyone recommend a reliable installer of split systems for Western suburbs Brisbane? Yes there are the Yellow Pages, but who know what some are like? If there are any to avoid pls PM me. Thanks

Just got an estimate of $6000 for a repair to a small shower and toilet area and I am wondering how reasonable it is. The job is: The shower floor pan in a granny flat is starting to leak and the plan is to put a new tiled floor in with a fibreglass water seal under. The floor adjacent to...

I have been advised by insurance companies that all of my insurance for my rental property will be voided if the property is let to more than three tenants. This came as a surprise to me because in university precincts - the location of this large house - it has been common for decades to have...

A year or two ago a developer tarted up the house next to my property. His block had a cutting for the house and to enlarge this area at the back he excavated along our shared boundary to a depth at one end of over three metres, tapering to around two metres at the front. To retain the soil...

I was thinking that obtaining a regular report of my credit rating could be useful to detect possible identity theft. Has anyone tried this service (see below)? http://www.mycreditfile.com.au/home/home_default.aspx Apart from finding creditors or police at the door, are there any other...

We have these on rentals, they are the remote temp control models, most around 5-6 years old. My problem is that the activation for the gas heater only triggers when there is a reasonable flow of water through the hot tap and this could limit the use of water saver shower heads. That is, the...

Prior to being listed on the govt's do not call register it was very rare that I got a call from a spruiker or fund raiser. Coincidence I hope, but since I registered my phones on the govt's do not call register I have had a flurry of calls from charities. Had another this am from a charity...