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    Buyer wants to cancel contract..can they?

    Hi SS's, Need some advice from my trust SSers :D. Buyer signed contract few months ago to buy one of our homes that is currently under construction?contract was subject to finance and subject to the sale of his property. All conditions satisfied so for all intents and purposes contract...
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    Any pest controllers on SS?

    I don't trust the advice of the pest controllers i've called because they would have an interest to score more inspections out of me if they could. So, we own a group of about a dozen townhouses...they are all attached by a common party wall so its like 1 big building. They are about...
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    Pros/Cons of using multiple RE Agents to sell

    Hi All, All the RE agents are against it for obvious reasons but Hubby and I are having a debate about whether to use 2 different RE Agents to sell homes within the same development or just the 1. We've always used just the 1 and we don't see many sites using multiple these days. I'm...
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    What buliding rate per m2 are you achieving?

    Hi All, After our last round of tendering a construction job out, the build rates seem to be getting higher and higher with each development. So i was just curious to see what other Developers are achieving as an overall average m2 rate. We're in Adelaide so I guess the rates will vary...
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    PM's advice doesn't seem quite right?

    Hi its me again :-) So the same Tenants I posted about a few minutes ago (the ones that warned us they won't be vacating at the end of their lease term next week) has burnt our brand new kitchen benchtop. PM asked me to get a quote for its repair. I contacted the kitchen company that...
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    Tenants have warned us that they won't be vacating at the end of their lease

    Hi Guys, Just wondering if anyone knows much about the eviction process. Long story short, we have Tenants in one of our units whose lease ends on the 5th March (they signed up on a 6mth lease). We advised them a number of weeks ago that we wont be renewing their lease (they are problem...
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    Any idea how to estimate water usage on a shared meter?

    Hi Guys, Google was not very helpful so hoping someone can provide some guidance on this. We own a group of 11 units. The common areas have a total of 3 taps however these are located at the rear of the site, too far for our hoses to reach and water the 2 small landscaping areas at the...
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    Anyone dealt with private lenders that don't charge a committment fee?

    ..........and are reasonable to deal with?? We have one that we have been using for a few years but would like more options for our next project.... The majority seem to charge this ridiculous committment fee just to look at the deal with no gaurantees that they'll even offer anything...
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    Anyone other than CHU for Community Corporation Insurance?

    Google is not being very helpful right now.....seems like CHU is the only underwriter for community/strata corporation insurance...surely that can't be so??? Anyone know of anyone else that offers this type of insurance?
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    Novasure's main mortgage insurers?

    Hi Guys, Anyone know off the top of their head who the main mortgage insurers used by novasure are by any chance? Google wasn't helping me find the answer so thought i'd just ask here :) Thanks!
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    PM charging us the landlord for a cracked tile due to what she thinks is movement?

    Well, during a recent inspection our PM noticed a couple of damaged tiles in the kitchen. One tile was chipped so clearly damage caused by the Tenant but the 2nd tile thats damaged has a fine hairline crack through it. This is a 4yr old property (we built from new) so its in excellent...
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    Finance options for our buyers

    Hi Guys, We've just finished building some student accommodation townhouses. These townhouses are only approved for student accommodation purposes in our DA so its not like anyone can buy it and live in it. We were going to hold them as long term buy and holds but would now like to sell...
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    Charged gst when shouldn't have...how to get back?

    Has anyone been in the situation where they've been charged gst when the business they've purchased goods from isn't registered for gst? This has only been realised through a mini-audit of our last BAS claim...we put in a claim for the gst we paid for some bathroom vanities from a bathroom...
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    Selling to wealthy people who work in the mines...contacts please?

    Hi SS'ers, I just had an interesting conversation with someone who's met a guy who pitches and sells investment properties to wealthy people that work in the mines. We've got some brand new units we'd like to sell and they've got a 10yr head lease attached to them so would be perfect for...
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    Bed Frame + Mattress or Ensemble for Students?

    Hi SS'ers, Looking for some feedback......we've got about 20 rooms to furnish at our student accommodation facility and am in the process of finalising the furnishing side of things. I'm just not sure which way to go with regards to the bedding. Here are my 2 options: 1. Metal bed...
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    How to bring this up with new employer?

    Hi All! I've just gone for my first job interview in over 12yrs and surprised myself when they offered me the position last week...yay! The advertisement was looking for both full time and part time officers...I applied for a part time position (so I can still spend the bulk of my time with...
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    How much of the purchase price does Vendor get if not gst registered?

    I think the fact that i've been looking and working on this deal for almost a week has given me a complete mental block with what appears to be a fairly straight forward question We would like to purchase this commercial block, convert it to residential (zoned residential). Now the vendor is...
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    Community Title & Insurance?

    I'm not so confident in our Conveyancer's advice as she originally said we couldn't and now says we can. Background......we have some townhouses that were community strata (in SA) but when lodged to the LTO they knocked it back and requested that it be changed to a straight community title...
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    RP Data group access (SA) - spots available

    Hi SS'ers, I've just had a couple of people cancel due to no longer being active in the property market therefore no real use to continue their subscription so, a couple of spots have become available. PM me for details but this is only useful for those who require SA sales data...
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    Brokers, would Banks view this type of construction any differently?

    http://accom.anu.edu.au/UAS/43.html I know shipping containers have been a funny thing with banks especially when used as storage because of their portability etc and I haven't looked at them in a couple of years but I just came across this development (link above) by the Australian National...
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