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My brother did a bad thing 2 days ago. He bought Rock Band for our Nintendo Wii. My work productivity has dropped 80% in the past two days - talk about addictive. :eek: Has anyone played it? I got the man an Xbox 360 for Xmas, well I did a bit of a Homer Simpson as I wanted one myself so...

Was it common 30-40 years ago for lino to have an asbestos lining? We suspected ours might and upon cutting there was white fiber. However the boys (family!) I was with said 'who cares' and ripped it up anyway. I felt sick at the sight of them doing this... If it was asbestos what are the...

1. Where is the best place to buy colorbond fencing and have someone install it? A big place like Bluescope or smaller fencing companies? 2. One of my boundary fences is asbestos. Its such a low fence so must be replaced. How much on average does it cost to have it removed properly? Its...

Another abomination. I'll just post a photo and let the genius minds here share their thoughts. Me = have never done a home improvement in my life but going to start here. ;) Note: Would like to seperate the lounge room from the kitchen somewhat, not a fan of open plan. Also want a modern stove!

Just tried filling out the facebook profile link in my CP profile and it says format is wrong. The new facebook has a different URL so you might want to update this. The new format is: http://www.new.facebook.com/people/User_Name/xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx being a number

Can anyone suggest who can do what I require here: I need one side of the house filled in (the left side if you are facing the house). Basically it has to be waterproof and insulated, this is not a garage it is a 'living area' for animals. But it requires sunlight too so I was thinking a...

I've done what I said I'd never do - buy a house near a coal power station (well pending inspection of property). The house is less than 2km as the crow flies from the coal station emission stacks. This is incredibly close in my opinion, I did a bit of research a while back about living in...

Is council approval generally required to install a new front fence? I realise each council differs. It is a corner block and currently there is a 1 metre high wire gate type fence, not private at all. I'd like to put the maximum size fence in, can you generally just go ahead and do that...

All I want to do is buy a PPOR, it seems to be the impossible at the moment. First house: Offer rejected, 3 weeks later someone else's offer of $25,000 less was accepted due to vendor dying. We were told we still have a chance, did all paper work then other people beat us to it. Second...

I'm already thinking about my next house :D Investment wise, where would you throw 200k at now? Australia wide - house, villa, townhouse, regional, city - no restrictions besides relatively small budget.

Did anyone just watch it? I thought he was very good, I hope he gets in.

Is anyone familiar with the Watanobbi area? It's right next to Wyong which isn't thought of as the nicest suburb. There are lots of very nice properties in Watanobbi, I'm interested in hearing your opinions about this suburb as far as a place to live.

Can anyone recommend a conveyancer on the Central Coast NSW or in Sydney ? What is the normal cost for conveyancing? I've been offered a service at $1300, is that too much?

The house I have my eye on has an asking price with a range of 50k between highest and lowest amount. I know very well that other houses in this region are selling pretty cheap, even though the agent of course says that the vendor will only consider offers near the top end of the range. I've...

It was recently suggested to me (the person who suggested may read this :p ) that it could be an idea to take out a personal loan for part of a house deposit. Im looking at the RAMS 90% lo-doc loan and apparently the deposit can come from any source. I'd like to buy as soon as possible (have...

Can anyone recommend a company that does screen doors cheaply. Is $250 a good price? All i want is a simple screen door, its not a security door, its just to let air in during the day in the laundry. I need someone who will service south west sydney. I have called Wynston, their approx...

Hope its ok to post this here, but I figured it might be of some interest :) I have 7 magazines here I'm looking to offload. They are: Australian Property Investor Nov 2007 Australian Property Investor Oct 2007 Australian Property Investor Sept 2007 Your Investment Property Sept 2007...

Is this a concern? Found a property today which we really like. Its about 30 years old but in good condition. The detached garage however has an asbestos roof. How concerned should I be? I know the roof would be costly to replace and even if it was done professionally wouldn't the...

Why is just about everyone advising to stay away from western and south western Sydney? I know they are the areas affected heavily by affordability issues and mortgagee sales but surely they have to grow! Just looking at suburbs around Mt Druitt and other cheap suburbs there, some of the...

I've done a search on the forum for info regarding these as well as on the internet but I can't find a really clear explanation. I'm pretty much aware of what strata titles involve but not entirely sure about torrens title. I'm speaking from a buyers point of view. From what I've gathered...