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  1. willfong

    Land Tax - Incorrectly charged?

    http://www.sro.vic.gov.au/SRO/sronav.nsf/childdocs/-3A87315B22BC23FFCA2575A100441F59-A6FAB6BE64979127CA2575A100441FA4-5FA699957B0FF5E5CA2575A100445372?open "Land tax is assessed each calendar year (1 January - 31 December) based on land holdings as at midnight on 31 December in the year...
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    Maribyrnong apartment PPOR?

    I have lived in Maribyrnong for 13 years and still loving it. Edgewater is better location than right next to highpoint imho. 1 tram (82) and 2 bus (406 and 409) choices that takes 10 minutes to Footscray station and from Footscray its only 3 (2 if express) stops to southern cross or city loop...
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    Child killed in Police Pursuit - do we stop pursuits - or increase penalties?

    Well they can't commit more crime while they are behind bars and hopefully it will deter others.
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    Preston v Essendon v Box Hill/Blackburn

    Have lived in both Box hill and Blackburn area. I'll take Essendon over both of them any day. Much better value for money and better amenities. The only plus side for box hill IMHO is the number of yummy and cheap Asian restaurants there. Side note on mountain getaway. Have you visited mt...
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    Tanking AUD effects on housing market

    Hah Just saw the exact scenario happen recently. A friend who is an agent con(vinced) another friend to buy OTP apartment with the expectation that it will go up 100k before it is completed. Both parties Chinese (not from Mainland though), hope it doesn't end in tears for the friend who bought.
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    Rock Removal Cost

    Thanks Scott. I asked them to get their builder to arrange soil tests asap.
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    Rock Removal Cost

    Hi Guys, Family member looking to purchase land in Strathmore and build. The contract has a special condition that says "the property or parts of the property may be filled and contain rock. In the event that it does you will be responsible for payment of removal. If you have...
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    Body IQ

    Was recently gifted this as a Christmas pressie. http://www.fitbit.com/au/flex/specs It syncs wireless via Bluetooth to your laptop/ipad/certain mobile phones and upload the data to their website which you can then compare with your group. Kinda push you to be more active when there is a...
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    $500K in Melbourne - where would you buy? (Needs to be west)

    I think you may want to reconsider your target suburbs in the east or you may have to move again come secondary schools unless the kiddos are going to private schools for secondary. Camberwell is good for both but Hawthorn is pretty ordinary for secondary (thanks to the many private schools...
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    $500K in Melbourne - where would you buy? (Needs to be west)

    If I were to live in this area with max $500k to spend, I will personally pick Avondale Heights. Quite a nice area and the primary school is pretty good. Public transport is not that good though depending on where you need to travel to for work.
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    Townhouse in Maidstone, Vic

    Not a fan of OTP. For that kind of money in Maidstone I'll rather look at something like this. http://m.realestate.com.au/property-townhouse-vic-maidstone-115480215 Or go to adjoining maribyrnong for something like this with a very short walk to highpoint and two tram lines...
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    PM in Moonee Ponds VIC for first IP

    I have been using Run Property Esendon for a few years and am quite happy with them.
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    Microsoft Certification

    I have a few of these MS Certs as my current employer encourages us to get certified. I find in-house IT and gov departments don't care about these certifications. However, some Microsoft aligned software product companies and IT consulting companies do value these. Having enough employees with...
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    OMG...Is this legal?

    http://www.ato.gov.au/businesses/content.aspx?menuid=0&doc=/content/50240.htm&page=12&H12 According to the above link your friend will have to withhold 10% of the interest paid to overseas payee.
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    How to clean white floor grout

    I have used this grout cleaner kit from bunnings on my bathroom floor and it worked well for me. http://www.bunnings.com.au/products_product_grout-cleaner-dta-heavy-duty-kit-dtagck_P6650110.aspx?filter=categoryname--Floor+Sealing+%26+Waterproofing
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    Maribyrnong Vs Templestowe lower

    I saw that article too and was very surprised. A bit of research and the number they quoted was actually for Maribyrnong Local Government Area (which includes the like of Footscray and Braybrook etc), not the suburb of Maribyrnong. I wish we didn't share the suburb name with the LGA as it often...
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    eBook readers

    Same here just got the refurbished one from BigW recently and am loving it, despite years of being skeptical and preferring the paper based books. My work allows me access to download ebooks from Safari Online so it's saving me money :).
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    nightmare removalist

    Another happy customer of minimovers here. They were the ones that we used in our last move mentioned in my post above. We just rounded up from 1.45 hours to 2 hours in my case as one of their depots is very nearby.
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    Valley Lake - Keilor East

    We had a look there a few years ago when they were starting to build the estate. Decided against it due to the lack of public transport and decided to go a couple of suburbs closer to the CBD instead. 630k for a townhouse (even a brand new one) in keilor east is too steep in my opinion.
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    nightmare removalist

    We moved about three months ago it took the removalists only two hours. We were only moving from a 2br home though and the new place was only five minutes drive away but the guys did have to move a piano down one floor. Very happy with them, very professional and efficient and friendly. They...
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