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Giggle! Geoff, you're terrible! :D But your play on words is fantastic! Are you a Lit major? Your quick wit on word association is marvellous.

I doubt the RTA link would provide me any information about concrete.

Wylie, we did not 'hold the sellers to ransom'. A nice polite email was sent by my conveyancer to the owners soliciters. The message passed back was that the owners said that they were happy to do so as it was hard for them (not being in Brisbane) to arrange for someone to do these tasks. If the...

Pinkboy, I'm sorry to burst your bubble but not all concete is the same. They are different mixes, compositions and strengths for different applications 1 Learn about the basic design mixes used in concrete production. There are many different types, strengths, and compositions of concrete...

Concrete pools have waterproofing. Google it.

Dazz, I can't see and I can't check, true, but my Building Inspector doing the pre-settlement inspection is 'my eyes' and 'my checker'. He checks everything, with his eyes, hands, logic, knowledge and has the necessary experience to see that the drains are sufficiently filled with 'gunk' and if...

We signed the contract 'sight unseen' just based on the description, pictures and location. We signed the contract in Melbourne, the owners signed the contract in the US. 2 days later, we conducted the building inspection and pest inspection and that's where we observed the lawns mowed and...

Thanks Dazz for the RTA link, I appreciate it and the lesson 'if it ain't in the sales contract, the buyer has no case!' Thanks to cu@thetop too!

Don't worry, cu@thetop, I won't expect vendors to be so 'obliging, generous or reasonable' in future. From this thread, I have learnt a hard lesson, that it is far too much to expect. Better not to leave it to chance. In future, I will be putting everything that I want done under 'Special...

If we use your above logic, cu@thetop, 'wind and leave fall are outside owners control' then owners shouldn't have any responsibility to keep their gutters clean :eek: I just need to point out the inconsistencies in logic so far If it is my responsibility as owner-landlord to keep the drains...

Ouch! A metre high, that's tough. My friend who lives in Hawthorn in a worker's cottage had the same thing that happened to you happen to her. Her worker's cottage overlooks the council parkland. But Council was tardy and didn't clear the leaves from under the drain grate in the park and...

Oh no! :eek: Slap forehead!:( I didn't think of that, handyandy, thanks for telling me. Grateful :o Now, I'll have do a washout and less piping up!

Hahahaha! Good puns! DH laughed out loud at yours, Geoff! DaveM and Geoffw - I am extremely releafed that the process is over because it drained me out!

Nope, didn't wait to find out. Drain all cleared.

I feel very depressed about this thread actually. :(

Yes, thanks Vaughan, will look into a sump and pump option. Many thanks.

Yeah, maybe, time will tell. And that's probably true for every property.

Thank you for your comments, Dazz. I shall take it onboard for my due consideration. As for your humble suggestion to peruse the sharemarket, as I possess neither the inclination, motivation or the necessary knowledge to take protective measures to guard against untoward losses in the...

Depreciator, thank you for your comments. I appreciate them. I have had 2 of my Qld IPs - depreciation schedule done by you You charged me $715 for each report with a discount for $55 for being a Somersoft member I recently bought 2 more Qld IPs, the second of which settled today Would you be...

SUCCESS! $250 deducted from the purchase price! Hello everybody, we were successful in our legal request to have 250 deducted from the purchase price to clear the drains and mow the lawns. The conveyancer wrote the request to the owner's soliciter. The owner's solicter thought it was a fair...