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Reply: 1.1 From: Michael Croft Hi Debbie, sorry for the slow response. Electricity meters can be installed by any sparky and its nice that electricity authorities and councils don't communicate about this - yet. Water meters are secondary meters (not read by council but by you or your PM)...

Reply: 4.1 From: Michael Croft Hi all, got a couple of emails asking how did I not use my own money? I usually use opm with equity as collateral. The sweetest ones are when the project is stand alone with no x-coll. All done with before and after vals, some of them hypothetical after vals...

Reply: 4 From: Michael Croft OK so I lied! The ROI figures are all a crock. Why? Because I didn't use any of my own money. It was all borrowed funds and so the ROIs are infinite. If I had used my own money they would be accurate ;^) Michael Croft

Reply: 3.1.1 From: Michael Croft Hi Glenn, I used to do it all myself (except plumbing/drainage and electrical). Now its a bit of both as tradespeople are hard to come by (bloody FHOG), but I try to sub it all out and just supervise. I'm doing the painting in one reno next week because...

Reply: 2.1.2 From: Michael Croft Hi Jacque, Pergolas and decks are council dependent. In one area you can deck the entire back yard provided that it is less than 1 metre off the ground, the steps comply and it don't encroach on any boundaries or easements - no permission needed and no...

Reply: 2.2 From: Michael Croft Colin is absolutely right, it is council (and neighbor)dependent. As I don't plan to sell any property in the foreseeable future I am not phased by the compliance issue as they are so obviously the sole arbiters of good taste. If this was a concern however and...

From: Michael Croft Hi Paul, Last things first; I have never (touch wood) been asked to stop using/converting something to a better use by a department or council. Mind you I haven't always asked for their opinion either ;^) $10k 'sunrooms' can add $100 per week in some cases - as the...