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Ooh, I'm jealous. Yes, St Clair is better than Letho! It should be, it's worth twice what the old place was worth. :D I'm loving it here. It has a really nice feel and the house is much larger with a pool. The old place served it's purpose, which was to get us back to a PPOR after...

Oh, I didn't hear about that. That's just down the road.

Ah, Seech! Haven't heard from you for a while. Things are fine in the wild west. We've moved over to St Clair which is fantastic. Haven't been adding anything to the portfolio for the last few years and just starting to put our toes back in the water with a couple of units that were nicely...

Actually it involved a group from Granville who travelled up to cause trouble with some of the locals.

You might be better to start a new thread to discuss this. You will then catch people who have no interest in Western Sydney, but have done the Granny Flat. Personally, I have a couple of places ripe to put something on them, but as yet have not done it.

LOL! They pull the stuff out and take it down the recyclers. You know, they might get a couple of dollars for the stuff and they don't give a flying fig about the fact that somone owns the place and has to replace it. :rolleyes: Just remember that, and if replacing any at some stage, replace...

I think you will find that you have missunderstood this. The properties are sold without those things included on the contract because some of the midget minds in the area remove them. Even if the place has all the pipes when you view it, there is no guarantee that they will still be there...

It won't hinder it either. You get midget minds in many communities. Mt Druitt isn't alone in this regard. Remember, there was a much worse incident in Cronulla a few years back. Did that make the area any less desirable?

I'd be more concerned with how close it is to the fenceline.

Mt Druitt itself does not have the Housing Commission properties. They are located in adjoining suburbs. If it is referring to adjoining areas as well, then remember that you have Minchinbury, Erskine Park, St Clair, Rooty Hill, Plumpton etc as well. All those suburbs have some pricey...

Absolutely! It certainly pays to bide your time. We've walked away from many auctions without bidding, due to too much interest, and bought at others only because we were the only ones bidding and a low reserve. The catch is, that you have to go to many auctions with the intention of...

Yes! But it will say on the advertising material if they are the owner occupier ones or not.

You will find that they are all being sold by the Housing Commission. If you go to the Richardson & Wrench site you will find that they have a fair few that are to bought by owner occupiers only. The auctions are interesting. You get varying results depending on who is bidding on the day...

Haha, I do too. It has stuck in my head for many years now. In fact I had one place that I sold and the directions that I gave the agent was that he was only to show prospective purchasers through it during either early morning or lunch time periods because the neighbours would not get up...

Come and have a look. Doing your due dilligence involves doing a lot more work than just relying on what somebody on an internet forum tells you about a place.

I do have a couple of units, but I do have a preferance for houses. If you are looking at a similar entry cost, then I'd most likely go for the house. If you select well, you have options that you don't have with a unit. You could subdivide, put in a granny flat, add a deck, demolish &...

OK......well, apart from the mattresses etc, that could be a warning of an area to be wary of, all I can say is that I LOVE agents that are not very good at their job, mainly because if you hound them, you might get a bargain where most other house hunters can't be bothered with them.

A tip an Agent told me many years ago, although not politically correct is quite good when assessing whether or not an area is suspect. "Don't go when it's feeding time at the zoo". Meaning, if you go at meal times (or early in the morning) they will most likely be inside, but if you wait a...

The bad element don't often travel far from home. Check out the neighbouring properties at all times of the day & night. If you notice a lot of activity from a home (especially young teens, early 20's) then there is a likelihood that they are people that I would not particularly like to have...

Although Willmot is not my favourite suburb, and brown wood paneling not ideal decor, I would be more inclined to go for something like this. http://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-willmot-105878105 Looking at the pictures, it does not seem to need much work done to it. It would...