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From: Marty Jones
Hi Guys
Firstly thanks for replying to my first post and sorry I haven't posted again until now as I work 12 hour shifts under ground and sometimes there just isn't enough time in the day.
Rolf - I have heard of buyers agents before and have a general understanding of how they work but my problem is I want knowledge rather than someone just to buy property for me ( the old teach a man to fish story). If I could find a buyers agent who will show me how he found the property for me then I would be happy to use one. Just because I'm not in a position to look for property myself now doesn't mean I wont be in the future (a move to the city for example).
Sim - Yes a lot has happened in Roxby over the recent years including a huge 2.2 billion dollar expansion which saw the third shaft being dug. As for the property situation yes it used to be tightly held by the company but not anymore. During the expansion the town basically doubled in size and housing was incredibly hard to come by resulting in many people (like myself) having to live in one of the towns caravan parks and astronomical rents - $400 p/w for a three bedroom house that could have been bought before the expansion for around $130,000.
After the expansion all of the construction people left leaving a lot of empty house so the situation we have now is quite a depressed market with prices lower than I have seen them. Which is a real bummer for me because I was able to get a company house, put the van I was living in the back yard, reconstruct the solid annex next to a shed that I knocked a doorway through and lined, creating a two bedroom flat in my backyard. Three years ago the place would've been valued at around $180,000 while now it's down to around $140,000. :-( Oh well
Anyway thanks again
Marty
(Don't be an Impala)
PS Can you tell me how to reply to a post rather than do a new post.
Hi Guys
Firstly thanks for replying to my first post and sorry I haven't posted again until now as I work 12 hour shifts under ground and sometimes there just isn't enough time in the day.
Rolf - I have heard of buyers agents before and have a general understanding of how they work but my problem is I want knowledge rather than someone just to buy property for me ( the old teach a man to fish story). If I could find a buyers agent who will show me how he found the property for me then I would be happy to use one. Just because I'm not in a position to look for property myself now doesn't mean I wont be in the future (a move to the city for example).
Sim - Yes a lot has happened in Roxby over the recent years including a huge 2.2 billion dollar expansion which saw the third shaft being dug. As for the property situation yes it used to be tightly held by the company but not anymore. During the expansion the town basically doubled in size and housing was incredibly hard to come by resulting in many people (like myself) having to live in one of the towns caravan parks and astronomical rents - $400 p/w for a three bedroom house that could have been bought before the expansion for around $130,000.
After the expansion all of the construction people left leaving a lot of empty house so the situation we have now is quite a depressed market with prices lower than I have seen them. Which is a real bummer for me because I was able to get a company house, put the van I was living in the back yard, reconstruct the solid annex next to a shed that I knocked a doorway through and lined, creating a two bedroom flat in my backyard. Three years ago the place would've been valued at around $180,000 while now it's down to around $140,000. :-( Oh well
Anyway thanks again
Marty
(Don't be an Impala)
PS Can you tell me how to reply to a post rather than do a new post.
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