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Bathroom Mirror Be careful using just tape as I had a mirror fall that had been put in by a glass firm. They did not know why it fell. They covered the repair costs, and this time used a small clear plastic clip near the corners of the top and lower edges along with the tape just to make sure...

I've found it very helpful to have a bottle of Acetone close-by, just in case, if working with Super-glue. Can be bought in the paint section at the big " B " place. blondie.

Not "offline"but lately has been so very very slow to load a topic. Click on one and wait and wait.while a line at the bottom of my screen shows alternately "transferring data from www.somersoft.com" and "waiting for www.somersoft.com". Don't know if this problem is at my end or your end or is...

I bought a leather lounge suite in Melbourne in winter. I mentioned to the salesman about how cold it was to sit on and he said it was their air conditioning that did it. Got it home and over time realised that leather is cold in winter and sticky in summer. Have moved to Queensland and now sit...

Wow!. Thank you everyone for your replies. You have certainly given me something to think about when the leases are up for renewal. blondie.

A property I have in Qld. is on a lease for 26 weeks, not 6 months. And a property I have in Vic. is on a lease for 12 months, not 52 weeks. For an exercise, say the weekly rent is $100 which comes to $2600 for 26 weeks. For the Vic. one, that is $400 per month and that comes to $4800 per...

People who are concerned about having the Union Jack on our flag have not seen the Hawaiian State Flag. It too has the Union Jack in the corner. Personally, I think our flag looks great as it is. It shows our history. blondie.

Not the oldest but William Nickerson had an updated edition titled "How I Turned $1,000 into Three Million in Real Estate--- in My Spare Time" published in 1969. SBN 671-20125-5. Mine cost $8.70 on 15/1/70. If only----- blondie

Hi wish-ga, The windows that go up and down are called "double-hung".The ones that are hinged on one edge are "casement" and the ones that are hinged along the top edge are called "hopper". I had hopper windows and they were fitted with aluminium framed fly...

Unit BoxHill Victoria last year CIV was $188,000 and one in the block was sold at auction for $230,000 in August 2003. Rate notice this year, the CIV is $225,000. blondie.

I could be totally wrong, but if the fences have been in place for a number of years, not sure how many, does not title pass to the occupier. I know that we lost a strip of land in Victoria because of a surveying mistake and a fence was built in the wrong place. That error was not picked up for...

In the block of units in Melbourne where I have one, and are connected to Yarra Valley Water, the units have individual meters.The tenants pay for the water that they use and the owners pay for the water service and sewerage service. A drainage charge on behalf of Melbourne Water and an annual...

Hi P Y, My experience with Yarra Valley Water bills is that if the units have individual meters, the tenant pays for the water used and sewage disposal fee, but the landlord pays for the water service and sewerage service and also the quarterly drainage charge and...