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Hey guys. Long time no post.... I have to bite the bullet, and reno a bathroom in one of my houses out at Campbelltown. I did my own dodgy reno 5 years ago, but we have mould in bedrooms and its all from the bathroom. Now this is a total reno, back to Stud walls and start again. Very very...

Hey guys Just got my last quarter water bill for a property I own at Campbelltown NSW. Same family, nothing has changed, but the water bill has gone from (this time last year) 690 litres per day, to todays whopping 2494 litres per day. family says everything is fine, no problems, no...

quick question Im getting inspired by reading lots of natural building articles and books and find that you can (in many states in the US) build a small house without a building "permit". Some of the small strawbale houses are amazing to say the least...... whats the largest building you...

Hey guys Probably many of you are of my vintage where we grew up in post war, fibro houses, you know the kind.... tile roof, but fibro walls, single story, 3 bedders with one smallish bathroom, one living room, a kitchen and if you were lucky, an inside laundry... Now my question is...

Hey guys My best mate is moving from Melbourne to Sydney and has bugger all money to do it with.. Now she has got all her possessions down to fitting into a van or ute, but looking at one way rentals to drive the stuff up to Sydney is about the same as getting a removalist to do a...

Hey guys Anyone know of a good handyman in the campbelltown region? I've gotta replace a couple of blinds in an IP. Also a question re smoke alarms. I've got a smoke alarm fitted outside a kitchen and within about 2m of 2 bedrooms, but the third bedroom is at the other side of the house...

Hello guys, long time no post!!:p Question for those that know and love Victoria. I am in the planning stages of a country drive holiday (with the added purpose of scoping some land) In Victoria and need help. I will freely admit that Im a coffee/wine and food snob and was after some...

Hey guys Bought a 2br unit in Western Sydney and settled at Chrissy. I took the PM duties from the selling agent and gave it to my PM. From what we can gather, the old agency had no luck in getting in to view the property in the year that they had it on their books. My PM has done...

Hey guys Have resi IP's in the back pocket now, and doing nicely. I was thinking about getting an edukashun :p on small development. Ideally I'd like to buy/build a couple of townhouses in Sydney, and apart from the council nightmares and what not, I have very little knowledge of the...

Off the top of your heads guys, Many of the established doing 95% loans? MIGHT need one in a hurry for an upcoming Auction. Regards Luvvit.

Hey formites..... Interested in purchasing a new IP, and it has this half full horrible inground pool in it, which in my opinion has to go.... now I thought that I could just jackhammer holes in the bottom of the pool, to let water drain out, and then just fill it with fill and topsoil and...

Now Im no fan of the guy, but I must admit, I actually feel sorry for him. I dont care that he's resigned from politics, I dont care that he had an affair with a very much younger woman. Why I feel sorry for him? The poor buggers gotta go home and face Belinda Neal........ Hope he's...

Hey guys... My laptop, which has my property software on it, has gone to god. Now it SUDDENLY went to god and caught me unawares (how many of you are nodding your head eh?) and I've not backed up for aaaaaaaagesssssssss. Anyway, I think the laptop is firing up, but the screen stays...

Hey guys Question for you. I recently bought a unit and didnt notice that the letterbox required a key to open.... I didnt get one with the sale and tennants are asking for one now... do I have to spring for this or can I ask the BC to cough one up? Regards Luvvit.

OK, I've just about had it up to my eyeballs with one, repeat one, lousy tile and Im in need of advice. Just doing a quickie cosmetic reno on an IP, and I've got one of those combination tile/soap dish things. Its been smashed and I want to replace it. Easy, 15 bucks at Bunnings and...

Hey guys I have a girlfriend who is moving from sydney to Mexico oops, I mean Melbourne...:p On reading her tennancy contract it states that she has to pay for water consumption... Is that normal in Melbourne? I've only rented in Sydney where its the Landlords duty to pay for water...

I've only been doing DD for about an hour on this place, but its got my attention. Nice new houses, new estates, good rental return and no idea of vacancy rates, (yet, but I'll get to that after I've done this post) Anyone got anything to say about Quirindi? good or bad? Luvvit

I know this has been hashed over many a time, but If you saw the Today tonight segue tonight that showed how "easy" it was to buy a house in Detroit for as little as a dollar.... In the words of my 7 yr old neice "Pluheeeease" I can see get rich quicker-s flocking to the internet...... its...

Guys with regard to Insurance, particularly landlord and House/contents insurance. I know that insurance companies will offer discounts if you take multiple policies with them for each of your IP's, but the most I know of is about 10% discount. Am I wishing on a star that some nice...

Hey guys I'd love to pick up an old warehouse/ workshop (maybe office) thing to convert into a residence (sydney nsw) I've trawled around on Commercial real estate sites for a bit of info, but as a general question, what zoning does a property need to be to be used as either (or for both )...