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We have sold one of our investment properties. The contract was exchanged this week for settlement in mid-December. The buyers (via their solicitor) have asked if they could access the house to mow the lawns, store their things in the house, and put in new floor covering. What should we do as...

I am on the verge of deciding on changing PM in Brisbane area. I got a new PM last year (a large chain) and have been very disappointed at the ways they have managed our property. Since I am far away and cannot fly to Brisbane to interview potential PM, so I have been looking at the...

I will be selling a house in the Maitland area NSW. Since I am a non-resident for tax purposes, I need to get a couple of market valuations for the property as at 8th May 2012 (when the Budget removed discount on CGT for non-residents). Should I just get a few RE agents (including the selling...

Long time no posting! I need help with choosing between 2 property managers in Melbourne. Current property agent is a large RE, but I have not been happy with their services. So, I am looking to change agent - been thinking of going with a non-chain RE company. These 2 companies are on my...

Would like to know the views from the forum regarding the current rental market in Brisbane - particularly those who have IPs there. We have an IP in the Morningside / Murrarie / Cannon Hill area of Brisbane. It has been vacant for 4 weeks and no tenant. We spoke to the property manager...

We seek recommendations for an IP in Morningside / Cannon Hill are in Brisbane: 1. carpet supplier & installer. Need to replace old existing carpet in a 4-bedroom house. 2. painter - internal & external (eaves) for a 4 bedroom house. Someone you have used and are happy with the quality...

Situation is that we have a family trust (HDT) which owns some investment properties in Australia. Trust does not have any borrowing to buy these properties, instead hubby borrowed the money to buy the units in the trust. When hubby was working in Australia, income from trust was distributed...

We have an investment property in Metford NSW 2323. We bought it 8 years ago. We have moved to the UK earlier this year, and been considering of selling it to reduce our debt and maybe to buy something here. Therefore, we would like to know if any forumite would like to consider buying this...

We have an investment property in a NSW suburb named Metford (postcode 2323), and would like to sell it. Can I post the details here, just in case any property investor is interested? Reason for selling: we have moved overseas, wanted to reduce our debt in Australia etc. I will not give the...

Hi all We have moved to the UK, and hope to be here for more than 5 years. So, we are thinking of buying a flat to live in (we are renting at the moment). This means we will need money for deposit, and we don't have cash. We would like to sell an IP in Australia to fund some of this...

We have an IP (a house outside the Maitland / Newcastle area). There is an existing air conditioner - it was there when we bought it. We cannot remember if it was ducted. This week, out of the blue, the property manager emailed us a quote for a new AC system (Fujitsu, ducted, reversed cycle...

Calling expats ... Could you please recommend an unaccompanied baggage company to ship personal things from Australia to the UK? I have found 2 companies on the web - Jettaexcess and Worldbaggage. Has anyone used these companies before, and would recommend them? Or, would you recommend...

I have a questions for expats who have lived or currently living in the UK, on the tax implications for buying a property. We are moving to London with a 3 years sponsored visa (new job for hubby). We would like to stay between 5 to 7 years (visa needs to be renewed at the appropriate time)...

I am going to move to the UK (in the next 3 to 6 months) to live for at least 5 years. I have done some research on the internet for what would be the most cost effective ways of moving / shipping my household things to the UK. I think going through an international removalist will be too...

Hi everyone My sister and her husband are planning to move overseas to work, for about 5 years. They will rent out her home (PPOR) for the duration. We hope there will be some expats who can answer some of our questions. Q1: We have been to the ATO website and understood that my sister...

I received an email from my American sister with no subject and a link to some website (in addition to my email address, there were about 7 other email addresses - including 2 for her son). I was stupid enough to click on that link :mad:, and it opened up to another website selling viagra! The...

After more than 30 years marriage, he told me that he wanted his freedom and independence! He has now moved out of our home (the move was his own decision). I have some questions regarding property issues on separation / divorce, and hope to get some broad views from forumites on these. I...

He and I are going through separation and then divorce after 12 months. We have 3 investment properties in a hybrid discretionary trust - with all the loans in his name and he owns all the units in the trust. He is the salary earner and I have been looking after all the records and tax matters...

Just interested to know if anyone has used Find Me a Home by Residex? Thoughts on this website. I have just started browsing it and found its estimated price ranges for properties were strange. Some estimates seemed to be reasonable, some were very wide - like from $700K to $2.2M for one...

I am about to hunt for another IP in Brisbane - 10kms radius around CBD. I have been researching on the internet for northern and eastern suburbs, and will fly to Brisbane in a few weeks to drive around. I would like to have some recommendations regarding conveyancing solicitors, and pest &...