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    Renting villa to your mum.

    Hi all, My brother owns a little 2 bedroom villa in St Marys. We are going to be moving our mum into it in the next few months as she needs to down size. Currently it is rented through a real estate for $300 pw, when we move mum in she will pay him $250 directly. Obviously being our...
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    Borrowing against sub division DA.

    Hi all. We own a house in Chermside West that is sitting in the middle of a future splitter block. This means the house would be knocked down in the future and building 2 new homes. This is still about 5 years away till we do this. In that time we would like to keep investing. A friend...
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    Blacktown councils new LEP.

    Anyone have any inside information on when Blacktown council will finally release their new LEP? Apparently it was meant to be out a few weeks ago. My town planer says they aren't accepting any new DA's till it is in force. (Trying to get a battle axe sub division through.)
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    Raising and moving a brick home....?

    Good morning all, This may be a stupid question but ill ask anyway. We own a a 2 story brick vaneer home in Chermside that is sitting right in the middle of a splitter block. Our original plan was to eventually knock it down and do 2 new builds but the house is in really good condition and...
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    Developing ourselves instead of developers.

    Morning all, just after a few opinions on our current situation. We own a 1012sqm block in Quakers Hill (Near Blacktown in Sydneys West). It is near the station and is quite a built up area now. Our neighbour has got us and 3 off our neighbours together and started talking to developers to...
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    Building our own NRAS property...

    Hello all, just looking for a few opinions on this matter to see if it is actually doable/worth while. We are in the process of sub-dividing our block in Quakers Hill (near Blacktown, NSW). The battle-axe block will be 500sqm, its about 150 meters to the train station and shops. Originally...
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    Currumbin / Tallebudgera area (Gold Coast)

    Hey all. My wife and i are looking at getting out of Sydney and buying a PPOR in these areas. Just looking for people opinions on these markets and whether they have much more time before the market picks up again. We are looking at 3/4 br house around 600k - 700k Thanks again
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    Granny flat at side of house (8m gap)

    Hey all. My parents have a house within Penrith council that has an 8m gap from the side of the house to the side fence. Just seeing if anyone has had any experience with putting a granny flat at the side a house so its pretty much fronting the street. Are there any obvious obstacles im likely...
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    Lack of side access for granny flats.

    Hey all. Has anyone had experience with building granny flats with the only access being about a 1.5m pathway at the side of the front house? How does it affect costs? Is it even possible and or worthwhile? Thanks again.
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    Land and Environment court over ruling council?

    Hi all. Just seeing if anyone has experience in this matter. Here is a quick rundown.. I have a 1012 sqm block in Quakers Hill (Western Sydney, Blacktown council). The current house at the front is in perfect position for a battle axe subdivision. Under current council regulations though I...
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    Undeveloped land.

    Hey all. I'm looking at some land in Sydneys North West. It was recently rezoned to residential but currently has a dirt road and no services. Just seeing if anyone has any experience in this sort of purchase and what sort of contribution cost I might be looking at in the future for roads and...
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    Perth, 1 or 2 bedroom units?

    Afternoon all, long time reader first time poster. Anyway we are looking at our next investment and are pretty keen on getting a unit around Perth CBD or within 5 to 8 kms of it. Obviously being from Sydney with little time we will be using a buyers agent, probably momentum wealth agents...
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