WOAH! I knew VIC was high, but that just SUCKS! We thought QLD was bad now. When we bought our place in 2008, we hardly paid any stamp duty at…

HAH! I wish! We paid $337,000 in mid 2008. lol
But yeah. We already included moving costs, depreciation / market issues, in our financial outlook. I just wanted to make sure…

Wow, NOBODY had to use a storage place while trying to sell their home or while waiting / in the process of moving or finding a new place to move…

Well, we did consider doing that, but decided against it...I don't know anyone (including myself) who goes to the various self-sale listings...nothing ever seems to be on there. Realestate.com.au is…

Oh my god. How scary this is!
After years of blabbering about being unhappy living where we do, we are FINALLY biting the bullet…

We’re getting quotes from places like Storage King, Kennards, etc. We need to de-clutter our place, and I was just wondering what anyone here has paid per month for storage?…

Ok, so I know in QLD the standard commission is 5% on the first $18,000 and 2.5% on the remainder of the sale price (which I personally find quite steep…

So...basically, we want to buy a particular property we have fallen in love with, and we'd need to sell our own property in order to do it. And even then,…

Heh, forgot I'd started this thread just over a year ago.
I still fantasise about unpacking in my dream apartment. We have FOUND our dream apartment now, but sadly probably won't…

Whenever we move, the removalists come and pack up all our stuff the day before the move takes place. They come about 7am, pack all day until 7pm and then…

I think it's a good idea to letter drop in your desired streets. We are yet to put our property on the market (very soon we will be) and would…

Wow, 2% is excellent. Does that include all the advertising and photographer costs as well?
In QLD it seems to be standard that agents charge 5% on the first $18,000 and…

Sorry if this is in the wrong place!
A place I have fallen in love with has a green ensuite. Technically, it would be considered quite hideous by some people, but…

Ah ok. If they're different quality, then cool. I will not buy just samples.
I thought a sample pot was around $8 and a 1 litre pot was around $30-$40.

I have a tiny ensuite and I want to paint just one short wall and a tiny portion of another short wall…the existing paint is a very pale white with…

We have an ensuite with no window, and also a main bathroom / laundry with no window, and also no exhaust fans in either.

I want a nice new door for the ensuite...right now it's just a plain white overly glossy door (complete with stuck on old towel rail the people before us put…

Has anyone ever had this happen? We lost hot water just before Christmas and today the plumber came and fixed the hot water system, which they installed just 6 months…

Wow, $30-$40 an hour in Melbourne!? Here on the Gold Coast it's $60-$80 per hour!!

I keep fantasising about unpacking in my dream home, and in my dream it’s a lovely experience of excitement and contentment. But I wonder if it’d actually REALLY be like…

Wow, I wish we'd had ANY increase in the past 2.5 years. This is what I'm annoyed about. I see these places going up, and feel frustrated and like, was…

Equity. I don't care much for that word right now. We have NO equity...2.5 years and we have nothing to show for it. *sigh*

Yeah, our incomes are no good. I earn basically per week what my loan repayments would be if I owned 2 properties and had loans for both. That's it. My…

Oh, I'm not buying an investment property any time soon. Was just wondering, as IDEALLY we'd keep our place we're in until the prices go up, but we want to…

I just don't get how anyone can afford to have more than one property and one loan. I really don't.
I know I've really got no idea, but the way I…

I posted this on Somersoft as well, as that is the extent of my disgust! lol
The partially renovated apartment in our building sold…

Meh.
Less people present, but more action.
No vendor bid required. Vendors came down in their reserve by $40,000, and it sold for $362,000 to a strange man.

2nd auction for this property is tomorrow. Wonder what'll happen. We're not nervous at ALL this time.

Hmm...maybe there is a TINY slope, but I can't detect it and the water surely doesn't react like there is!
The building is 14 years old.

Does anyone have a double sized shower where the water just tends to sit at the far end and not drain away properly?
I LOVE having a big shower, but find…