Real Estate Renovations

[Disco300Tdi]

It was settlememt day today on another country property
for The Minister of the Interior and myself.

It is reno time to have it in above average rent condition
for the rental market after the Australia Day w/end next year.

Will keep posted with pics (before and after)

Are there any other members who dabble
in the real eatate market?

[hiline]

chase down wardy style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

thats his job style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif :wink:

[disco95]

Got a nice property in Sydney we're renting out at the moment. Double income property.
Looking at selling soon, buying a block around here and putting a project home on it. Either that or buy and do the reno thing.

[Ace]

We have stacey's house in Cullen Bullen, but its not really an asset owning a house in Cullen Bullen. We are actually putting it on the market to start fresh and buy a better prospect in a few years.

As for the reno thing, i would love to do it but you really need to be in a city or a high property turn over area to do that and make a profit, and Lithgow certainly aint that. Oh, i dont have any money either, but i do enjoy house renovating, i find it quite rewarding. Matt

[George130]

I have been renovating my place for 3 years but only as my house not the realestate game. The place looks heaps better than when we bought it.

[hiline]

Originally posted by George130
I have been renovating my place for 3 years but only as my house not the realestate game. The place looks heaps better than when we bought it.

well you would hope so after 3yrs of renovating style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif :wink:

[George130]

Originally posted by hiline


well you would hope so after 3yrs of renovating style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif :wink:


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True but it has only been part time. The earth works in the yard has been the hard part. Should have got an excavator in and done it in no time instead of pick and shovel.

[Ace]

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well you would hope so after 3yrs of renovating style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif :wink:


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True but it has only been part time. The earth works in the yard has been the hard part. Should have got an excavator in and done it in no time instead of pick and shovel.[/b][/quote]

Power operated tools are better Ed, the sooner you realise this the better off you will be. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[George130]

Very true Ace but it does help undo my office boy physique. I even used my winch yesteray to pull a dead tree over next to the drive. I have been waiting 12 months for the council to come and deal with a few of them 8O . The others will have to come down over the road so I will leave them for now but I would hate to park under them.

[Ace]

Originally posted by George130
Very true Ace but it does help undo my office boy physique. I even used my winch yesteray to pull a dead tree over next to the drive. I have been waiting 12 months for the council to come and deal with a few of them 8O . The others will have to come down over the road so I will leave them for now but I would hate to park under them.

Just chew the bottom out a bit to help them fall over, then they have no choice but to do something. Matt

[abaddonxi]

Originally posted by George130
I have been renovating my place for 3 years but only as my house not the realestate game. The place looks heaps better than when we bought it.

Ahh, three years is but a drop in the ocean.

I bought a scout hall seven years ago and have only got as far as demolishing the kitchen - doesn't really count as an improvement.

But I'm swift when it comes to my family, my cousin has been renovating constantly for 25 years and when you walk in the front door it looks like a tip - he's getting to the visible bits last.

In total I don't think he's ever stopped, the previous houses were in much the same state up until the moment of selling, so probably under constant renovation for more than 30 years.

Whenever I run out of work I can count on a spell with him.

My most recent purchase is the forest in Tambaroora and I'm planning on doing renovations with a bulldozer and a chainsaw real soon now.

Hopefully that's in the next six months rather than next six years.

Cheers

Simon.

[George130]

Ace one of them fell into the tree next to it when we moved in and still refuses to come down and its on enough of an angle to require my help to finnish it off. They will all have to go one day as they have that yellow powder rot in them.

Simon I know the feeling. I spent the first year doing invisible things and then got annoyed so the last year has been mostly visible stuff to prove that I have been working.

[BigJon]

I have one house which I live in as a constant renovation. The settlement on the next one which will be a reno rental property is due in about a months time. Only trouble is it doesn't leave much $$ for Range Rovering...