Hiya - no not LCD - saw one today in a Dixon type place for $698 though - TV's are cheaper here.

Not sure on the UK credit card or wether it would be cost effective to use it - we had to use ours for the hire car at the airport though.

Max

..cheap - we paid $225k for a 4 bed 2 bath with AC. Just had an offer accepted on a 4 bed in Clarkson for $210k. The logic would suggest these prices have to increase. Agents have been talking in the terms of not being able to buy anything here for under $300k next year - lets hope they are right :scared: This house we are in is really lovely and the road is great just not too sure about the area. All the burbs have lovely stone entrances of Marmion Avenue with lovely signs then you get to Merriwa and we have graffiti on ours! Actually they did try to paint it out thisa week but you can still see it! and shopping trollies in the park!

If you like fast food there are about 20 places to eat it's quite shocking - someone must be eating all that junk! There is a massive Bunnings like B & Q so thats handy - there is just about everything here down the road.

Max

No wouldn't reccommend the shippers mate they were crap - broke the telly - wrapped it in bubble wrap

My advice on that front don't go with the cheapest - mind you got 2 new tellies out of it can't be bad!

Max

Let me put your mind at rest - this house was on the market for 1 day - we were the first to see it! It was empty because the tennants had just moved in case the buyer wanted them out.

There are not enough good rentals here - they rent in a day if they are clean and tidy. There are a few for sale that are empty as the sellers have been renting them out and now need that cash for something else etc. The goverment run these negative gearing tax breaks because they haven't built enough council properties apparently so they do this do ease a rental shortage. They stopped it for a couple of years but brought it back.

It's exactly what we are doing - in fact just put an offer in on one where the sellers want to stay put while they build so thats convenient - should be a good 12 month lease that one! You can write so much off against the investment property it pays for itself you just have to set some money aside for the shortfall in the meantime for the first year. Actually just bought a good book today on the subject you can even pay off next years interest if you have a liability you want to use up in the current finanicial year. We have a positively geared property which we will get taxed on but if we run some negatively geared ones hopefully we can offset it. Don't know nearly as much as I should do on the subject but will fill you in. Seeing an accountant this week.

Max

You have achieved alot in 2 weeks!!

However I am well impressed with the house buying you have initiated and wondered if you could possibly provide me with the title of the book you are reading and any tips on house purchase, what made you decide to buy in the areas that you did etc.

Apologies for all the questions!! I was going to PM you but I couldnt find the PM button!!?.

Anyway glad to hear that you are doing well.

All the best

regards

atticus

Max

Tell us which shippers to avoid then!! IE the ones you used!!

I am about to make the decision on which ones to go with - down to PSS & Masons. Must do a search on cleaning & packing too - our stuff goes in 3 weeks!!!

cheers

pockygoes

Wait till you are earning OZ $. 1000 per day is a hell of a lot of money !!!

That aside, glad you are enjoying Perth. We've been here nearly 6 months now and still have the '"wow we live here" moments at least 2x a week.

Hope you continue to settle in as well as you have so far.

Yeah believe me spending that much wont be a regular occurance! At the moment having to spend so much on things we didn't or couldn't bring and had to get another sofa - bit embarressing at Ikea when I got to the till and couldn't pay for what I'd bought. What I couldn't believe was the folks behind me in the queue - imagine in the UK holding up the queue by being such a div what looks and under the breath comments you would get - not here they all said how it was a crap banking system and cooed over my little girl.

Can't believe it's six months already for you - hope to meet up with you guys.

thanks for that maxpax...anything you can advise us is more than welcome cos we probably know less than you...I have heard about this negative gearing from he tax view and really need to look into what it all means more. We intend to buy both houses outright but remember reading somewhere that the Ozzies take out a second mortgage on 2nd property when the mortgage on their own property is nearly paid in order to "avoid" certain tax...So Im not entirely sure if buying 2 houses outright is such a good idea from the tax point of view...obviously I intend to get advice when we are nearer actually doing...still draging through the waiting for the visa stage...I'm in the "slow" queue...pre july 1st


but thanx very much

This is one thing I'm looking to sort out over the next month or so - what account have you gone for and did you set it up in th UK first?

Cheers,

Chris

I just can't wait now.
Will look up the schools.

Was on Delgado drive 2 weeks ago - driving around looking for blocks - wish I'd contacted people sooner I could have popped in for a cuppa !!
Stayed at Joondalup Resort Hotel - can see a very big difference to coast side 'v' suburb side of Marmion - do I go with first instinct, pay more and go coast side.

Everyone on this forum is so helpful.

2 more questions if you would'nt mind

1. Recommend a shipper from Glos - Perth

2. Has anyone moved a dog ? Big soft Goldie.

Hope to join you all soon for a barbie

Congrats to the maxpaxxs on a swift settling in, we too are loving it here in australia ( 6 weeks for us now ).

Go get 'em!!!!

Hey you guys - long time no speak!

Great news that you are happy and loving it - life really is great isn't it?

Max x

Can't reccommend my shippers - Armishaws- shame cause they are west country based but don't know their ass from their elbow when it comes to international removals imho. Anglo pacific actually shipped it - lost a box. Keep realising we are missing things!

Try Golden Arrow for the dog. They know their stuff - wish I had used them mine also stuffed that up and our poor cats are still in the UK till next weekend.

Know what you mean about other side of Marmion, but did accidently drive into Currambine today and thought that looked lovely. You know what they say - pay as much as you can afford and you will make more in the long run.

Keep in touch there will be a few of us in Iluka or there abouts! It will be like neighbours. In fact 3 people I have met this week - all Australian live there too. So the clap trap about it just being wall to wall poms seems another myth.

If we ever get the barbie back you are more than welcome - still in quarantine.

Highly reccomend to anyone thinking of bringing a bloody great thing like that not to bother - they are cheap as you like out here - now we have to pay to get it cleaned...I only spent 3 hours cleaning the damn thing before it was shipped!

Take Care Max x

Flexi account with National. It's the Australian mortagage type so what you have in savings is helping reduce the loan balance. The online facility is 100% better than anything in the UK.

We bought a house before we got here so the account was opened up for us automatically. We had already opened one with the Commonwealth - not to be reccommend unless you like dealing with dimwits. When we wanted to close the account it took 4 days to get the money out of them too.

Hope this helps.

Max