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Forum: Australia
Oct 31st 2014, 6:08 am
Replies: 36
Views: 4,425
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: Australian tax on UK rental

If you have to operate under Australian tax rules you need to get a valuation of the property from the time of it becoming a rental property so as to calculate capital gains tax when you sell it. We...
Forum: Australia
Oct 26th 2014, 9:21 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 4,425
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: Australian tax on UK rental

You cannot split the income, in Australia at any rate. If you own the property you pay the tax. You cannot even have a loan in both names and deduct the interest against a property in one name. The...
Forum: Australia
Oct 17th 2014, 7:59 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 2,696
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: Advice - primary schools in QLD ...

I can only say that in NSW once a child has enrolled in a school they may move anywhere without consequences. I would assume it to be the same in Qld, but someone else may know.
Older...
Forum: Australia
Oct 17th 2014, 6:10 am
Replies: 23
Views: 2,696
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: Advice - primary schools in QLD ...

Look, I love Queensland and I love Queenslanders. We own property there and have spent a lot of time in the state.
However the education system there has been below the standard of the other...
Forum: Australia
Oct 10th 2014, 9:33 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 2,431
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: No jobs here so I am going home...update

A lot of it comes down to timing, doesn't it. None of us choose where or when we are born and those who are able to switch countries when things are not going well are the fortunate ones.
A young...
Forum: Australia
Oct 9th 2014, 4:51 am
Replies: 25
Views: 1,967
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: Internet provider recommendations?

Yes, Telstra said not possible but TPG provided it with our Telstra landline! A few years ago but it is ok for us.
Forum: Australia
Oct 8th 2014, 2:14 am
Replies: 25
Views: 1,967
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: Internet provider recommendations?

We are near Cronulla (Lilli Pilli) and we have no Optus reception at all and limited Vodaphone. Grays Point and Bonnet Bay have similar issues. Telstra is fine but they would not provide us with...
Forum: The Update Forum
Oct 6th 2014, 10:00 am
Replies: 50
Views: 27,572
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: 12 Years on; more bad than good

Not to downplay your negative experiences, but I think you are also at a stage of life that can be very challenging. Your kids basically have their own lives but still want a lot of support from you...
Forum: Australia
Oct 5th 2014, 6:10 am
Replies: 26
Views: 3,550
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: Breaking lease - help needed

I have never heard of having a new tenant on an 18 month lease. We prefer to put our tenants on a 6 month lease if possible to assess the suitablility both ways. If all is going well then onto a 12...
Forum: Australia
Oct 2nd 2014, 4:11 am
Replies: 199
Views: 25,929
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: Where in Australia would you live if your job only required an internet connectio

They nearly ruined the RSL when the smoking was banned inside a few years ago. They moved the pokies from the back of the main lounge and gave them half the front part of the lounge so the players...
Forum: Australia
Sep 30th 2014, 9:39 pm
Replies: 199
Views: 25,929
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: Where in Australia would you live if your job only required an internet connectio

They redesigned the RSL with the pokies are out of the way so they could get the licence changed for kids. I think they still can't go downstairs but that is only the old coffee shop area. The club...
Forum: Australia
Sep 29th 2014, 8:01 am
Replies: 199
Views: 25,929
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: Where in Australia would you live if your job only required an internet connectio

Am I right in suspecting that you have not been to Cronulla for at least a year and have not yet been to the refurbished RSL?(just returned from lunch there) Dedes group are now the caterers and they...
Forum: Australia
Sep 26th 2014, 12:01 am
Replies: 199
Views: 25,929
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: Where in Australia would you live if your job only required an internet connectio

I live near Cronulla and have owned property on the Gold Coast. You no doubt realise that the Gold Coast is much more of a tourist area than Cronulla, especially in the high rise sections. Cronulla...
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 24th 2014, 4:35 am
Replies: 15
Views: 530
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: creepy crawlies

Ok, I'm dead then! Will retreat and shut up!!
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 22nd 2014, 9:52 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 530
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: creepy crawlies

They are the type of screens that we all have in Oz. Checked with my husband who works in asset management in public housing; door screens always required and provided, as is window screening. At our...
Forum: Canada
Sep 22nd 2014, 5:35 am
Replies: 128
Views: 8,843
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: Attempting Self Sufficiency in NS - how much additional income?

I am an outsider looking into this interesting discussion, being an Aussie in Sydney Australia and my husband being the expat, being Sicilian. I have actually been to NS and although, I believe, it...
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 21st 2014, 10:32 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 530
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: creepy crawlies

Well, to be honest I live in Sydney, near the water. Cockroaches, flies and ants are the least of our problems. I have had a red bellied black snake come right into our hall and I cannot do any...
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 21st 2014, 10:51 am
Replies: 15
Views: 530
Posted By Rachelanna

Posts moved from creepy crawly thread.

Goodness what a fuss about a few insects! You need screens for your windows and doors. Try salt for the ants; sprinkle it in their path and along window sills etc. Cockroaches may require baits. They...
Forum: Australia
Sep 17th 2014, 4:43 am
Replies: 37
Views: 3,491
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: costs involved in move to aus

My daughter paid 95 pounds a day in London, without rebates as not a resident, but she says that was expensive.
Forum: Australia
Sep 17th 2014, 4:32 am
Replies: 37
Views: 3,491
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: costs involved in move to aus

I am honestly not trying to be deliberately negative but if you decide it is all too hard for factual reasons you will be more content.
If you use a childminder, ie nanny, in Sydney, the cost is...
Forum: Australia
Sep 16th 2014, 11:42 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 3,491
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: costs involved in move to aus

My grandson was born in London and started childcare in West Hampstead before they returned to Oz. I cannot recall what they paid but it was at least as much as Sydney. They did not get any rebate...
Forum: Australia
Sep 16th 2014, 9:52 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,365
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: Nursing Salary??

Furnish includes providing washing machine, dryer and refrigerator in most cases. We recently had a major issue with a new tenant who assumed that they were included and our agent who assumed he knew...
Forum: Australia
Sep 16th 2014, 9:43 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 3,491
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: costs involved in move to aus

Childcare may be $100 a day in WA. My daughter in Sydney's eastern suburbs pays $140 a day and the other daughter pays $110 in the southern suburbs. They do get up to $150 a week back. As a result...
Forum: Australia
Sep 15th 2014, 10:55 am
Replies: 88
Views: 8,851
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: British Graduate Moving to Australia (Big Fish in Small Pond)?

The troll is having lots of fun!
Forum: Canada
Sep 14th 2014, 11:36 am
Replies: 128
Views: 8,843
Posted By Rachelanna

Re: Attempting Self Sufficiency in NS - how much additional income?

This is all makes interesting reading even though I am an Australian! It reminded me of a recent prime time TV show here which featured a family who were proud of their level of self-sufficiency....
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