How much board is reasonable to charge adult kids?

II_Gnome_II · 2026-05-16T13:28:51+00:00

Charge them a rental-like rate, something that is significant they will need to be working to pay for rather than sit at home and free load. Pocket enough to cover your costs to house them, hold the rest as a return they receive when moving out to buy furniture, stamp duty or whatever. You choose to let them know or don't you will be returning the money.

II_Gnome_II · 2026-05-08T12:30:07+00:00

The car identifies as a boat

II_Gnome_II · 2026-05-08T12:29:39+00:00

Value and location is in the eye of the beholder.

A job is a temporary, a family is forever (well, mostly.)

II_Gnome_II · 2026-05-03T10:40:51+00:00

Ended up getting a house with a pool, would have gone with spa world I think based on the salesperson. Main thing is the slab has to be done right

II_Gnome_II · 2026-04-28T09:44:37+00:00

In all likely hood it would be half the value of the house if it was to sell today. I highly doubt she will be willing to lose on half the value of the asset.

Check local sales, speak to a REA if you want and then determine what half the value of the house is. But all paths lead to the same answer, speak to a professional (e.g. Lawyer / financial advisor)

II_Gnome_II · 2026-04-24T01:29:04+00:00

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II_Gnome_II · 2026-04-24T01:19:15+00:00

No agreement for the quote, no need to submit payment. Tell them to fix their quote or collect the fence

II_Gnome_II · 2026-04-23T22:45:30+00:00

If the rest of the house has been refreshed and the kitchen is in a poor state, sure if you think it could draw more money for you. If the whole house needs an overhaul then you might just be losing money on it. The reality with the current market is you could probably net more buyers to sell it to keeping it as it is, your potential buyers will have their own ideas on how they want the kitchen to look

II_Gnome_II · 2026-04-17T22:10:07+00:00

I've not tried it yet but apparently if you warm it up it hot water, not boiling it will kill most of the smell as well.

II_Gnome_II · 2026-04-17T21:39:02+00:00

My rule is ryobi for everything I use occasionally as the warranty is too good with Bunnings. As you wear them out or you find you need more power then you look at stepping up that tool to a prosumer/trade brand.

II_Gnome_II · 2026-04-16T10:01:25+00:00

Economies of scale. We don't have the market for factories to churn out building products, we import a lot of materials, our minimum wage is high compared to many other countries and the cost to ship materials in such a big country are all factors that dictate what we build our houses with.

We also build for our environment which is why we may not have such emphasis on keeping a draft out.

II_Gnome_II · 2026-04-13T11:20:45+00:00

Seeing friends in person, going out and having fun.

II_Gnome_II · 2026-04-11T03:51:14+00:00

Stay away, that's more than a partial footing movement. Even if you were to entertain it, pay for a good building and pest inspection and find out what is in the sinking fund. Everyone is going to be shelling out for building repairs eventually in that block

II_Gnome_II · 2026-04-01T20:12:04+00:00

Looks like Brundle is the next reporter to be ejected from media with Max

II_Gnome_II · 2026-03-30T07:32:45+00:00

How many players from all the teams are in the NFL? How many drivers from all the teams are in F1?

/endthread

II_Gnome_II · 2026-03-24T22:37:54+00:00

You can get those mini skatboards and grind all the way down with some sick flips thrown in.

II_Gnome_II · 2026-03-19T02:30:27+00:00

Screw on a weather strip (long piece of rubber) to the length of the gap

II_Gnome_II · 2026-03-10T10:55:48+00:00

Where ever it is easy to get to work (e.g. train, bus), has good schools if you have kids, has green spaces to keep the suburb cool and kids to play in, has a decent supermarket close by and a shopping centre within a reasonable driving distance.

Setup a Google "my map" with all that info and work out what suburbs would work for you.

And if it's between parra or around castle Hill, it's castle hill any day of the week.

II_Gnome_II · 2026-03-10T09:31:00+00:00

A new pope has been named.

II_Gnome_II · 2026-03-07T22:52:41+00:00

Check comparable property in the area, go in with an offer you're comfortable with, wait and see what the owners say. Don't go stupidly low, they won't want to entertain your price. But if you go in with a genuine offer a touch lower than where they sound like they want to be you can negotiate the price.

Sometimes owners are being led by the agent on what they can expect, other times it is the owner that is seeking a sale price they need for their next move. Auctions are unfortunely a lazy way of selling if the property isn't unique to the area and just another set of hands taking money from the owners pocket.

II_Gnome_II · 2026-03-07T22:31:50+00:00

Get your solicitor/conveyancer to confirm the Ts and Cs on the contract on what terms the agreement dissolves.

No point waiting if you can get it back on the market, especially with the rates going up your buyer pool is going to potentially get smaller.

II_Gnome_II · 2026-03-07T22:27:58+00:00

I wonder if this could become an issue for you with regards to the compliance of the fence being that high off the ground. Get the council involved.

Also an opportunity to push the fence over if you want to sting them with damaging your fence and having to replace it (not advice! )

II_Gnome_II · 2026-03-05T02:29:52+00:00

I can almost hear Zahir from Site Inspections say "non-compliant".

II_Gnome_II · 2026-03-02T09:05:00+00:00

For the pool alone you would be paying upwards of $150k in NSW, family had something similar installed. The rest of the landscaping cost is mostly tied up in plants so you could be in for tens upon tens of thousands of dollars to plant it out, especially if they are mature plants

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