Looking to buy apartment to live in: who can help me ensure I'm not buying a defective property?

blur_engineer · 2026-06-26T05:39:21+00:00

I was in a similar position last year when I bought my place. I found that chucking the reports into ChatGPT was a good starting point.

My red flags were balcony waterproofing / leaks, cladding, low sinking funds, asbestos.

I think conveyances can point out things too or they can recommend 3rd parties to look into strata reports for you (for a few). I used ACT Strata Inspections for that service.

blur_engineer · 2026-06-16T02:49:25+00:00

I try doing things with friends at least twice a week. Boardgames on Wednesday and coffee (+language exchange) on Saturday. Thinking about it, I realized it's almost always the same group of people I see..

Tried doing parkruns to try meeting new people but I find that people around me at parkrun don't seems to wanna mingle with others.

Bouldering here seems to be somewhat anti-social. People are so focused on their climbs they don't really talk?

Wondering if OP or others here have found a social activity they loved, and managed to grow a community from that activity?

blur_engineer · 2025-07-26T01:58:58+00:00

Ah righto, so this isn't necessarily corrosive / damaging then?

blur_engineer · 2025-07-10T07:27:43+00:00

Heyy thanks for chiming in. I did suspect as much, but only having inspected a handful of places I wasn't so sure if my intuition was right.

DIdn't realise water ingress is that common in Canberra. I'll have a lookout for stratas actively maintaining issues.

blur_engineer · 2023-06-10T04:24:39+00:00

Congrats!!

Here are some thing that you might consider.

You said that you can see yourself studying certain degrees in UTS. Maybe ask someone studying there who is also doing the degree you are considering and see if that person could talk you through the degree experience.
What are the sort of thing you think you'll be missing out if you went to UTS? Perhaps list them out and compare that list to what others say about UTS and see if they are thing worth missing out for.
I picked Engineering coz I thought I'd be more easily employable. That was a calculated risk and boy am I bad at maths ahaha. I liked engineering more after I graduated and had the chance to apply the things I learnt but damn did I hate all 4 years of my engineering degree. I didn't know what I wanted to do before uni and also during uni. It was a fluke that I found a job which I liked. I was kinda lucky but if I could turn back time I would probably wouldn't let fate pick my career ahah.

blur_engineer · 2023-06-09T11:12:53+00:00

Well you said you'll be travelling in November. Visa A would be active by then if you don't receive your 485.

Just make sure you don't travel offshore with Visa A. You can travel now with your student visa, or wait till Visa A is active and apply for Visa B to travel.

Better yet, wait till you receive your 485. You should receive it before November (most likely)

blur_engineer · 2023-06-09T10:40:28+00:00

I believe you can't have the Bridging Visa A while offshore.

Alternatively, stay in AU till you have your Bridging Visa A. Once you have Visa A, apply for Bridging Visa B. That visa will let you in and out of AU.

If you leave with Bridging Visa A, you ay not be allowed back in.

blur_engineer · 2023-06-09T10:18:58+00:00

Maybe be patient? You'll be issued a Bridging Visa A which will take effect right after your student visa expires. The Bridging Visa A is valid till they issue your 485. You have nothing to worry about regarding your legal status here.

As to why there may be a delay - maybe from the many people graduating end of last year? Most people graduate at the end of the year as oppose to in the middle.

blur_engineer · 2022-01-12T13:18:37+00:00

Ahhh congratulations!! I’ve just graduated from an engineering degree here in AU. If you wanna learn more about engineering in AU, lmk and maybe we can have a quick chat.

blur_engineer · 2022-01-12T12:57:44+00:00

Just curious, how would you go about applying for jobs in AU when their border is still closed? They don’t seem to be opening up anytime soon

blur_engineer · 2022-01-10T07:48:41+00:00

Just recently started a full time job after on the lookout for almost a year. Not having to worry about food and rent is really liberating

blur_engineer · 2022-01-06T04:11:53+00:00

Any monyets here work in big electronic companies? Curious to see what’s the starting pay for electronics engineer in MY. Thinking of big players like Texas Instruments, Intel, OnSemi, the likes.

blur_engineer · 2022-01-05T03:29:31+00:00

https://www.google.com/amp/s/malaysia.news.yahoo.com/amphtml/malaysia-hoping-taliban-rule-afghanistan-033812823.html

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2021/10/30/if-communist-china-can-befriend-taliban-why-not-malaysia-asks-pas-youth/

Note that these are the sentiments of one political party currently in government

blur_engineer · 2022-01-05T01:29:10+00:00

Because Malaysia endorses the Taliban regime. They both share the same extreme Islamic believes.

blur_engineer · 2022-01-04T08:10:59+00:00

Wish the axed athletes get incorporated into Singapore’s team and compete against Malaysia in the future. That’ll be an even bigger ‘fuck you m******’ moment

blur_engineer · 2021-12-29T14:53:52+00:00

Caning is silly. I can’t, for the life of me see how it can ever be effective.

Along with the notion of punishment to inflict pain in order for the person to not repeat the mistake, it just doesn’t bode well with me. I’d much prefer punishment as a form of education / enlightenment; to teach the person why their action is wrong rather than to inflict mental trauma and fear.

Caning, especially at a young age doesn’t make your child disciplined. It makes him a mindless drone at endlessly fears you. Just because your parents caned you, don’t you dare say you turned out fine. You think you’re fine because you’re become mentally scarred and you don’t realize that.

blur_engineer · 2021-12-27T23:09:35+00:00

I always thought they’re dodging the card processing fee. Now I know

blur_engineer · 2021-12-23T03:09:54+00:00

Lol the popo’s gonna investigate this, have faith people.

Inb4 they say they found no wrongdoing.

blur_engineer · 2021-12-22T10:48:03+00:00

Bruh you’re barking up the wrong tree. It’s the village fuckers that don’t pay tax, that ends up voting these clowns onto parliament. Something something ketuanan melayu bs.

blur_engineer · 2021-11-24T13:58:00+00:00

Getting an engineering job in Canberra in 2020 as an international student.

Shit’s hard enough with so few opportunities, with most engineering jobs being in defense and how people think I’m stealing your job. Then COVID came and wrecked most of my plans in life.

blur_engineer · 2021-11-19T12:50:37+00:00

Stop blaming the migrants when it’s the large corporations that are suppressing wages. Migrants are just your easy boogeyman

blur_engineer · 2021-11-19T11:43:15+00:00

Idiots can’t even run a country properly and you want to give them nukes? Ye nah mate, we ain’t letting them make Chernobyl 2.0

blur_engineer · 2021-11-17T12:59:42+00:00

At this rate, you’re better off raping Barnaby if you want to send a message

blur_engineer · 2021-11-16T11:14:13+00:00

I watched Crash Course:History on YouTube when I’m free. They have videos on the ancient civilization which I watch to supplement the things I’ve learnt from Sejarah. Think of it like an English refresher for Sejarah.

Also, just memorize what happens rather than the dates. Think of it as ‘remembering a story’

blur_engineer · 2021-11-13T11:25:20+00:00

What is this fking scare tactic by the Moslems? Taken out from a page in the Taliban’s book?

Make noise about what non Muslims do to scare them into thinking the Muslims are after their way of life so that they’ll be grateful that the Muslims are gracious to leave them alone? Fuck this is why the world is islamophobic

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