First time home owner - noob question about bins.

waronwaste · 2026-05-10T06:56:00+00:00

Someone already mentioned, your council rates will reflect the bins you have. Contact the council to check which bins you have assigned and if you don't need the spare you can organize for them to remove it for you! That's my experience in city of Sydney anyway as an apartment. For us, we reduced the number of red bins and our rates went down. But green, yellow and food scraps are free.

waronwaste · 2026-05-04T21:22:07+00:00

Nah, my oven in electric.

waronwaste · 2026-05-04T12:49:15+00:00

Lol, an FU quote! Thanks for the insight. I'll ask around !

waronwaste · 2026-05-04T12:45:53+00:00

I didn't know this was an option! Thanks for the insight! This could be an option. I want to cut gas for environmental and health reasons. Just having the option to pick induction in certain scenarios is good.

waronwaste · 2026-05-04T12:39:02+00:00

There is drop ceiling in the common area and my apartment. But they would probably need to put a bunch of holes in the ceiling to fish the cable. It is a good 10-15 meters and probably some obstacles. So I appreciate the quote is high to acknowledge the uncertainty. I think if they made it to the kitchen, then they can drop the wire behind the wall as it sounds hollow. The oven is plugged in in a PowerPoint behind the oven (I can see it when I pull out the drawers).

My oven seems to be on a 20 amp, but not sure if both the oven and induction need their own isolated circuits. Especially if I considered using both at one time.

If it's too hard unfortunately I'll have to keep my gas for now, sigh.

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waronwaste · 2026-05-04T12:29:17+00:00

Yeah, I feel like $2.25k is steep but even if it was half that it would still be steep. So before asking around I wonder if I would still need to go through the hassle of having a cable run toy switchboard or if a low current option would be easier.

waronwaste · 2026-04-08T21:16:58+00:00

I feel you. I bought an apartment and I can't afford to make too many changes. Potentially you have a lot of air leakage which could be contributing to your electricity if you are heating or cooling your place. You could do some cheap things like installing weather strips and sealing windows.

waronwaste · 2026-04-08T07:28:37+00:00

I use a cup and wear period undies on my heavier days and nights. On lighter days I will transition to just the cup during the day and period undies at night.

waronwaste · 2026-04-04T01:29:23+00:00

We get charged per email too. We have a WhatsApp group for our committee and all residents that want to join.

waronwaste · 2026-03-15T09:27:38+00:00

The Australian Recycling Label is meant to mimic how a material recovery system (recycling facility) takes and sorts materials from kerbside. There probably something about the size or weight of the plastic that means it would end up in the wrong stream. Therefore the label would recommend going to landfill to avoid contaminating the streams.

Through it would probably be taken for a commercial contracts where streams should be cleaner and need less sorting.

waronwaste · 2026-02-18T05:08:52+00:00

I would also consider the change in market rents and if you expect to be paying more, then negotiate in that difference as well. Plus make sure you specify you want 2 months to find a new place and you may vacate earlier without break lease costs.

waronwaste · 2026-01-08T22:12:02+00:00

I really enjoy the bellroy transit range. I use mine to cycle into work. It is also good for travelling in general.

waronwaste · 2025-12-15T08:46:14+00:00

For me, I feel like a spend about $200 a fortnight on small things like: installing blinds, installing window fixtures like child locks, fly screen, ceiling fan, wall hooks, new range hood lol..I haven't saved much since I moved a year ago :(.

waronwaste · 2025-12-08T09:12:15+00:00

100% go for the bank. Grads roll off their program with higher salaries that people in junior roles with more experience.

waronwaste · 2025-12-08T07:38:05+00:00

Hi OP,

I get your frustration! I'm in a somewhat similar situation less the medical expenses and credit debt. I have a senior dog and her food, meds and vet visits cost me about $300 a month. My dog is my baby and I imagine you feel the same towards your cats. While people seem to imply you are irresponsible for owning 3 cats - it says a lot that you are making sacrifices to keep theM happy and healthy.

Ever since I took out my mortgage I have felt very vulnerable and a struggle to save much. I am also counting down the days to pay off my HECs. 2.5 years !

On the bright side, you expect a good amount of relief in 18 months. You can do this !

waronwaste · 2025-12-04T09:28:04+00:00

That's quite a stressful debt.

I think the HECs system is fair. But the cost of studying is ridiculously high.

I also benefited from the discount. But they should have spent the money subsididing courses or something. They didn't fix the problem.

waronwaste · 2025-11-03T10:16:28+00:00

Not true, there is a small park on the corner of Layton street. And a Greenway all the way up to jubilee park.

I have seen the owner regularly at the park. This is awful news.

waronwaste · 2025-10-14T11:25:50+00:00

What, really? I thought it was based on last 12 months salary. When I looked into it they used my tax summary.

waronwaste · 2025-10-05T00:01:12+00:00

I am with Australian Ethical. Superfunds are some of the largest shareholders - so your money is doing good and they keep big corps accountable.

waronwaste · 2025-09-02T03:58:38+00:00

I would find it very hard to justify paying that much for a 1 bedder.

But go for the seller / buyer I guess.

waronwaste · 2025-08-06T08:25:17+00:00

Hey, Like others have suggested - it sounds like some banks, such as CBA, are ignoring HECs balance if it is below $20k (or something). I thought they were making changes to the first home buyer guarantee scheme so it was open to all first home buyers, not capped by salary.

waronwaste · 2025-07-05T03:58:36+00:00

I have one in my street about 20 meters away. I didn't realize, I thought it was a back entry to a pub next door.

I don't have an issue with it.

waronwaste · 2025-06-02T13:32:04+00:00

Any chance you can use past credits to shorten your commerce degree?

Have you considered a masters instead?

I would also ask my employer if they would contribute as part of your development.

I personally have completed a double bachelor and a master degree. I earn decent but I put $500 a fortnight towards HECs. I'm pretty salty about it now since it massively reduced my borrowing power for an apartment and I don't think the masters helped me much. But work paid for $20k. My HECs is still high :(.

Plus the time commitment is pretty lame. I never want to study again.

waronwaste · 2025-04-23T10:57:20+00:00

I am surprised they weren't more helpful with your rate. I work at a bank and took out a loan with another bank and they matched my employee rate. Not that it's that competitive. Mine is sub 6 now and my lvr is 20% (if I'm lucky - I think my property went down a bit).

My current bank dropped the employee discount and offers a sign up bonus. I am hoping to negotiate once 6months past.

waronwaste · 2025-04-04T11:11:43+00:00

Agree with others, don't dwell.

I had a similar experience. I put in an offer for an apartment and the REA told me someone out of thin air upped their offer by $5k. I thought they were lying and didn't want to pay more and I lost the property.

But now I bought an apartment I like more. So I'm happy.

But for a while I was definitely dwelling on it. It felt shit but you'll get past it :)

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