We’re well past Christmas however Kevin Rudds Government continues with the handouts, announcing today that Low and middle-income earners will receive a $950 bonus as part of an extra $42 billion of spending in its …

It’s been all of 2 weeks since I announced that we had taken the plunge and decided to buy our first bricks and mortar here in Australia.
Since then, things have progressed well. Firstly the Real …

Well since accepting the latest offer last week I’m really pleased to say that our new buyers are a breath of fresh air and things appear tp be progressing quite well.
Their mortgage has been approved, …

Well, in the last few days we have had three offers on the house from three different people and we have accepted the offer that was both the highest and appears to be the least …

Well, the house has been back on the market now for a few weeks and we are getting lots of people through the door. Still no buyers though.
The chap who was really interested has decided …

Well, after becoming seriously vexed with the Crapifax yesterday, I’ve finally managed to compose myself enough to take a step back and see where we are after finally getting a call back.
The buyers who had …

Bollocks, B*stard and Sh*T!
Had a call from the Crapifax this morning (aka Halifax estate agents) to advise us that there is a problem with the mortgage.
The buyer has lost their P60 and even though the …

Well, dare I say it but things almost appear to be happening.
Spoke to the Halifax yesterday who are still beyond useless (not giving us the promised updates resulting in a number of ignored call-back requests). …

Ahh the delights of selling a property or should that be AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
The lady who was supposed to go into the Halifax yesterday to finalise the mortgage details and pay the surveyors fee’s was unable to …

Remember when I posted in this update that there was a second offer on the table for slightly more money from a nice couple, but they had a house to sell.
Well, as promised they went …

OK, I had a bit of a moan the other day about a family who basically said they were really interested and they would make an offer the following day and yet, alas, everything went …

Well. We are still here
Our ‘buyer’ is still to sort a mortgage out so we continue to market our property as best as we can.
The Little house company hasn’t generated eny enquiries (although …

Oh joy of joys
Things are never as simple as you’d like them to be are they?
Following the utopia of this weekend nothing has really progressed.
It seems our buyer is now having issues getting a mortgage …

As I mentioned on Friday, we were waiting for a formal offer to be made on our house.
It was supposed to be made at around 4pm so I made sure my diary was free for …

Well, yesterday I posted about the exciting prospect of receiving our first offer and what a let down!
Nearly 20% below the asking price. I wouldn’t mind but the house has only been on the market …

Perth Culture
Social structure
The “Western Suburbs” between Perth and the Indian Ocean, contain the highest income suburbs notably the locations of homes of the wealthiest individuals becoming landmarks and tourist attractions.
The “Eastern Suburbs” around the airport …