The worry is simple: ‘If the building already has defect issues, am I buying someone else’s problem?’The short answer: A Victorian rectification ord... Read More
Often by people who bought their first home with a partner, left because they were unsafe, and have been told they have already ‘used up’ their first home buyer help.Th... Read More
We get asked this a lot by first home buyers who leave a Saturday inspection in Brunswick, Preston or Bentleigh, then realise they signed a one-page ‘Letter of Offer’ at the agent’s desk without getting it checked.... Read More
We get asked this almost every week by first home buyers who have fallen for an older Melbourne house: 'Does the vendor have to prove the smoke alarms are compliant before settlement?' The honest answer is less comforting than most buyers expect, which is why it ... Read More
We get asked this all the time by buyers looking at blocks on Melbourne's fringe, house and land packages, or small acreages where the agent says the land was 'recently rezoned'. The worry is usually the same: if the land carries a Windfall Gains Tax issue, does ... Read More