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The listing photos show a sunny street and a freshly painted fence, but they cannot tell you whether cars on that block get...
You have three quotes for the same bathroom, and they come in at $18,000, $24,500 and $31,000. Nothing on the paperwork explains a $13,000 gap, and the cheapest builder is the one who returned your call fastest.
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The listing photos show a sunny street and a freshly painted fence, but they cannot tell you whether cars on that block get...
Moving
The truck has gone, the boxes are stacked to the ceiling, and you have no idea where the water shut-off valve is or whether the...
Buying
You find the right house on a Saturday, the agent asks if you are "finance ready," and you realise you have no idea what your...
Selling
Thirty people walk through your house on Saturday, the agent says the feedback is "positive", and by Wednesday there is not one...
Renovation
Your agent walks through and says the place "could do with a coat of paint", and suddenly you are pricing a full repaint two...
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The house backs onto a quiet paddock, the agent calls the view "protected," and eighteen months after settlement a four-storey...
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