We are getting our house ready for sale, so in order for us to remain attractive to the first home buyers market we have
had a budget set and a time frame of 2 weeks to :
- landscape gardens
- renovate kitchen
- paint house
- get new carpet laid
I am still working full time, so I should really be out digging out grass rather than blogging 
So here is the result of 2 days work in the garden. I didn’t manage to get before photo’s but imagine 4 foot high couch grass.
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not much a gardner??
Hey what are you saying o.0
I don't know too much about the market and house prices…and how it works in accordance to the economic recession and all…but wouldn't that mean now is a slightly bad time to sell if you think about how much you will get for the house?
Like I said, I don't know too much about that, so just a question. Since I'm not going to be able to afford a house for a while, this is completely irrelevant to me :'(
It's a bad time to sell, but it's also a good time to buy. So if they are going from one place to another, it all works out. Now, if you were selling an investment property because you needed the cash – that would be fucked up.
Moving interstate to a quieter location. Closer to the major cities though. Internet will be wireless
I have thought of opening a free thought/writers/artists retreat
Apparently now is an execellent time to sell in Alice
more jobs than people
no houses for sale
1% vacancy rate
uranium mine about to start
1st home buyers grant at $14000
lowest water and electricity prices in australia
Do we really have the lowest water & electricity prices. Do you have a reference for that? I query it because my partner & I find our homes in Qld & SA are much cheaper to run (they're rented to family so we know what their power bills are). And the high power cost is one of the reasons we're now re-assessing our decision to remain in the Territory.
Sorry I was forgetting the recent hike in power planned for next year:( I find our water bills fairly low though. In looking at places in SA one thing I did note was that council rates were considerably lower.
But you are right that was an unsubstantiated claim based on heresay.
So I'm guessing no new videos on YouTube for a while. Get back to raking up.
Stumbled here via Stilgherrian's site, having a good look around (love your site, very interesting) & click on the 'personal' tab, see the pic and realize you must be an Alice boy. With regards to the real estate market here, Alice is kinda unique. Very over priced, has been so for years. Selling's always an interesting concept here, property can be snapped up in no time at all, or it can sit on the books for literally months on end. Funnily enough it's the upper end of the market here that struggles a bit (Golf Course Estate, Carmichael area), the reverse is true (or was until recent weeks) in the capitals. The zero-scape look for the garden (i.e. totally natural desert landscape) is cheap & easy to achieve. The older homes here do seem to sell more quickly, so I wish you well. And remember, it's the kitchen & bathrooms that sell a property quickly, followed by the garden.
Okay, I've now bookmarked your site & will be back to explore further.
Thanks for visiting. Maybe we could catch up or coffee when I am not doing the garden. I have lived here for 30 odd years, never been out of work for more then 3-4 months, and you're right the place has never had a property slump.
I have returned the favour and have bookmarked your site as well.
Say hello if you see me round town. I featured in this weeks advocate if you have an eye for detail^_^
Gosh, 30 years? I thought I'd done well with 5 years and still no sign of packing! I have a love/hate relationship with the place … hmmm, actually that's not fair, it's more a love/slightly-frustrated-with-territory-lifestyle relationship.
Advocate? Damn you man, who buys Murdoch press? I only buy the Friday edition when I'm unemployed … like now.
Cheers!
I did take a break for about 5 years and move to Darwin for Uni. Its an easy town to live in. Everything for day to day living is close at hand I personally have always had work indeed I have had 2 jobs at times just to pass the time.
I am buying the advocate for mulching (that's my story o.0)
Page 4?
Yep that's me
You and the wife on my back now
I meant in comparison to my garden- but then I have a typical English country garden
in full bloom right now too 
I think my wife would love an english country garden, couldn't acheive it here though:'(
You've got a long way to go to turn that bit of dirt into a garden.
Stop replying and get back to work! LOL
What sort of garden can you even grow in the Alice, thought it would have been to hot and dry to plant more than a few rocks?
reno-ing a kitchen can be quite expensive, will you get return on investment?
Yeah we will be going for a low maintenance garden, some sort of crushed red rock that's 115 dollars per cubic metre.
You'd be surprised at the type of garden's that people do grow. There are no water restrictions here and our water source is from a seemingly unending water supply deep underground. It's a point that many take advantage of including our neighbor who lets the water run off his lawn verge and into the street. :@
I think we will get a reasonable return on what we have spent, nothing outlandish but worth the back breaking work that we are putting in.
It's quite an oasis in the middle of the desert here isn't it? The lack of water restrictions still appals me, so many people here seem to believe the GAB is a never-ending source of water (it isn't). We're renting (a quirky requirement of my partner's contract but worth too many $$ to say no), and our lease requires us to water the back lawn (massive) most nights. Far out! You should see the f*#^ers they've installed under the guise of "home irrigation system". Like a bloody fire hose. 4 heads, pumping out huge geysers. Small kiddies would be in danger if they were to walk out when they were on. (We twiddle with the electronics and water only enough to keep it green, about once or twice a week.)
I love our front garden though, zero scaped with dirt, gum trees and spinifex. And lots of little rocks. No water required. Lovely.
I have my concerns with the GAB as well, the town basin is salted up, and we get our current supply fro Ross River I think. I am concerned that along with the other dangers inherent in having uranium mining here that it will use up our water store even quicker.
The Cameco U mine would be (as I understand from my reading of limited data thus far) a short term project – get in, get out and make huge $$. Very practical from a business pov. Having read through the geological studies done on the Breuwer Estate (same lump of rock as the U mine), Cameco would probably have to bore down deeper into the water table. U mining is surprisingly water efficient, and personally I have no fears about the proximity to town. If it were to the north of town at same distance, I would have concerns – the rock there has different properties. Worth reading the old geo studies done back in late 70s I think? May be very early 80s. I no longer have a copy but they should have one at library and definitely at CDU.
But I get your point about the amount of water and using it up even sooner.
You are a font of information:D
Good luck with everything! I didn't realize you were going to be selling. We would love to sell and find a house with an out-building that I can turn into a photo and art studio, but alas, the market sucks here! So I will probably have to convert part of the garage. No fun!
Cheers Trina. Yes it will be nice. The market is just starting to turn here:)