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Owner build your future

June 28, 2010 Author: Jerry Tyrrell

After watching over three decades of building disasters I decided to write a book on Owner Building for Sydney home owners. Don’t get me wrong, Owner Building makes sense, and dollars as well. But like anything good, it takes hard work and the right choices to make the most of this ‘loophole’ in the law. [...]

Sydney suburbs have their own signature

June 7, 2010 Author: Jerry Tyrrell

Like people, every Sydney suburb has its own identity and style. This character is rooted the geography of the area and the era when the building was erected. Most roads originally followed the easiest route – often along the top of ridges, parallel to rivers and creeks or zig-zagging down the steep hills. In contrast, [...]

It all started with a Sydney terrace in 1976

June 1, 2010 Author: Jerry Tyrrell

Jerry Tyrrell talks about the first of more than 75,000 inspections I inspected my first property in Glenmore Road, Paddington, Sydney in 1976. It was a beautiful two storey terrace with side driveway and the advantage of windows in the wall facing north. I didn’t know a whole lot about property but I’d been working [...]

The Building Consultant: Quality Assurance

April 14, 2010 Author: Tony Ransley

Building Consultants assess and report on the condition of buildings and quality of building work. In practice, this requires objectivity, an extensive knowledge of common faults and the ability to identify unexpected or likely failures in many different types of buildings. To prepare authoritative advice, Consultants consider their client’s instructions and the perspectives of all [...]

Inspect or not?

April 12, 2010

Every year 1,000s of home buyers shoot themselves in the feet buying a ‘lemon’ or a property which sucks in money, is expensive to renovate or just doesn’t appreciate in value because it is below the street or too close to the rear neighbour. Consumer protection is self help. It starts with purchasers researching how [...]

Successful investments are super

Author: Jerry Tyrrell

Property purchase can make you a lot of money. It can be your own home. A holiday home or unit. Your own business premises. Or an investment or super fund purchase. The more successful the purchase the more money you make. Hard working Australians with good saving habits can accumulate property easily. This is because [...]