Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

Roger Loughnan Real Estate moves to Mapleton

YOU MAY HAVE noticed that after 15 years Roger Loughnan Real Estate has moved from its Montville premises to a new location at Mapleton. One of the obvious benefits is a bright and visible, main road corner office. Early feedback is that the Mapleton office is a great location and is already attracting prospective clients [...]

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Terry Ryder… Mr Hot Spot

Terry spoke with HT Editor, Michael Berry about how he became a real estate journalist with attitude. THERE HAS TO BE a good reason for one seasoned journalist to interview another. (I am still waiting to hear back from Rupert Murdoch by the way). However, in Terry Ryder’s case I was intrigued to read his [...]

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Architect wins award for Maleny retirement homes

ARCHITECT DAVID GOLE says that living in Maleny helps get him into the right head space when it comes to designing homes for the Blackall Range. He must be right because his firm, Riddel Architecture has just been awarded House of the Year by the Sunshine Coast Regional Architecture Awards for David’s design of the [...]

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Property Talk with John Taylor

Privilege and Trust! AFTER 23 YEARS marketing and selling real estate in this area, specifically around the Montville region, I genuinely feel privileged to have been invited to so many interesting and varied properties and to have met so many varied and interesting people. Those working in real estate should consider what they do as [...]

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Property Talk – In writing…or on paper?

BOTH BUYERS and sellers can find the property contract process quite intimidating. In simple terms an offer to buy property can be either made verbally – or in writing by way of a contract signed by the purchaser, commonly referred to as “on paper”. A verbal offer, even if accepted by both parties, is not [...]

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The Houses that Nick & Roger build

Nick Dunn and Roger Sheldrick are licensed carpenters who got weary of the traditional building game and decided to go it alone and get back to basics. One of their basic materials these days is the straw bale which is becoming increasingly popular as a home building block. Combining professional expertise with innovative and environmentally-friendly building materials means [...]

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Property Talk – The Facts On Market Apraisals

I’ve been down this path before, but I think it is important enough to go down again. With the wrong or incorrect advice, it’s possible for a property owner to either sell themselves short or, as sometimes can almost be worst, be given false expectations and find themselves on the market for many months or [...]

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Property Talk: Capital Gain

Over time property prices historically go up, but by how much and over what period? I recently tracked vacant Rural Residential land values in Flaxton over a period of twenty years from 1990 to 2010. Whilst the annual gain wasn’t consistent, over that period the average was between 10% and 11% per annum. During the [...]

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Facts about Easements with Tove Easton – Principal Lawyer

An easement is the right to use another person’s land for a stated purpose. It can involve a general or specific portion of the property. An example of where an easement can benefit a property: John owns a tract of land that borders a national park which is a popular area for bushwalking and fishing. [...]

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Flaxton house wins top award

SUNSHINE COAST builder Grandview Homes has won Queensland’s 2009 Project Home of the Year award for a house built in Flaxton. The Housing Industry Association -CSR Queensland Housing Awards are eagerly contested from regional builders throughout the state. Regarded as Queensland’s highest accolade for building design and site position, the Grandview Homes win was for [...]

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