Joebloggs

Blue Mountains is not on the regional list for 489 visa. There are 7 regional area for the 489 Visa in NSW.

I think it's a misconception, I don't see them paying over the odds in a blind panic for property. Buying of the plan is usually a fixed price that's the same for everyone. You are right they are not stupid but what they might think is a bargain someone else might see as paying over the odds, not everyone's pockets are the same depth but when you have such a large pool of investors then maybe 9/10 walk away and the 1/10 can stretch that bit further. the location is the number one factor from what I can see, they are not going to just pay stupid money for anything.

I think Northshorepom is correct the changes in NSW are a change in strata law (these changes are due to come into effect July '16) where maybe before there was a ban on having pets at all in the building to individual owners (or their tenants) being allowed to have pets. I wouldn't assume that owners by law have to now allow pets, that simply won't happen. Landlords have the last say with anything to do with the rental the agent only manages the property. Also I wouldn't use the word 'blacklisted' which is a strong word, but when you take out a rental agreement and pay your bond you are agreeing to the conditions of the agreement. If you break your agreement for say not disclosing you have a pet you can have your lease terminated and it will affect your rental history future.

As a matter of fact Joe Bloggs is selling, all buyers are welcome we don't discriminate as long as they have many many millions for a prime development site.

It's interesting, I am in a neighbourhood syndicate that is selling together for development to build apartments on our property. A few of our owners are Chinese and I was talking to one of them about the obsession of foreign investors especially Chinese buying apartments these days. He told me that in China you can only buy a property for max 70 years and then you (or your family) have to buy it again, they are amazed that they can buy in Australia and potentially own it for good. The other thing is that there is a huge middle class in China and they don't trust Chinese banks (or the Party) but buying Australian property is considered a good investment especially for those who potentially have kids that can study in Australia and hope to gain PR in the future. Chinese are now one of the largest nationality for tourism to Australia, they come look around and also go on Real estate tours. I have seen a bus load of Chinese tourists at 8am on a Wednesday morning viewing an taking photos of a building site just outside Castle Hill, the whole development is marketed towards Chinese here's the website http://www.hghau.com/our-business/property-development/ Also it comes as no surprise that a lot of new apartments purchased by Chinese often are vacant, never been lived in. They buy as pure investment and are not bothered by the hassle of renting it out. Also when we were asking our commercial estate agent about selling to a developer he said that for selling development the settlement period was usually 12-18 months as the developer usually puts down a deposit and has to due to STCA has gazette and sell about 50% of apartments to secure the finance to pay for the site before they can send in the bulldozers. The estate agent said that sometimes a foreign developer usually Chinese will come in and buy outright because they can bankroll the money themselves and I'm not talking a few mil but a figure over $100m. If your sub division is anywhere valuable then you can possibly develop for likes of Townhouses or Apartments which are usually zoned around transport hubs etc, the old Chinese love buying near public transport etc but if it's a low density off-the-plan house somewhere reliant for car etc it's less likely they will be interested

Usually just a dishwasher if lucky, if the property has a clothes line then there is no obligation to supply a clothes dryer. Most apartments will have a clothes dryer as there are rules about hanging clothes on balconies.

Yep Real Estate agents are a joke, I'm selling as part of a neighbourhood syndicate for development and we had one agent quote 2.2% which was laughable as this one sale he would have made over $2.5million in commission in one go, he did nothing but pester us for weeks as this was a chance of huge pay day for a one man company. We ended up appointing a more suitable commercial real estate agent for a fraction of that. Real estate agents are like employment consultants they are only in the job because the are useless at everything else but have a brass neck.

Castle Hill is now the 3rd most valuable suburb in NSW. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/2trillion-thats-how-much-is-would-cost-to-buy-all-the-property-in-sydney/news-story/56e7cb91c0900d24f109afa95e4d40b3 I own property about 30m from Castle Towers in the Castle Hill North Precinct which I am selling in a neighbourhood syndicate for development. I can't talk about numbers except it's now probably worth 5 times what I paid for it 6 years ago. As you can imagine I'm laughing. I find the Hills fantastic, it's an awesome place to live and work.

No worries best of luck in the future

The area is sometimes known as the Bible belt of Sydney and it has a great community spirit, Castle Towers is set to the be the largest Shopping centre in NSW.

The legal obligations for 457 sponsors are not to recover costs for Nomination, Sponsorship Registration, visa application costs, Migration agents and the cost of the flight home as per immigration rules. They would be within their rights to recover your flights to Australia and any relocation costs ie. hotel etc if you had agreed to it in the first place....ie signed a contract.

If your 457 visa is a Labor agreement I don't think there is a Transitional pathway for to ENS Permanent Residence. If you are after PR in the future that could be a pitfall unless you meet the criteria for PR yourself.

That's for 457 visa, in this case it's a 187.

Good to hear, have a look on http://www.realestate.com.au/rent an have a look at the houses in your price range. Now you sort of know the rough geography of the area you can do more research.

Postcode for where? I live and work in Castle Hill, PM me and I can give you tips or directions to whatever you are looking for.

You are on notice, just book yourself a flight and you should be home for Xmas.

Yeah now you know why it's called Blacktown.

I live and work in the Hills so can give good advice on those suburbs, I know Silverwater well it's basically an Industrial area on the Parramatta river near Olympic park. Newington is alright but basically shoeboxes with crap parking and facilities, Carlingford, Dundas and Northmead are better options and very close by. 'The Hills' ie. Baulkham Hills, Castle Hill etc is probably about 30min (maybe 45 in rush hour), it's a great place to live and you will find it probably more homely than the likes of Parramatta. Do your home work as first impressions can either make or break when making a family move like this, if you pick a crap area family will feel like a fish out of water and you might not feel as if you made the right move. Silverwater, Surrounding areas, Hills etc are easily accessible by car, rent yourself a car and GPS and have a good look around.

$35 per day is pretty steep as it nearly doubles the cost, I book all hire cars through my work travel portal with Europacar wether business or private and I only pay $9 per day. I got caught in a hail storm in Brisbane last year and didn't have to pay a thing, would have been sick otherwise.

$7K for Sponsorship would be the total cost? Legally you can pay the visa application cost for yourself and your partner $1035 x2 =$2070. The other $5000 would be the Nomination and SBS registration and other associated costs like Agent charges which the employer can't pass on.

Yes If the employer meets the criteria to sponsor, some don't.

The only reason why employers are liable to pay for flights to leave is so the employees have no excuse for not leaving and immigration footing the bill to deport them, shipping costs for belongings, furniture and pets are not important to Dept of immigration.... getting rid of people who have no further use is.

Set your limit and once it over that walk away, hard if you have your heart set on it but I'm sure the other buyers also feel the same and it all comes down to the numbers.

Any employer would also be liable to factor in the costs to have you removed from the country if you lost or left your job. They maybe required to pay to meet the Benchmarks. Also if they involve an agent they would have to pay for those as well. None of these costs can be passed on to the applicant. I suppose it all depends on the employer but apart from the Nomination and registration charges there are other obligations that have a financial price, the employer has to take this into consideration as to hiring Locals v's the cost of sponsoring. Obviously these costs are having an effect as there has been a considerable drop in 457 granted over the last year.

Indeed it's only a matter of time before some sort of atrocity happens and we will need to introduce Internment/concentration camps for home grown terrorists and sympathisers, in the mean time there's no harm in quarantining potential imported terrorists.