Photo Credit: Images_of_Money via Compfight cc The following article caught my eye recently. We all know that an ad for house to rent or buy is a part of the sales campaign and [...]
Photo Credit: Kamal H. via Compfight cc Moving to Tasmania allows many people to buy property they could never have dreamed of elsewhere, often with amazing water views or close to their favourite [...]
Photo Credit: Nanagyei via Compfight cc Searching for a new home, whether to rent or buy, has changed so much now that we have the internet to help. It does help a lot [...]
Wineglass Bay from Mt Amos | Tourism Tasmania | Chris McLennan The Holmes and Rahe stress scale is a list of 43 stressful life events that can contribute to illness. Moving house and [...]
We first published this post in July last year and now that the weather is getting a little chilly we thought it timely to bump it up to the top for all our new readers [...]
Photo Credit: mamnaimie via Compfight cc There are a number of things to consider when you are moving with pets and particularly when moving to a new state or country. Quarantine If [...]
Battery Point | Tourism Tasmania | John de la Roche Have you heard of Walk Score? This website ranks addresses based on the walkability to facilities, with the scale from 1 to 100. [...]
Tasmania has 29 local government areas. Yes, this is a lot... There is often talk about council mergers, and that comes and goes. Perhaps one day there will be less for a population of only [...]
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released some more data from the 2011 Census that provides information on the socio-economic indexes in areas across Australia. You can find the data and ABS reports on [...]
The Tasmanian Government is set to introduce legislation to improve the condition and facilities offered in properties for lease. The article below from The Mercury newspaper outlines the proposed changes. Definitely a step in the [...]
The Real Estate Institute of Tasmania released it's December Quarter Property Report recently. Some highlights from the report follow. Most Expensive Suburbs/Towns Acton Park - $605,000 Sandy Bay - $567,500 Sandford - $530,000 Mount Stuart [...]
Battery Point | Tourism Tasmania | John de la Roche The method of metering and charging for water consumption has changed in Tasmania in the past year. Where once water was a part [...]
The Real Estate Institute of Tasmania (REIT) has released the REIT Property Quarterly Report, September 2012. The overall Tasmania results include sales that are not included in the regions reported, and as such are not [...]
This is a guest post from Cath Isakson who moved to Tasmania early this year with her partner and elderly cat. Northerly view from Cath’s deck in New Norfolk, Tasmania Well, we did it! [...]
The Hobart Waterfront Our earlier post on Choosing Where to Living in Tasmania focused on the first three questions you need to answer in order to start to narrow down the options. [...]