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16th December 2007, 06:09 PM #1
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Sash and Casement window specialist traveling in Australia and keen to work
Hello all,
I am posting to inform you that if you are looking for someone to restore or maintain your timber sash and casement windows then your search may be over.
I own and run a business in Scotland specializing in the restoration, insta llation and maintenace of sash and casement windows. I recently got married and am traveling with my wife on a round the world ticket. We will be arriving in Australia in the last week of January in Melbourne and hope to travel up the coast through Sydney and then on up to Cairns before we fly to Perth at the end of March. We are keen to do some kind of work while we are in Australia and we believe that there is a market for the kind of service that I specialise in. We can be very flexible with dates and would consider changing our proposed travel route for any reasonable offer of work. Written references and pictures of work can be provided on request.
The services that we could offer cover every aspect of double hung sash and casement windows and include - full restorations, part restorations, sill replacements, re-glazing, sash replacements, cord replacements, draught proofing, painting and re-pointing.
For any further information then please do not hesitate to contact me by e mail - [email protected]
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18th December 2007, 12:57 AM #2
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if you're going to work, do you need to get a special type of visa?
sounds like a good trip you've got planned anywayS T I R L O
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18th December 2007, 11:12 AM #3if you're going to work, do you need to get a special type of visa?
Which shouldnt be to hard to get if he hasnt tuned 31 by the time of his trip. Otherwise I think it will be next to impossible to get a working visa for that kind of work unless he can find a sponsor
cheers
BD
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18th December 2007, 11:30 AM #4
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18th December 2007, 06:51 PM #5
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There's not a lot of call for that type of specialized work. Even if you had a working visa it would be too much hassle setting yourself up with insurances, ABN, GST requirements etc, and what sort of guarantee could you give when you'll probably be out of the country before too long. A decent chippy could fix up any type of window sashes anyway.
If you need the dough, just get yourself some work picking fruit or labouring for someone who needs a hand. They'll have all the insurances and paperwork covered.
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18th December 2007, 10:02 PM #6
The other consideration is licensing. I don't know about other states but in Qld you need a QBSA licence for pretty much any building work in excess of $1100 (inc GST), and no, you can't break the job up into sections to get around it. Hardly any older houses with double hung windows in Cairns and precious few of the old timber ones with casements left (Although I have fixed a few hundred casements in the Cairns area.)
Mick"If you need a machine today and don't buy it,
tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it."
- Henry Ford 1938
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16th January 2008, 08:51 PM #7
Hi DrSash, just the man I am looking for, I have a few windows to be repaired and a pair of french doors to be built, and I have a fully equipped workshop. I just need a bit of a hand from a pro. We are just north of Bundaberg Qld, accommodation is available, or park your RV in one of the paddocks. Give me a call on 0431 813 364 when you get closer, if you are interested at all. cheers Peter and Laraine
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