Could this be my new house?
I've been looking at so many city apartments to buy over the last year ... but each time I have walked away feeling utterly miserable at how what I want and what I can afford, are just so different. I have contemplated robbing a bank and other fraudulent get-rich-quick schemes, but being a Christian means I can't go down those paths, because my conscience would kill me, if someone else didn't get me first! ;)
I realise now how stupid I was so many years ago when friends on similar salaries at work bought their first homes. Three friends got: a gorgeous little two-bedroom partment in Crawley for $185K, a gorgeous two-bedroom apartment in Shenton Park for $150K and a stunning three-bedroom villa in Mosman Park for $162K. To get equivalent places like theirs will cost about double what they paid now. Ahhh, why was I such a fool with my money back then?
Last week, I went to look at a unit in Mount St in West Perth. I missed the home open, so I went outside the complex and it was just so beautiful that I almost fell over when I rang the real estate agent and was told there were no offers. I made an appointment to see the unit the next day, then went home and looked at the ad again. It turns out I somehow imagined the advert said the unit was on "Mount St" when, in fact it was "Malcolm St" ... BIG difference!!!! One houses millionaires, the other the not-so-well endowed! I think I was just dreaming of living on the beloved steep road that I run up on my lunch breaks, that somehow was reading Mount Street in every cheap ad. The actual unit was this crappy little rundown unit on the seventh floor of a huge apartment block with the option of either a very unsafe-looking spiral metallic staircase or a dodgy small lift to lug my furniture up. No thank you!
Anyway, so i'm now thinking I need to get out of the City, cos anything in my price range is pitiful.
Today, I had a flash of hope when I stumbled across a really cute little place. My sister, who is obviously an expert with real estate, rang up and asked them a million questions and thinks it sounds like a really good deal, so we're going to check it out on Tuesday morning. I can't wait. I am so excited. Oh please Lord, let this be my home. It looks stunning in the online piccies.
I realise now how stupid I was so many years ago when friends on similar salaries at work bought their first homes. Three friends got: a gorgeous little two-bedroom partment in Crawley for $185K, a gorgeous two-bedroom apartment in Shenton Park for $150K and a stunning three-bedroom villa in Mosman Park for $162K. To get equivalent places like theirs will cost about double what they paid now. Ahhh, why was I such a fool with my money back then?
Last week, I went to look at a unit in Mount St in West Perth. I missed the home open, so I went outside the complex and it was just so beautiful that I almost fell over when I rang the real estate agent and was told there were no offers. I made an appointment to see the unit the next day, then went home and looked at the ad again. It turns out I somehow imagined the advert said the unit was on "Mount St" when, in fact it was "Malcolm St" ... BIG difference!!!! One houses millionaires, the other the not-so-well endowed! I think I was just dreaming of living on the beloved steep road that I run up on my lunch breaks, that somehow was reading Mount Street in every cheap ad. The actual unit was this crappy little rundown unit on the seventh floor of a huge apartment block with the option of either a very unsafe-looking spiral metallic staircase or a dodgy small lift to lug my furniture up. No thank you!
Anyway, so i'm now thinking I need to get out of the City, cos anything in my price range is pitiful.
Today, I had a flash of hope when I stumbled across a really cute little place. My sister, who is obviously an expert with real estate, rang up and asked them a million questions and thinks it sounds like a really good deal, so we're going to check it out on Tuesday morning. I can't wait. I am so excited. Oh please Lord, let this be my home. It looks stunning in the online piccies.
posted by Mv$H @ 18:10
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