In this world of credit and afterpay many people move out of home and expect to have things that others have worked hard for years (in my case 30 years) to accomplish, instead of being realistic.
I remember when I first moved into my house with my 1st ex-husband we had to sit on milk crates and use his grand mothers coffee table that was made with mis-matched tiles.
We wanted to live in Blackburn or Mtcham but we were priced out of the market due to our budget. So we had to lower our expectations and settle for Wantirna South as it was cheaper in 1999.
The house was originally painted watermelon pink on the walls, the roof was pained yellow, the blinds were grey, the carpet was grey, the arched doorways were too short for his best friend (an airline pilot) to walk through, the kitchen & bathrooms were from the 1980’s and the gardens were full of plants I didn’t think were that pretty.
Over the decades I renovated the house and now have breadcrumb coloured walls, white coloured ceilings, beige blinds, wood stained floor boards (no carpet), squared off doorways, a white wood kitchen, 1 renovated bathroom (1 still to finish), the gardens have been changed many times, concreting at the side of house thanks to my brother in law (who is the Co-Owner of a Building Group), custom made furniture in both the front and back lounge room.
I still have things to finish off such as the ensuite bathroom, the kitchen benches and appliances, enclose the patio area and redo the back garden but they will need to wait until I have the saving to pay for that.
The moral of the story is that you don’t start out with everything perfect when you set up a home, so don’t compare your journey to others, as they may have been working on that journey for a long time.
Ask yourself these questions:
Where am I really at in my life?
What can I really afford?
What area can do I want to be located in?
Do I have sufficient funds to afford that location?
Should you buy?
Should you rent for a while and save a little longer?
What do you really need?
How often will use things you are considering purchasing?
Do you need the newest or can I make do for a while with older things?
Every time a person is starting out on their renting or buying journey, ponder the questions and my story.
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