Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Cost for first home buyers... 15Feb 23, 2007 11:53 pm Hi (and this is my first post on this forum after lurking for a while, so g'day all!),
We bought our first house last year in sunny ol' Townsville, North Queensland. Judging by the prices you guys are giving here, Townsville is a very pricey place to live indeed. We opted to buy in a good suburb, but get an old Queenslander that needed a bit of a revamp in terms of fitout (kitchen and bathroom) but no structural work to be done. It was in the high 200k mark, so our home loan is not that much lower than that after taking the deposit off. I wont give you a figure, sorry. ALL new houses in Townsville are over $300k with most much over that figure. We were going to build our dream home but after the price escalating past $330k (and growing), plus the thought of paying rent while building, we opted to just buy an older house. The suburb we were looking at (actually located just out of town) is now up around the $400k mark for a house and land package. If I could have a house and land for that price (or close to it) I would do it! Paying the mortgage isn't a struggle for us, we were saving more than this on top of paying rent before to save for the deposit. From one new buyer to another, just get in there and do it! We already paid for somfy motors for the blinds. The quote above was purely for “pre-wiring” so the blinds company can install the motors and blinds. That’s why we… 5 17227 So still no slab and apparently the concreter cancelled. Here come the delays... apparently things haven't recovered quite as much as I thought. I've been told maybe next… 8 32030 7 12339 |