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  1. The Y-man

    Solving the housing affordability crisis

    Hee hee Thanks for the offer :D ..... no unfortunately my body will no longer accept these types of foods without complications.... :o The Y-man
  2. The Y-man

    Solving the housing affordability crisis

    Drooool........ All things I used to be able to eat and can no longer touch :( The Y-man
  3. The Y-man

    Solving the housing affordability crisis

    Mortgage, food , then bills only if they threaten to disconnect - and then ask for payments by instalments..... :) The Y-man p.s. oh, except for those rates bills! they're #$%# infexible!
  4. The Y-man

    Solving the housing affordability crisis

    Awesome cool! Thanks OA. New vocab for the day - "locavore"! Love it. :D I was just talking to the mrs last night about a goat - but I thought they were darn hard to keep on a suburban block :confused: We haven't got to chooks yet either - although the house behind us have them. The Y-man
  5. The Y-man

    Solving the housing affordability crisis

    Dandy had an av income of $315~$340 per week back in 2008 and avergae rent back then was $160 pw. I have to say, the income side probably hasn't gone up much, so I agree, for a single person, it would almost be undoable without pairing up. Interestingly in Werribee, the average income in the...
  6. The Y-man

    Solving the housing affordability crisis

    It's one of the reason's we are dabbling with growing our own food and minimising the use of utilities, etc etc. We are currently trying to prove that a "standard block" in outer melbourne can produce enough food for 2 people to "survive" (ok, we're not talking anything fancy here, and eating...
  7. The Y-man

    Solving the housing affordability crisis

    Ok, for Melbourne and its surrounds, you could theoretically rent somthing like these: http://www.realestate.com.au/property-flat-vic-dandenong-405156972 http://www.realestate.com.au/property-apartment-vic-dandenong-401371039...
  8. The Y-man

    Solving the housing affordability crisis

    Aren't we being a bit harsh with this "whinger" thing? I only read Cupcake's post as asking "how do people do it" - not "it's not fair"... :confused: Hey Cupcake, No magic bullet unfortunately as others have indicated. I guess one of the fortunate things for us was that we both held...
  9. The Y-man

    Solving the housing affordability crisis

    I know, I have a typical "eastie" point of view.... (isn't Geelong half way to Adelaide? ) :D The Y-man
  10. The Y-man

    Solving the housing affordability crisis

    :eek: Skater, that's more like what Canberra is to Sydney....! (oooops...ok, now I have peeved everyone in Canberra and Geelong off!!) :D The Y-man
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