Hi there!
As some of you may already know, my wife & I are selling a couple of properties to buy a nice home in the rural area for lifestyle choice.
We looked at a few properties over the weekend (4 in person, plus whatever is listed in our price range, around 40 more that we don't like or are poor value in comparison) and keep casting our minds back to that first one we visited. The other three were overpriced and needed a lot of work. Anyhow, back to that first one. The location is the furthest (not by much) of all. And by far the nicest.
The property is a standard (for the area) 5 acres, but with a really nice garden which we really like. The house could use a little work but we're prepared to do that anyway.
Our current PPOR is located 20kms from work, with a few traffic lights to take up time in-between, this new place is 40kms out but no traffic lights past where we live so maybe an extra 10-15 minutes drive but an extra 20kms (thats 80kms EACH every day to and from) What are your thoughts on this, I know we're ultimately the only ones who can decide, but it really helps hearing other peoples stories and thoughts.
Petrol would equal a further $50p/w or so for me and maybe $20-$30 for my wife. I get paid $100 per week for petrol at work but use around $60 per week for work purposes anyway, the rest is a little for servicing.
I hope you can add something of value.
Thank you.
As some of you may already know, my wife & I are selling a couple of properties to buy a nice home in the rural area for lifestyle choice.
We looked at a few properties over the weekend (4 in person, plus whatever is listed in our price range, around 40 more that we don't like or are poor value in comparison) and keep casting our minds back to that first one we visited. The other three were overpriced and needed a lot of work. Anyhow, back to that first one. The location is the furthest (not by much) of all. And by far the nicest.
The property is a standard (for the area) 5 acres, but with a really nice garden which we really like. The house could use a little work but we're prepared to do that anyway.
Our current PPOR is located 20kms from work, with a few traffic lights to take up time in-between, this new place is 40kms out but no traffic lights past where we live so maybe an extra 10-15 minutes drive but an extra 20kms (thats 80kms EACH every day to and from) What are your thoughts on this, I know we're ultimately the only ones who can decide, but it really helps hearing other peoples stories and thoughts.
Petrol would equal a further $50p/w or so for me and maybe $20-$30 for my wife. I get paid $100 per week for petrol at work but use around $60 per week for work purposes anyway, the rest is a little for servicing.
I hope you can add something of value.
Thank you.