Hi Guys,
How much influence you had (if any) from your wife, husband, father, mother (someone else) when making a decision to buy your PPOR / IP.
The reason I asked is that , I wanted to buy a house in outer suburb (SE corner) but end up in a 2 bed flat (inner eastern_3128) because my other half did not want to live in outer suburb.
KK
So I'm assuming it was for a PPOR.
It is different to IPs as you need to have a place you are both happy to live in. With IP's it's more about the numbers as opposed to the "nice" areas.
With my first PPOR I chose it as hubby (then boyfriend) didn't have a say.
He moved in. We bought our second IP in an area we were happy to raise our children in (good schools etc).
With our Ip's I'm the one that does all the looking and he usually defers to me. Although one he didn't like. We discussed it and decided not to go ahead. Worked out to be the right decision as bank will not release the title to the guy who bought it. Vendor owed much more than the sale price.
Lately though I have been looking at properties to renovate and now he is taking an interest. He loves fixing things.
He even looks on Realestate.com now and shows ME things. He gets a bit carried away though. He even bought some stuff on Ebay for the reno (which we got outbid on at auction). Doesn't matter though, the stuff was too cheap to pass up. Now we just need a place to put the kitchen (I kid you not), tiles, lights, (more, more, more).
We've only done a minor reno on a unit so far (kitchen, refurb bathroom, paint). So it will be good to see how it goes.