Incoming!

[Aussie Mark]

After 3 tedious and frustrating months of househunting, yesterday we had our offer accepted on a house. We popped a bottle of champagne to celebrate, but since the missus is breast feeding, I had to drink most the bottle myself

The best part is that we now get our Saturdays back, after spending 5 hours every Saturday attending open homes, inspections and auctions.

I've already got the study earmarked as the EBMM room

 

[Colin]

Congrats Mark, even the driveway looks like tort...

 

[midopa]

Wow that looks nice! Congrats Mark!

 

[saxnbass]

That is a gorgeous house. Congrats.

 

[Evolver]

Very nice Mark! Enjoy!

 

[OnlyMe]

Looks very nice indeed!! Congrats, Mark.

 

[KennethB]

That looks very nice. Congrats!

 

[Big Poppa]

looks like a great view!

 

[jamesattard]

is that a typical house in australia?? Wow...

 

[Randracula]

Very Nice.....Congrats

 

[fresnorich]

Looks like a great place to raise your kids. I like the gated front. Congratulations!

 

[AnthonyD]

Nice! Congrats Mark - looks like a great place to come home to!

 

[roburado]

very nice! Congrats.

 

[Psycho Ward]

I'm happy for you Mark, make all the noise you want!

Beautiful place!

 

[MingusBASS]

That place looks great! Congrats Mark.

 

[Jim_F]

Congrats Mark - the house looks great! Hope you are all very happy when you move into your new home.

No neighbours too ! - turn the bass amp up to 11 !

 

[maddog]

Varry Nice Mark! How many square feet?

and, yes, is that typical housing in Australia? Does it tend to be regional? How close to work? etc, etc, etc.

 

[Aussie Mark]

looks like a great view!

It could be, if I went crazy with a chainsaw for a few weeks. The house looks out over bushland, so most of the views are of tree tops, with the mountains visible in the distance with the assistance of binoculars

 

[Aussie Mark]

is that a typical house in australia??

Depends on the area. In most Australian cities there is a mix of older style inner city houses and new housing areas a little further out in the 'burbs. This house is actually fairly close to the city, and is an old brick house that has been rendered and extended. The land size is a little larger than average, but otherwise it's a fairly typical suburban Australian house. Sydney house prices are pretty scary, as we had to pay more than twice the price for this house than a similar house we owned when we were living in Adelaide. With this mortgage, and two little kids, it looks like I'll be working until I'm 70.

 

[Aussie Mark]

Varry Nice Mark! How many square feet?

and, yes, is that typical housing in Australia? Does it tend to be regional? How close to work? etc, etc, etc.

To be honest I don't know how many square feet the house is - there are 3 small bedrooms + study, but the living areas are nice and big.

It's around 12 miles to work, which takes me an easy 25 minutes. The rush hour traffic goes in the opposite direction to me, as I work in the outer 'burbs. This house is situated around 8 miles from the middle of the CBD.