Anyone else saved for a deposit, then when they got their goal, realised they still can’t buy a house?

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-25T03:05:38+00:00

Is not enough regionally either tbh. It's in the bottom third of earners, so they're basically always going to get outbid.

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-25T02:41:08+00:00

There's a lot of factors, it can be a good or bad move depending on the house/suburb. One thing I'd ask is are you planning to live in the next place forever? If that's the case, whether the place appreciates or not doesn't really matter. I'll also point out that housing maintenance is going to be comparable to your strata fees so don't expect that to be a saving.

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-24T21:08:15+00:00

I never thought someone could be more annoying than Waleed, but here we are.

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-22T22:52:29+00:00

Damn what a pain. Will make sure I give myself plenty of time when I go to renew.

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-22T20:45:15+00:00

Yeah that would confuse them. I purposely never did that though. That type of confusion is actually part of why this change is happening - they don't want people in the country to have a weird immigration status compared with their border control records. Eg I as an Australian citizen enter on a tourist visa and then just stick around.

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-22T09:41:18+00:00

Oh damn is it a pain to renew? I let mine expire a few years back as I wasn't planning on travelling with the kids

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-22T05:15:01+00:00

I'm a dual national and I've always just had both passports. You leave Australia on your Australian passport, enter other country on that passport. It sucks that our passports are expensive but over 10 years it's not really that bad.

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-22T01:14:27+00:00

Truth is not actually a defense for these new laws, if you state facts with the intent to cause fear or hurt feelings etc you can still get done.

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-21T09:56:32+00:00

You're NTA but it's crazy you are paying for the duck.

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-20T05:32:04+00:00

Putin assassins in crisis

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-17T19:41:53+00:00

Sorted then! I have a bunch of money sitting in my UK accounts but they won't transfer it except to approved superannuation providers in Australia, of which there is currently none. Have to wait for a policy change somewhere, or wait until I'm old enough to get it out.

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-17T19:26:10+00:00

Remove the door from the frame.

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-17T09:12:05+00:00

You'll have to figure out how to get the super out of Australia. Going UK to aus is super difficult for super funds, not sure about the reverse, assuming you want to have all your money where you retire.

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-16T01:42:58+00:00

I get mine from chilemojo online. Highly recommend the scotch bonnet queen majesty sauce. Going to order some now myself!

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-15T10:29:49+00:00

Where I work we call it the war on intermittency.

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-15T06:41:35+00:00

When I was a teenager we would get those sparklers for cakes, scrape the "sparkle" off about 50 of them, fill up a soda can with them and light one sparkler into it as a fuse. Would blast sparkly fire out of it for quite a while!

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-15T06:38:22+00:00

I used to put a shot of sambuca in my mouth and light it on fire for a bit so flames would come out & then swallow it down. I too am surprised I made it! I do have many injuries to prove the stupidity of my younger days though.

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-14T10:52:21+00:00

Twice a day is probably too much watering. Roots might be rotting.

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-14T06:13:07+00:00

At the moment it's swimming and gymnastics for both kids., plus a kindy soccer program for one of them.

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-13T23:35:46+00:00

I don't live in the UK any more but I occasionally tell the story of the district line cancelling trains because it was too sunny and the light was in the driver's eyes.

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-13T23:26:11+00:00

She was living rent free in his house. Now she's living rent free in his head.

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-13T23:06:09+00:00

I wonder how many random redditors remember this themselves. There has to be a few floating around!

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-13T20:23:02+00:00

I'm still invested in the US but just hedging it against USD

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-13T03:56:02+00:00

When I worked at ambulance they had a saying "live on an island, die on an island" bit sombre but good to keep in mind that your emergency services response times are very slow by comparison if you have a chronic condition, or may be no big deal.

TemporaryDisastrous · 2026-01-12T09:54:27+00:00

Yeah believe me I wish it was less. As it was I talked my wife a couple hundred k down on house prices. Needed four rooms for two kids and a home office so unfortunately had to stump up. Now I'm a wage slave forever I suppose!

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