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Old 26-05-2005, 09:26 AM   #1
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Default We have bought a house!!! No more renting!!! YAY!!!

Yes, Eamon and I have bought a house! We are so excited and cant wait to move in!!! You see, I have been paying rent since 1992 and I have worked out that I have paid around $95K in rent. I am sick of paying rent, I am sick of routine inspections, paying bond, losing bond and sick of paying off someone else's mortgage!

We were going to build, in Mt Barker however the builder was going to take too long and it was turning into a real drama. So we saw a really nice place up for sale in the same area (same estate even) and decided to buy it! We went to have a look at it and fell in love with it, made an offer and the offer was accepted!!!

We are now tying to sell the block we bought a while back, so we can use the money we make from it, to go towards the house. Settlement day for the house looks like being mid to late July, so we should be moving in around then.

We are going to have a massive housewarming party in around September and hopefully a few of you guys from Vic will come along as well as the usual SA guys! It is going to be the XRchic/Cobra Party House (tm)!

The house has 3 bedrooms plus a massive rumpus room which can be converted to a 4th bedroom or a pool room or something! Two bathrooms, nice kitchen and it is on a 800m2 block. It has a double lock up garage for both our cars, and also out the back is a double car shed! Eamon still drools when he sees pics of that shed! We thought of putting a hoist up, but I dont think the shed is tall enough.

It also has a really great undercover pergola area out the back which will be great for the BBQs and drinking!

Anyway, I dont seem to be able to put pictures up of the house (I seem to have reach my limit with pics on AFF) so I have just included the link, where there are heaps of pics.

http://www.elders.com.au/branch/list...&branch_id=450

We are so excited and the idea of paying rent no longer, is just awesome and we cant wait to move in!!!
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Old 26-05-2005, 09:30 AM   #2
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Congrats! Nice looking house too
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WOW !

Very nice, double garage with internal access, huge shed for a project car, great entertaining area, good size kitchen, geez ya done well, just the sorta house I want.
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Old 26-05-2005, 09:45 AM   #4
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Thanks guys

Oh, I forgot to mention - the guy who now lives there in a computer geek in a big way and there are internet access points in every room in the house - there are even points where there are 3 phone sockets in one spot! And that shed is fully powered and even has an phone/internet access point!!!

Yes, there is a big gate on the side of the house, so we can get straight down to the shed, and also there is a 3rd roller door on the rear of the garage so we can get whole cars right through to the shed if we have to.

Only problem is, there are lots of gardens and I am a shyte gardener!!!

* XRchic must remember to buy Cobra a lawnmower and gardening equipment!
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Old 26-05-2005, 03:22 PM   #5
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Oh, I forgot to mention - the guy who now lives there in a computer geek in a big way and there are internet access points in every room in the house - there are even points where there are 3 phone sockets in one spot! And that shed is fully powered and even has an phone/internet access point!!!
Ah perfect for a FF.com.au addict! Working on the car, and on the forums at the same time.. I wouldn't have it any other way!

Great house, I wish I had one decent garage let alone a double :alien2:
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Old 26-05-2005, 06:25 PM   #6
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* XRchic must remember to buy Cobra a lawnmower and gardening equipment!
And some Pool Cleening (tm) equipment.....

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Congratulations guys, seems to be turning into a right Fairy Tale (tm) for you two.....
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Old 26-05-2005, 06:30 PM   #7
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And some Pool Cleening (tm) equipment.....

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Congratulations guys, seems to be turning into a right Fairy Tale (tm) for you two.....
Thanks Shane. However, if you are invited to our housewarming, you must bring a wooden spoon (tm) as a housewarming present! HAHAHAHAHA!
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Thanks Shane. However, if you are invited to our housewarming, you must bring a wooden spoon (tm) as a housewarming present! HAHAHAHAHA!
Only if you're cooking!

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Old 26-05-2005, 06:31 PM   #9
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Thanks Shane. However, if you are invited to our housewarming, you must bring a wooden spoon (tm) as a housewarming present! HAHAHAHAHA!
What about some handcuffs for eamon? :P
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Old 26-05-2005, 09:47 AM   #10
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Congrats! Very nice place you have there

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Old 26-05-2005, 09:58 AM   #11
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Congrats matey. The hills is my favourite part of adelaide, cant wait to move back there some day.
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Old 26-05-2005, 10:05 AM   #12
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Fantastic news guys, I'm really happy for you. I'm glad Cobra ignored me and went over when he did now, has turned out to be a gread decision for him.
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Congrats on your move from rental slavedom to Mortgage slavedom!!! A move you wont go wrong with.
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Old 26-05-2005, 10:11 AM   #14
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Get a briggs and stratton powered lawn mower with a little bit of care they are bloody hard to kill, same for the whipper snipper, and get a hedge trimmer, thats about all the gardening equipment you will ever need.
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awww congratulations guys! What a gorgeous house!
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Congrats Jac and Eamon! Looks bloody nice! Cant wait for the housewarming!
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Old 26-05-2005, 11:07 AM   #17
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Thanks guys! Yeah we are excited. Not the first people to ever buy a house, I know, but it is just so nice, after busting **** for so long and getting nowhere, to finally own a house!

Casper, yeah, it has all turned out well. Eamon has a good job and is much happier at this one than the previous one - they treat him much better here. Everything has gone really well since he moved over and its all great!

And yes, re the mortgage slave - but at the end of the day I would rather spend a lot paying off the mortgage than end up paying off a whole house for someone else, which is what I have just about done, paying all that rent. We have been struggling paying off the block as well as paying rent, but we are probably going to make around $20K off the sale of the block and we have only had it for a few months, so the advantages of owning property are fairly clear

As for the housewarming, I wasnt kidding - there is going to be a big one in around September (at this stage) and it would be awesome if a few people from the forums from Vic could get over! I am hoping quite a few of the SA forums guys will rock up too.

Afterall, Eamon and I have the forums to thank for us being together at all!!!!
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The forums seem to be good getting poeple together LOL :P
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The forums seem to be good getting poeple together LOL :P
That is very true Ben - you are Kel are doing so well too! AFF needs its own Matchmaker section! Hahahaha!

And yes, I reckon I will check out that gardening gear!!! Hahahahahaha!
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thats a very, very nice looking house

congratulations. I might even jump in brad's BA turbo beast for a trip to adeliade :P lol
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Congrats Jac and Eamon !
Looks like a great house there ! and a great area too :P heh

Bet you can't wait to move in too!

Can't wait for the housewarming !
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Well done! Awesome looking place!!
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Congrats guys! It's always good to hear when things work out so well
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Congrats on the new purchase

Pic of their new home ;)

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Thank you so much Brenx!!! I couldnt get a pic up, so that's great! Top stuff!
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Congrats you 2, all the very best over there in SA..Place looks great.
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Congrats on the purchase. Its a very nice house. Can't wait to see a pic with a BA XR6 and AU XR8 parked out the front ;)
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