Buying a Home when you are over 50 feels strangely different to buying your first or even your second or third. If you are buying your first home and you are over 50 then please be assured that the confidence you lack is felt fairly much across the board. As mature women, we have a…
Renting over 50 and potential homelessness? Do you know your choices? Did you happen to see the newspaper recently that featured Debra Byrne? It discussed her potential homeless situation. I read that and thought ‘wow’. A successful performer for many decades, her life has had its ups and downs (as has many of our lives)….
BUYING YOUR NEXT HOME The fun part of buying a new home is the exploration, the searching out, and viewing homes. Where is your next home? Is it close to your current home or in a completely different area. This is your chance to explore, examine the possibilities. Last weekend I went exploring the Somers/Balnarring…
RETIREMENT AND RENTING This is a hard one. Rental costs for landlords (Residential Rental Provider) usually increase each year which as a Renter means that your rent per week increases too. Interest rates have risen, mortgage costs have increased as has Land Tax then these costs logically result in higher rent being charged to the…
Retirement Villages Vs Buying an Apartment or Unit Apartment, Unit, Independent One of the things I dislike about apartment living is the sharing of lifts or common spaces with strangers. If you own an apartment then you have no way of knowing if the apartment next door to you is being used as a rental…
Research your chosen Retirement Village well as with buying any home you should make sure it really suits you because entry and exit costs can be expensive. Retirement Villages, Lifestyle Homes, Over 55s whatever the current label is, these are homes that are owner-occupied (you can’t rent it out) and usually everyone in the Village…