It’s extremely hard. I bought a house by myself last year, but I had the fortune(?) of living rent free in a van for 3 years while I saved as hard as I could. I was also working 2 jobs, 7 days a week, earning about $145k a year. And it’s one of the cheapest houses in the area, a relatively small block. Now I only work 6 days a week. The value of my house has already gone up by 18%, in one year that I’ve been here. It’s madness.
I found it easy, just took a long time. UK has got a fairly good minimum wage though, £12.21/hour now. Think it’s a little better than when I was saving (adjusted for inflation) too.
2 of us, got a semidetached bungalow for £230k on the south coast.
It’s extremely hard. I bought a house by myself last year, but I had the fortune(?) of living rent free in a van for 3 years while I saved as hard as I could. I was also working 2 jobs, 7 days a week, earning about $145k a year. And it’s one of the cheapest houses in the area, a relatively small block. Now I only work 6 days a week. The value of my house has already gone up by 18%, in one year that I’ve been here. It’s madness.
I found it easy, just took a long time. UK has got a fairly good minimum wage though, £12.21/hour now. Think it’s a little better than when I was saving (adjusted for inflation) too.
2 of us, got a semidetached bungalow for £230k on the south coast.
Absolutely none of what you just said makes any sense… However, I’m glad that you’re finally in a home.
Was that your van parked down by the river?