Nix and Mike

I will post a longer post about our first 18 months in Aus sometime in the next few weeks, but for now I thought I would let everyone know that we have moved into our own home !!!! Took longer than we thought (we thought we would rent for 6 months - turned into 18 months), but this was due to the fact that we wanted to remain self employed and no bank would give us a mortgage without a payslip.
That is a different story for a different time.

In the meantime, we moved on 4 days notice, 120 kms north, one day before my brother arrived for a 10 day visit from South Africa (after I had not seen him for almost 5 years). So needless to say it has been a HECTIC time (we moved on the 16th Dec and my brother arrived on the 17th to chaos!).
My brother left a few days ago, and we feel a hole in this house already - made by his absence. He bonded with my 8 year old daughter, and his absence will be felt.

We moved from north of Brisbane (which I LOVED!), to the Sunshine Coast (which I LOVE !). We are in a suburb called Peregian Springs which is about 10kms south of Noosa, and it is a beautiful place to call home. I feel blessed. I will miss Brisbane, but we will built roots here, and I feel good about the direction my life has taken.

So - when a little more organised, I'll write a longer update. Life in the last 18 months has been eventful and nothing short of exceptional. I still feel blessed each and every day to call this country my home.

Nix

Bermudashorts

Congratulations. 18 months isn't bad to get a first house, I am thinking it will take a few years.

All the best in your new home.

Kooky.

Congratulations! It's a great feeling, isn't it, and one I suspect all the clever dickies on here that repeatedly say that it's wasted money, should carry on renting, yadda yadda, just don't get. It's worth it.

We bought here after 2 years of renting in Sydney, but also 6 years of renting in Singapore. I always felt at home wherever I was, but this is different.

Enjoy

LINZI

Congrats on your new home

RedT

Awesome! We're planning on renting for at least two years too, to get a feel of where we'd like to live and more importantly, what we can afford! Never felt the hurry to own a home though, renting gives you flexibility, especially when moving to somewhere new.

Congrats on the new house though, hope you'll have many happy years there

Tx

suzukipaul

Hi Nix & Mike,

Welcome to Peregian Springs!!!! We have been in Australia since October 2009 & have always rented on the Springs. Hope you are settling in ok.

Cathy xx

The Flintstones

Congrats, Peregian Springs is a lovely place and excellent location.

Alfresco

Congrats! That's awesome.

May wanna change your location to Sunshine Coast now.

Family of 3

Congratulations!

We're in our own place after 14 years renting in Singapore, and it feels great.

kmthor

ill second that

well done