Same way we did. Hard work, no luxuries, no frittering money away and saving...

But then, that is "old fashioned".

I know of friends kids who have just jumped on the property ladder. Good jobs. Stayed home until mid 20's paying no or limited board. No fancy car loans. Not out drinking themselves senseless on the weekends. It can be done. Plus the FHOG is available. Every little bit helps.

You don't have to buy something for $500+ as a youngster. A one bed apartment or a small 2 bed unit is also a start and you can still grab them for around $300k.

I wouldn't live in Guildford or Midland in a fit. Too hot.
I live on the flight path in the south east. You get used to it - quicker than you think although those 2.00am big birds that rattle the windows can be a pain sometimes...

[QUOTE=jackieh23;11009304]You don't have to buy something for $500+ as a youngster. A one bed apartment or a small 2 bed unit is also a start and you can still grab them for around $300k./QUOTE]

The other week the West had an article about a very young couple who have bought/built a 4x2 (I think) in some outer suburb and this is not uncommon. There seems to be a real attitude about not starting with something smaller closer to the city, many young people would rather have a larger house in suburbia on the fringes, even if there's little (or no) public transport or entertainment areas.

I wonder if almost everyone in Perth is on the flight path now and hears those middle-of-the-night planes (or am I just getting too little sleep?).

We live close to the airport but get little jet noise fortunately - sometimes flights will come close but it's rare

Get a bit of prop noise from general aviation out of Jandakot

I like the sound of aircraft though so not a problem for me

We seem to get all varieties here. Jumbos in the middle of the night bother me most, but I'm often up late working when everyone else is asleep and it doesn't wake them up (very important). We get a lot of small aircraft noise too - probably the Jandakot traffic? - the early mornings on summer weekends are a bit of a nuisance for those who like a sleep-in. Then there's the choppers all summer and the low-flying RAAF jets screaming up and down. I do work at home, though, so notice all this aviation activity. Perhaps I'm just envious, wishing I got to travel more than I do now.

The choppers I don't mind as they are often on bush fire recce

Or tracking large fish ...

We worked really, really hard (as do both our Sons) but we also had a great time while we were young, it just seems a shame that the youngsters have to give up a lot (your only young once) to afford something that really should not be at the cost they are being asked to pay for it. Our first home was in the Perth Hills a 4 x 1 old home (nearly falling apart lol) on a large block of land miles away from where we both worked, it was Hot, Hot in the Summer. It cost a small fortune to turn it in to a sound home but we only paid $110,000 for it 15 years ago ($98,000 with our deposit) we sold and moved up the ladder thats how we did it, not sure you can do that nowadays though.

Sure you can. Just depends on income and life choices.