Would really appreciate peoples thoughts on a housing situation !

[randomxx]

Hi to all.

lt's an unbelievable time in life to find myself stuck in this position, just don't know how to look at it, or what to do about with it, if l can anything at all. 

Problem is, at almost 60, yeah l've mixed up details in other threads just a bit concerned some l know may also be here and haven't wanted any connection here that l might know, butttt, yep.

Thing is l didn't get anything out of my last house, the people l went into the property with as it was a big place, went broke.

Well , sort of lucky although maybe a curse , not sure anymore but l do still have a 1ac country property, 18yrs now, from back when l was married.

l can't work anymore for mh reasons but if l took care l can survive until l can get the pension- living at the 1ac place- it only has a small over nighter atm but l could extend and it'd come up quite nice .

Problem is, it's in a ting town, 30mins to the main town which is a really nice place and there's also a couple of tiny ones in between before that main buttttt, out where this place is, is tiny and out on it's own .

l always planned selling it about now but problems are now that for 1, even if it did sell, it's just a cheap little country block it'd only be a good deposit on something closer in- but circumstances now that'd mean a new mortgage and l'd have to keep working too, don't think l could stomach either of those especially the stress in trying to make it happen.

2nd thing highly possible it doesn't even sell anyway.

l know l'm lucky to at least have it and all , with the housing crisis and so many in worser positions , l just never dreamed l'd be living on it though and honestly, just don't know but it looks like l might be forced to.

l grew up in the city and have lived in some of the nicest places in the country but to have to settle on this place out there now- look the property itself is a really cute block and in a nice little back street- if l could put it on a truck to somewhere else it'd be really nice - but this town.

rx

[Eagle Ray]

Hey rx,

It sounds like from recent posts that maybe your heart wasn't totally in the property when you first got it and it was a bit of a tough time back then. It sounds like you maybe saw it as a nice place and yet you weren't feeling totally connected to it. That's me just trying to understand how you feel. Tell me if I'm wrong.

I do sort of relate to that because I bought my place at a time of huge duress. My brother and I were selling our mum's place which is how I was in a position to buy something. But it was an extremely stressful time and I was under pressure to make a decision. So while I do like things about my place, I wasn't in the best head space and 4 years later it still feels like it belongs to the previous owners in a way. It's never really felt like mine and I haven't really made it into my own.

I almost bought a 2 bedroom house in another town, as it was still possible for me to buy an actual house in a few locations then. I actually felt more connected to that house than this unit. That town is slightly inland and bigger than this town but not quite as picturesque as here, but it's near a big regional centre and may have been less isolating. I wish I had made a more conscious decision around the feel of the place itself. That 2 bedroom house had been renovated nicely and was in better shape than this place.

Anyway, I guess I'm just reflecting that our feelings about places are tied up with our history with how we came to be there, and maybe that's what's affecting you? It could be really good to have a fresh start somewhere else, but I really hear how difficult that is. I am like you now where options are very limited in terms of going somewhere else because prices are just so astronomical. For me it would have to be a small unit now, but even then I would have to make sure the complex doesn't have high strata fees.

The only thing I can think of is for you to mark out several places you would most like to be and really explore options as much as possible. That's if you don't stay where you are. Going in and talking to real estate agents may be helpful too. I did that in the area I was interested in in Melbourne actually and she showed me all the options in the area, spoke about the pros and cons, public transport access etc. I've found researching a lot can be helpful because then you really know the lay of the land. Perhaps doing a little more research before you commit to spending on the current place may be helpful?

Just thoughts anyway. Please ignore them if they're not helpful. Take care,

er

[randomxx]

Hey er .

But anyway , l thought you knew the story l think l said somewhere, not checkin though but nah, this place was never to live on it was just a little sideline investment 18yrs ago from back when l was married.

We already had our own place back then this place was all we could afford on the side though but l just really wanted to have at least something else. 

Can't complain in that way it's worth 5x what we paid for it now but not only, it's also paid for itself 3 times over too rented out.

But alas, anyway , we broke up , later on and then l lost on the next house l managed to get later on my own- soooo, 18yrs later l'm afraid this is it.

I have been browsing though as l said earlier but as l said too even just that made me sick to the stomach. MH ain't too crash hot at this stage soooo, yeah.

lf l was richer could handle a walk in ready to go house somewhere but can't afford that anyway in spot than here so.

GF ex suggested just this morning actually and she does have a really good point too, actually she said this 4mths ago as well butttttt, why don't l just go ahead with the build, try it out for a yr or two. lt's also be worth more then so nothing to lose except what MH l have left.

lf l still didn't like it try to find a long term rent unit or something and move into that. This place would have a house on it then so it could be rented out again but for more now, and cover my unit anyway, or sold. This one's for my daughter anyway later on one way or other so whatever really.

And actually , l don't mind that idea at all.

Wouldn't have to stuff around with yet a nother new property just go bloody rent instead. Wouldn't really wanna buy a unit now hearing about all this body corp rubbish even if l could but just renting one long term would be ok.

Who knows if l went that way might end up just staying here be a great house buttt, if not later on, don't mind that idea.

[randomxx]

Ah yeah btw to er , don't be too hard on yourself about what you wound up buying . Well for a start , it's bloody hard in this day and age but hey, it might still pan out in the end too who knows. You might end up staying or it goes up.

But yeah look even my brothers gf was saying to me just the other day actually. She's 60s older than him and she was in a real panic to get something wound up paying a fortune for what she reckons is just a tiny little studio apartment.

l had no idea it was so small never been there but l always thought it was just a normal unit but nope far from apparently. lt's out other side of Melb but so yeah , 5 or so yrs later now but she's still peed at herself.

On the other hand though, even though she paid some crazy price back then it's now worth 2ook more , 200 bloody k.

So eh, that'll prob happen to yours too if you do move on soooo, you know. Try not to worry.

l rushed into buying this place back when too as l was saying just wanted an investment anything l could get my hands on but eh, same thing here now too sooo, it should be ok whatever you end up doing.

Big hug

rx

[randomxx]

Morning one and all.

Er , pm your place, any idea what it'd be valued at now ?  lt might've gone up a lot since given how mad WA prices are going.

Was just thinking, at least that'd be something.

At any rate , here, well, few things.

1stly, been marking things out and digging out some spots to level off where

where the house would go. Marked out the outline and lines with paint and put in pegs.

lt's only light work so l thought to hell with it l'll do at least that and it being all marked out and dug would give me a visual, something to look at and mull the situation over  .

l'm still so damn uncertain, it's just mad. 

The sites all ready to go now. l'd just need my brother to take out that tree and l could be spending money on the materials and started any day.

To top it off, l scored guessing at least 3k in Cedar windows for "free", of Face book.

Couldn't believe the score, exactly what l had in mind, all free. A big Cedar sliding door, one huge full wall window that'd be perfect for the far end,  plus 4 others for all around.

Picked those up just gotta go back and pick up that big wall window now, what a score.

Gf ex said that's gotta be a sign , ha, ldbloody know.,you'd think so l know, but so why am l still just all over the place going ahead ?

Well , l know why l am this way, it's just back to the location, that's it, once again.

That and the fact l could only do one place now, that'd be it. Just couldn't do it all again somewhere else after this now if l wasn't happy here later. Couldn't do it.

l get all logical as in that last post- so it'd up the value of the place , be a great house, could just throw in the towel and go rent if l wasn't blah blah blah- yeah yeah yeah. 

ldbloody know. all easy to say though. l do know l def won't be selling and rebuying if l didn't like it here after. Just couldn't go there again , hence the to hell with it just go rent something solid idea.

One things for sure , with these windows l scored now, man , it'd be the coolest house ever, to my taste and for what l'd want now anyway at this stage, it really would. Can't believe what a great little place it'd be. l've wanted something like this my whole life. How crazy is that then that here l am all still over the shop about it then.

Scuse yet another rant in circles, such is my head atm. 

rx

[randomxx]

Ever noticed the shittest areas or tiniest of country towns can usually have some very cool or unique property .

l have, seen 100s of them over the yrs.

Ha, that's what this would be, coolest house/property, shit spot.

Well actually, not in looks, quite a pretty little town, just out there.

[randomxx]

Gday Tony if you happen to drop in.

Little problem you might be able to help with.

The block next door to old mate across the road, his place runs directly back onto my little street and front gate.

These are one and 2 ac places , their houses are up front on another road, can't even see them from my place, tress and stuff.

Anywayyyy, this bloke has old cars. Dozens of them. They're all up front on the other road , it's a bloody mess up there think he might be a hoarder.

Can't see any of that from my little street.

Thing is, he's been bringing his old cars round the corner and along my street and taking them in the back gate at the back of his place on my street. Well you can't even see in there thankfully for the trees butttt.

While he's been doing this, 3-4mths now, he often leaves cars out the front on my place right on the side of the street, like at my front gate, only across the road- well, tiny skinny little street that is.

Wide grassy sides though along ea side but on his side, is 2 old cars, at his back gate, directly opposite my front gate.

He's left 2 or 3 there over the 4mths l've been here but these two have been right outside now , a mth.

l look down to my front gate and here's these two old cars in a ditch straight across form my front gate.

l dunno wth to do with him. 

l've talked to him , we got along ok and l've asked him to put the cars in not leave them across from my gate- he's said oh yeah no worries will do- he tows them into there wit this 4x he's got.

He's always got an excuse, ran out out fuel, can't get the 4x going, bla bla bla.

l dunno what the hell to do with him. Wanna keep things on good terms if poss and he's been good to talk to about it but he keeps doing it again and as l say these last 2 been there a bloody mth.

Know you've had to deal with them all over the yrs, what do you reckon, any ideas ?

l've got a lovely gateway and little street too but his damn cars are right in front of it. 

rx

[white knight]

rx

I know the type of person you are dealing with, no thought of neighbourhood attractiveness etc and hoarder. 

I suggest you talk to him one more time, a bit firmer this time. Tell him you dont want to look out of your house to the view of derelict cars.

The laws are fuzzy but basically derelict cars, overgrown gardens anything that displays an "unsightly premises" is usually under the local council by state laws and sometimes covered under council laws in a separate by'law.

Then if he doesnt move them within 14 days in writing contact council. I'm afraid if you make an enemy out of him then thats his fault and you could mention that to him, that you are doing the right thing by talking to him first.

In your letter to council mention-

His address, name, the problem, what you want remedied and what attempts you'ver made to rectify eg direct contact , how many times and what you asked of him.

Hope that helps

TonyWK

[randomxx]

Thanks for that Tony and yep, spot on.

He seems to have no idea how ugly all his stuff is, l think he loves it all- and as you say no idea or respect or something, of how it just uglies up everything.

People next to him up the front have a lovely place but he's cars trailers and junk are literally touching edge of their driveway and piled up right down against and along the wire fence between the two properties.

Wonder if they've tackled him.

l'd love to ask em but if he sees me knocking of their door he'll think we're conspiring. l'd kinda like to keep things in tact for now 1st.

Butttt, anyway yeah , not a bad idea l shall try that first then , see how we go. Hoping it doesn't come to some council stuff but, we see.

Thanks a lot Tony

rx

[randomxx]

Starting to seriously think it's just a no go here.

The drive alone upto my main town is just getting silly. Too far too expensive, it's only gonna get worse in a few 100 more trips. Few yrs time or later on in life, dk what the hell you'd do.

Even worse though, nearly 5mths here now but l'm not feeling any better  any better about it now than l was day one and still as depressed as hell.

Gf ex's idea is yeah for sure a pretty good one but what if l went on hatng it but couldn't sell it and that ones highly possible out here.

lt's only gonna be small and to my quirk tastes, not everyday buyers but it would also use up a lot of savings too and if l couldn;t sell that's gonna totally stuff me up.

lt's also gonna use up what energy l have left for anything property to, just feels too risky l reckon. lf l was 30 yeah sure , but at this stage, it could really backfire- all l need.

ldk wth.

rx

[randomxx]

20 bloody pages, not getting far am l.

At any rate , even if l did wanna do something else,go somewhere else, found something, it'd take at least mths - minimum mths , at least mths.

Soooo, the place still has time to hook me in if it's going too.

One good thing about this situation , l can't just race off half cocked like l would've back in the day. Probly a good thing.

rx