[BITList] Oz expensive - unbelievable

[David Harvey]

And 1 AU$ + US$ 0.93

Such a house as you picture would be in the 5m. plus bracket

Dave

On 25 February 2012 21:02, <x50type at cox.net> wrote:

>   wow Dave – that’s way more expensive than the land of the free, home of
> the brave!
> this upper crust plantation style 8 bedroom 7 bathroom house is in the
> most expensive part of new orleans and listed at *only* $995,00 – and I’m
> sure it can be got for less as the market is still bad.
>
> [image: 14079483_1]            [image: image]       [image: image]
>
> ct
>
>  *From:* David Harvey <dhbison at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Saturday, February 25, 2012 5:35 AM
> *To:* BitList <bitlist at lists.bcn.mythic-beasts.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [BITList] Oz expensive!
>
> Wages are sky high but only in the mining sector and for the fat cats.
> Down payment is, or should be 10% but I have heard of nil down payments.
> $300,000 (200,000 pounds) will buy very small old house in an outer suburb,
> $ 500,000 a modest house in a modest suburb, $800,000 a good house in a
> good suburb,  1 to 2 million for a waterside house, two storey. But cost of
> living is high on top of that, electricity is through the roof, so is
> water, rates etc. I live in a retirement village and thankfully a lot of
> the costs are defrayed, being a not for profit organisation we do not pay
> council rates, electricity is slightly discounted, we use bore water for
> the gardens, but over the last 10 years the cost of a unit in this village
> has increased six fold.
>
> My step son lives in a million dollar house, not overlooking the water but
> in a modestly better suburb. The house is two story with four bedrooms.
> Each bedroom is big enough to take two double beds and have enough room to
> have an OGPU in. The entrance lobby takes up the two story, a huge dining
> area, but the garden is the size of pocket handkerchief. A complete waste
> of money. So the statistics are slanted.
>
> The claim re expensive cities was made on TV about 10 days ago, must be
> the same report you saw. However you can still live cheaply, or in the way
> I am used to. I still have my beer and cheese, (I buy cheese in a farmers
> market, absolutely debloodylicious, the green cheese is better that
> stilton, the parmesan is the best I have ever had, especially the chilli
> one, one I bought today I have not tried before is Margaret River  pepper
> crumble, I know not another equivalent name) I buy local and well, run a
> car have a small camper, and make the occasional overseas or interstate
> trip (off to Thailand next month) and I have been retired 22 years, got
> married 12 years ago expensive!? well no, not really. the younger
> generation go for top row all the time. Must have their coffee breaks in up
> market coffee shops, buy imported boutique beer, have every latest
> electronic gadget on the market, two cars and a motor bike, bloody
> expensive golf clubs, travel business class and max out their credit. My
> ISP and phone cost combined is about $62 a month, my son pays a god-damn
> awful amount, I know not what, but he pays for downloading at some super
> speed to his ipad, then pays again for it to go to his computer and yet
> again to his phone, I don't understand the system. There is no concept of
> saving, THAT is what makes it expensive.
>
> I work three days a week in a voluntary capacity and get paid generous
> expenses, helps with the car and that's three meals a week I don't pay for,
> and it keeps me off the streets, so for me Perth is not expensive, it's the
> lifestyle the next generation lives that is expensive, so the people who
> look at the statistics are looking at it the wrong way around. All the same
> I am glad I am not buying a house. Now its time for a beer, local and the
> cheapest and to my taste better than the imported beers, or so called
> imported beers, they are made locally under licence and the mugs pay double.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave
>
>
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