Thinking about just renting a unit instead of owning- anyone else doing this ?

[pmccarthy]

My town has a primary school, post office, pub and fire station, that’s all. We are only twenty minutes from a proper town with shops and a railway station and an hour's drive from Melbourne airport. It seems to work well, except for the rabbits and kangaroos eating our garden.

[randomx]

Yeah right , your closer to much more stuff and Melb so l can see that'd be fine. And so your married or something to eh? That'd make all the difference here and really help if you both liked it. l'm 3hrs Melb here and l'm single now though to so yeah she's pretty out there alone , for me anyway but some would love it that way though.

Don't worry, been wondering myself if l should just make the most of it and maybe in time l make some sort of life here. That'd be easiest and def' best financially that's for sure. Pretty well why l've been staying here now, testing it out but so far it's just been bloody depressing for me, which is just not healthy and no way to live.

As l say though to , realizing as well the trip up to the main town which is the only one worth going to, it's ok for now but yeah, few yrs time or as you got older ? Your not gonna wanna go all that way every 5mins and l'd just like to be closer to towns like that. Not only the driving but just nicer living having stuff around you and handy but with some life going on about to and things to do. Totally different life to out here.

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[Jerry_Atrick]

OK... 3 Hurs from Melbourne.. Where is "out here"?

 

Roughly?

 

 

[facthunter]

LOTS of good Places. That's why I have stayed in Victoria. I was  Born and raised In NEWCASTLE. The Coaly City.. Nev

[randomx]

Yeah l like vic too Nev, and have lived interstate. Don't wanna be too specific here Jerry but in from the coast sth west vic, out here enough for me that's all that matters.

Jesus you can probably hardly remember anywhere anyway could you , uk and all how long ? How long since you've spent any time back here anyway btw ?

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[facthunter]

ALL of that Coast is rather nice. Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

I have spent a bot of time on the Great Ocean road and Shipwreck Coast. 

 

3 hours from Mleb could be anywhere depending on which roads you take, but I am guessng the more direct route and a bit inland from Warrnambool. When I last lived in Melbourne (2003 - 2005), there was a lass in the office from Warrnambool - and I have to admit if I wasn't already spoken for, I could have had her speaking for me. 

 

Nicve part of the country - one of the regions I am looking to retire.

 

 

[randomx]

Bloody dear now Nev , all through from Geelong up , madness.

So your  comin back Jerry eh ? Couldn't even imagine being in another country so long and thinking about home like that , total brain fk. Can l ask , what are you doing in the UK anyway ? Not that there's anything wrong with it just wondering.

Had a mate in Barcelona wants to come home, was really surprised would've been one of my picks if l was moving os. 

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[randomx]

ps, can l change user name here ?

[Jerry_Atrick]

How I came to the UK is a looong story. To cut it short, my then fiancee and I split up, but for a year, she was still hanging around wanting best of both worlds. Muggins here allowed it for a bit, but to try and put some distance between us I took a 12 month contract in Traralgon. She was still hanging on, which is a bit rich since she initiated the split. Anyway, I decided buuggah it, I am going to move to the UK and use it as a base to see the world. The sofeare company that was putting in Software at Morwell power station had just started up a London office and when their people at Morwell learned of my plan, they offered me a job. 

 

So out here I came, and met parnter Atrick (never been married) and had two offspring. We moved to Melbourne in 2003, but both of us throught that at that time in our lives, London was probably the better option for us, financially and for the kids. And, it largely was. However, while I still do OK financially, 13 years of conservative rule and the kids growing up, Aus looks the better place now (just wish I had kids younger). 

 

I knew we were better in Australia when we moved out of London about 12 years ago now, and we almost did move. SWMBO needs a place to call home and we were having no luck finding a suitable place here, at any price. But just as we were about to start planning the move, a place same up and we bought it. That, IMHO, was a mistake as it really wasn't what we both wanted - one wanted it more than the other. Then this place came up, so we went for it, which was a mistake for the same reason - except the other wanted it more than the last one. The other mistake was this is a massive peice of work and we will lose money on this one (at least with the other, we broke even). Thankfully, house prices have just picked up a bit here. If we had moved to Aus 12 years ago, we would be sitting pretty with respect to a property and probably one or two rentals. 

 

So, we are close to finishing this place. I have to spend more time on the house than the keyboard. My son wants to study marine biology in Townsville or Hobart (but, Geelong (Deakin) will do as far as I am concerned). My daughter is wedded to finishing law in the UK, but her univeristy, which is something like 200th in the world ranking of law schools is affiliated with Melbourne, which is 10th.. so I am encouraging her to see if she can transfer to Melbourne, get her degree from Melbourne and if she wants to come back to the UK, she can do a masters at one of the better universities, which will cost her a lot less and she will be far more attractive to potential employers. 

 

I want to work a bit more in Aus, and truth is I will probably never retire until I am physically and/or metnally incapable of continuing. But, I don't want the pressure I have now, especially in the corproate environment as I am thoroughly sick of the politics (never been good at it) and where I work has really changed from being a great place where you can just get on with it and people are mutually supportive to back to the a dog eat dog world and executivemanagement than bend with the wind. I guess I am more cyncial these days.

 

But, I wouldn't have changed moving out of Aus for the world. Just would have comeback sooner. I have learned a lot and it has taken me to place and allowed me to experience life in many countries as a peer and not a tourist. .I have many great firendships. Believe it or not, it has made me less uptight and a lot more tolerant. And opened my eyes to many things I would have shunned. So I consider it has made my life experience far richer than it would have been.

[Jerry_Atrick]

6 minutes ago, randomx said:

ps, can l change user name here ?

Ask @red750 or @old man emu - they should know.