thread: Given the choice, which would you accept?

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  1. #1
    Registered User

    Dec 2006
    Out of my mind. Back in five minutes...
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    Now you are getting tough... Um how dodgy, and how much better is is that the other one. Would you feel happy living in that neighbourhood, in relative style? Or prefer to live in the better neighbourhood and give up a bit of comfort. Is there anything you could do to improve the internals of the other place?

    I havent really answered you have I... sorry...It is hard with renting, you need to be able to live there, and feel comfortable...

    W

  2. #2
    BellyBelly Member

    Mar 2005
    Limestone Coast, SA
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    I would take the one thats nice on the inside

  3. #3
    Registered User

    Jan 2007
    where cosmopolitans and margaritas flow all night
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    Not sure how good/bad the places are yet. Looking at one today and another one tomorrow (and maybe another one on Friday if these other 2 aren't good enough/we don't get them)

  4. #4
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    Jan 2008
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    u dont live and sleep and cook in the garden do u? so simple choice for me

  5. #5
    Registered User

    Jan 2007
    where cosmopolitans and margaritas flow all night
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    u dont live and sleep and cook in the garden do u? so simple choice for me
    Yeah, but I'm a bit of a...I guess some would say "snobby" person. I myself look at houses as I drive past and think either "gee, they must be well off" or "yuck, they must be derros". I know, that's terrible of me. But I wouldn't want someone to drive past my home and think we were derros IYKWIM...I think I should get over myself!

  6. #6

    Mar 2004
    Sparta
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    I'd go for the house in the better neighbourhood.

  7. #7
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    Sep 2008
    Bunbury, Western Australia
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    I'd scrap them both and find something nice on the inside in a better area XD
    Gardens aren't so hard or $$ to pretty up - so long as your not scared of a bit of manual labour - so I would be just concentrating on inside comfyness for now.

    GL!

  8. #8
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    Jan 2008
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    Yeah, but I'm a bit of a...I guess some would say "snobby" person. I myself look at houses as I drive past and think either "gee, they must be well off" or "yuck, they must be derros". I know, that's terrible of me. But I wouldn't want someone to drive past my home and think we were derros IYKWIM...I think I should get over myself!
    i like ppl thinking i have crap inside my hosue as my garden arnt to perfect that way no one will think i have value inside and rip me off i do tho feel safe in my home and area.

  9. #9
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    Sep 2007
    South Gippsland
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    Hmmm I guess another thing to consider for you would be a nice lookin ghouse in a nice area might be more appealing to a burgler .... a derro looking place from the outside might not be as appealing

    I would also ditch both and look for something you were happy with - afterall its your money paying for it so you have to be happy with it.

    Nae x

  10. #10
    Nothing like a cuddle from DD after a hard day's work!

    Oct 2007
    in my own world
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    Given a choice i would choose the neighbourhood.

    A house on the inside and outside you can fix, but a neighbourhood you cannot fix.

  11. #11
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    Dec 2007
    Sunny Qld
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    Yeah, but I'm a bit of a...I guess some would say "snobby" person. I myself look at houses as I drive past and think either "gee, they must be well off" or "yuck, they must be derros". I know, that's terrible of me. But I wouldn't want someone to drive past my home and think we were derros IYKWIM...I think I should get over myself!
    Hmm well I think I'd rather protect my family and make sure we were reasonably comfortable than worry about what people thought of my house when they drove past. We don't currently live in a good area (cheapest suburb on the Sunshine Coast) and my house looks like crap from the outside - but I'm not going to rent somewhere or buy out of my budget just so people don't think I'm a derro. If people already have those distinctions between people in their heads - well they're not really someone I would be friends with and care about their opinions!

  12. #12
    Registered User

    Jan 2007
    where cosmopolitans and margaritas flow all night
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    Hmm well I think I'd rather protect my family and make sure we were reasonably comfortable than worry about what people thought of my house when they drove past. We don't currently live in a good area (cheapest suburb on the Sunshine Coast) and my house looks like crap from the outside - but I'm not going to rent somewhere or buy out of my budget just so people don't think I'm a derro. If people already have those distinctions between people in their heads - well they're not really someone I would be friends with and care about their opinions!
    That's a good point...
    Please don't think less of me for my way of thinking...I'm getting over thinking that way, unfortunately old ways of thinking are hard to break.

  13. #13
    Registered User

    Aug 2006
    On the other side of this screen!!!
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    Well I have a lovely home that is dog ugly from the front. I'm very happy here. Friends love my house as well - it has a really nice 'feeling' to it is the only way I can explain it. So I suggest you choose the house that 'feels' the best to you when you're standing right in the middle of it.