Why housing costs are so ridiculously high

**eldog** · 9th May 2015, 20:57

Originally Posted by Gadget1

Good on ya! Changing to fortnightly payments instead of monthly and shortening the term of the loan etc all reduce the amount of interest paid on a mortgage.

weekly, put everything on card, pay card via direct debit so no interest only card year cost. No worries about late payment or forgetting. only problem is........

overspending ummmmm and will I have a job tomorrow/next week. its been touch and go for a few years now. I try not to think about it to much, survived the 87 crash buy selling almost everything.

**Gadget1** · 9th May 2015, 21:16

Originally Posted by eldog

weekly, put everything on card, pay card via direct debit so no interest only card year cost. No worries about late payment or forgetting. only problem is........

overspending ummmmm and will I have a job tomorrow/next week. its been touch and go for a few years now. I try not to think about it to much, survived the 87 crash buy selling almost everything.

Yep, even better. I've just picked up a part-time job so that means more money for fuel and more motorcycling.

**nodrog:Me** · 10th May 2015, 10:28

Originally Posted by Voltaire

My fav of the week on TM
Wanganui.

heres a beach house

http://www.trademe.co.nz/property/re...-864456207.htm

**Voltaire** · 10th May 2015, 10:41

Originally Posted by nodrog

heres a beach house

http://www.trademe.co.nz/property/re...-864456207.htm

Wow, could have a Remmers type house in the city and chill out at the beach with a slab of woodies only 15 minutes away....

**eldog** · 10th May 2015, 10:57

Originally Posted by Voltaire

Wow, could have a Remmers type house in the city and chill out at the beach with a slab of woodies only 15 minutes away....

take the Woodies with you no good them being 15mins away unless you ride your bike to get them?

**sidecar bob** · 10th May 2015, 20:00

Originally Posted by Voltaire

Wow, could have a Remmers type house in the city and chill out at the beach with a slab of woodies only 15 minutes away....

Umm, you haven't toured cuzziecliff have you?

**mossy1200** · 10th May 2015, 20:15

Originally Posted by sidecar bob

Umm, you haven't toured cuzziecliff have you?

House comes with extra layer of foil in the walls for insulation and UV heat lamps for added warmth plus an all year tan.

**Voltaire** · 10th May 2015, 20:26

Originally Posted by mossy1200

House comes with extra layer of foil in the walls for insulation and UV heat lamps for added warmth plus an all year tan.

Sounding better all the time, are blocks supplied for under the car and can the lawn be just left?

**eldog** · 10th May 2015, 20:29

Originally Posted by Voltaire

Sounding better all the time, are blocks supplied for under the car and can the lawn be just left?

and if you get lost(pissed or locked up), remember you tied your good shoes up on the phone lines to remind you were you live aye

**swarfie** · 10th May 2015, 22:04

Originally Posted by sidecar bob

Umm, you haven't toured cuzziecliff have you?

My cuzzie (Cousin....true story) lives there. Nice old place next to a park and the beach. Visited him after racing at The Cemetery Circuit last year. Seemed allright to me

And Willy lives there too.....
Better than living in Dorkland

**Voltaire** · 11th May 2015, 06:48

Originally Posted by swarfie

Better than living in Dorkland

Once the underground train is up an running and they have built the 12 000 houses needed per year Len says its going to be" sweet as."

Seeing how long it takes to get things done, that should be in about 20 years.

**sidecar bob** · 11th May 2015, 07:31

Originally Posted by swarfie

My cuzzie (Cousin....true story) lives there. Nice old place next to a park and the beach. Visited him after racing at The Cemetery Circuit last year. Seemed allright to me

And Willy lives there too.....
Better than living in Dorkland

Yeah, we always drop in on will when we are in town, ed is out there too.
There's a bunch of million dollar places right out the end, but the beach is black sand, It blows a gale & you have to drive through the Bronx to get to them.

**swarfie** · 11th May 2015, 10:11

Originally Posted by sidecar bob

There's a bunch of million dollar places right out the end, but the beach is black sand, It blows a gale & you have to drive through the Bronx to get to them.

That'd be depressing....still better than driving through Dorkland tho'

**Voltaire** · 11th May 2015, 10:20

Originally Posted by swarfie

That'd be depressing....still better than driving through Dorkland tho'

So on Friday are you going to catch a ferry to Whangarai?

**Swoop** · 11th May 2015, 10:31

Originally Posted by Voltaire

How about they make the interest on rental property non taxdeductable ?

That would be a sure-fire way to get a massive rent increase throughout the country.
Landlords will not make a loss on their investments, so will pass on any financial problems to the tenants. This is also why a capital gains tax is unfavorable.

Originally Posted by mossy1200

House comes with extra layer of foil in the walls for insulation and UV heat lamps for added warmth plus an all year tan.

Hopefully with the "specially wired" electricity meter too?