How old were you when you moved out of home..? - Page 3

Fev · 27-09-2011, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Neale

I moved out at 23 to save money.

My parents board was 1/3 of my wage which was $600ish. Then they wanted to increase it because it was too cheap :(

So I moved in with a mate & it was only $80 a week. Now I have moved into a granny flat & still only pay $100 a week so still cheaper than living at home.

My sister though is married & still living at home with hubby & dont pay rent. I kinda feel a bit jipped. Or my parents dont like me

Ya dad seemed pretty cool to me after a few beers at Small Ford Sunday haha

henry 351 · 27-09-2011, 04:44 PM

I moved out when I was 20, turning 21. I had to make the hard decision to sell a car for the deposit on a 2 bedroom unit. It was a hard decision because the car was the last XB GT 4 speed built. At that point in time, the last manual Ford GT ever built. It was a lovely Walnut Glow and Silver combo with factory chrome bumpers and aftermarket Aunger Hotwires. But then again, the girls liked a bloke with his own place ;)

**Giant Cranium** · 27-09-2011, 04:54 PM

im 24 and still at home. we moved from epping to breakfast point in december and am loving living near water. was looking at buying at the end of this year but will now leave it till end of 2012 so i can buy near the water. ill be 25 when i move out.

just out of curiosity what is the average board?
i pay 150 a week that i have increased on my own accord from $25 when i started my carpentry apprenticeship in 2003

XR6_661 · 27-09-2011, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by henry 351

But then again, the girls liked a bloke with his own place ;)

Especially if you can muster up a decent feed as well. Owning a kitten helps as well

Wise · 27-09-2011, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by XR6_661

Especially if you can muster up a decent feed as well. Owning a kitten helps as well

Teacup pig works better lol

After I've been looking at a few places I'm just gonna treat it like when I bought a car. Just window shop til I have a decent amount then the right one will come along.

Also, with the question about the young blokes with cars, I had 15k when I bought my f6 and the bank was happy to give me a car loan for 50, I only needed another 15 for the car so I got the rest of it from the bank. Had I not bought the car I'd be moved out and probably 30k in the clear from mods and payments, insurance, and other associated costs, but I'm happy I bought it otherwise I would never have gotten to own one and it would forever be the car I wish I'd bought instead of getting a house at the time lol

stuartwaters · 27-09-2011, 06:50 PM

i was 17, but my parents moved out on me . They decided to move to Canberra and at the time i had a job in Cowra so i stayed ,best thing i ever done

Franco Cozzo · 27-09-2011, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Polyal

I also dont understand how kids these days ride around in FG's and VE's, do you get loans for that? I remember forking over $6k for my first car and even that was pretty good in 2000. Id be damned paying off a new car while it depreciates like a mofo.

I got my WS Fiesta through working and saving up birthday/christmas money lol and my Focus through more work and saving up birthday/christmas money.

I don't have to pay bills so thats where I'm pulling in a lot of cash, even though I'm only on first year apprentice wages, plus my casual job but I try help around the house, I service my parents cars and mow the lawn

Windsor220 · 27-09-2011, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Polyal

How the hell do people get to save for a house outright by 30? Do you guys not enjoy your teens? Go travelling etc?

I know everyone views life differently, different goals etc but these days your entry level to a house is what, $350k...you must eat 2 minute noodles 3 times a day.

Kudos to you, but wow, dont know how you did that. Like I said I have my deposit ready to go, but there is not a hope in hell I would have 100% of the funds ready, I was happy getting 10-15% ready. A couple of kids doesnt help but still.

I also dont understand how kids these days ride around in FG's and VE's, do you get loans for that? I remember forking over $6k for my first car and even that was pretty good in 2000. Id be damned paying off a new car while it depreciates like a mofo.

I dont think there are many that pay off their house by 30 unless they are working up north on big dollars or have some other way of making decent money.

As for the cars, majority are loaned. I knew a guy who still lived at home and had a low paying dead end job and bought himself a new car with a loan. Now he's unemployed and in money trouble. Not very bright with money.

SteveJH · 27-09-2011, 07:47 PM

Moved out at 18 to go to uni, now 23 (will be 24 at the end of the year) and might be moving back in for a little while after finishing uni while I save up for a house deposit.

**TUF_302** · 27-09-2011, 08:28 PM

Left home in Feb this year, been living with the girlfriend and daughter ever since, i was 23 when i left

Feathers · 27-09-2011, 09:50 PM

27, still at home, paying board, and not going to be able to move out any time in the forseeable future.
Can't afford to do it alone in Sydney, but not allowed to leave Sydney because Dad doesn't want me more than an hour's drive away.

Also, mum is ultra traditional, and doesn't believe that girls should move out of the family home, until they move in with their husbands.
(In which case I'm totally screwed, because that's also not going to happen any time soon)

mondo_broady · 28-09-2011, 07:31 PM

signed lease on my first flat @ 19yo... had been working 3 years so was time to move out of the 'rents place...

Ben73 · 28-09-2011, 07:58 PM

20 and still at home.
Ill stay here until at least mid next year.
Saving up for a decent house deposit. 50-60K I am hoping.

Ill be buying a house with the missus..... but I am thinking about buying it myself and just letting her live with me. She doesn't get my money going to uni.

Pis-ton broke · 28-09-2011, 08:42 PM

at 17, after i crashed my 1971 2 door hardtop valiant (great car), after the accident I rang from the accident scene , mum yelling down the phone "well! how are you going to get to work now!" luckily work had flats on there horse property. I remmeber that night ,mum gave me a plastic bag of veges and that was it i left. Its was a hard time i my life. But I couldn't get out fast enough.

this thread is a good illustraton of the looked after kids and some unfortunate situations, and that a good family should be appreciated .

Lukeyson · 28-09-2011, 08:57 PM

I was just 18 when i moved out, bought a house at 20, and got married just before i turned 21.
Early achiever or sucker for punishment? lol
Now 30, still living in the house and not far off the 10th wedding anniv

Ford_The_Win · 28-09-2011, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Ben73

Ill be buying a house with the missus..... but I am thinking about buying it myself and just letting her live with me. She doesn't get my money going to uni.

Please just buy it yourself, it's not wise to be buying a house with your mrs at 20, unless you want to end up like Al Bundy

They can take half now that the laws have changed so you could potentially find yourself in a very messy situation one day.

JamesR · 28-09-2011, 10:14 PM

im 27, still at home, parents dont mind, also have 21 and 30yo brothers at home.
im just saving up for a house, cant wait though, as soon as i do get my own place, ill have room to buy more cars.. haha

Lotte · 29-09-2011, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by XR6_661

Especially if you can muster up a decent feed as well. Owning a kitten helps as well

Funnily owning a kitten and my own place pulled in the blokes for me. You guys are just as soft.

DBourne · 29-09-2011, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Ford_The_Win

Please just buy it yourself, it's not wise to be buying a house with your mrs at 20, unless you want to end up like Al Bundy

They can take half now that the laws have changed so you could potentially find yourself in a very messy situation one day.

That's what happened to me. Was with my girlfriend for 4.5 years, moved out together (thankfully I had the sense to not sign a single thing, so it was souly her property, I just paid board) and within 2 months it was over.

TonyBill · 15-10-2011, 01:28 AM

voluntarily moved out the summer i turned 19. im 23 now and between lease expiries, house mates bailing and getting evicted im currently living in my third share house of 2011 hahaha. sickening to think ive hemorrhaged more than $10k in rent tho! get along sweet with the olds my having youre own personal space ALL THE TIME is something i find invaluable. living the good life at uni for 6 years and counting! government allowance doesnt allow much for toys tho. anyone wanna buy my station wagon? so strapped hahaha hopefully my eng degree will pay off!

Uncle Niceguy · 15-10-2011, 01:45 PM

how much you selling it for cos if it rego'd and still going in late feb next year i'll snap it up.

Big Bird 17 · 15-10-2011, 03:37 PM

I did'nt get on with my father so as soon as i finished yr 10 i headed for the big smoke,i was 2 months shy of my 16th birthday.

dylby1 · 15-10-2011, 03:42 PM

I was 16 the first time, then went back to dads at 18, now I'm 19, almost 20 and planning to go back when I can
Mainly for safety for me and my son

Yellow_Festiva · 15-10-2011, 03:45 PM

23 or 24?... I had a simple, self imposed rule however ... Once out, there was NO going back.

TURBOTAXI · 15-10-2011, 08:28 PM

To boarding school at 11 and then to the army at 17. From 19-22 rented and the started buying houses.

JC · 18-10-2011, 10:11 PM

23 (when I got married), but really was only ever home between around 12pm and 8am to sleep from when I was 20 odd. From when I was 18 and working, I paid $50 per week board (at the time was earning $250 per week), and board went up to $100 once my wage went over $300 (so I didn't see much of the extra money). But dad did lend me the money to buy my first car (a $1200 1972 Datsun 1200 sedan).

I should have saved heaps living at home, but spent what I earnt and still live like that to a large degree.

My brother in law is 45 and still living with his parents!

MattsDisturbed · 18-10-2011, 10:42 PM

I'm 21, in my second year of uni with full time-ish job, about to move out of home for the first time with my missus.

blackiwi · 18-10-2011, 10:50 PM

16. Left not only home (NZ) but the country. Lived in Japan. Back to NZ mid 17's. Left NZ to AUS when 19 for a holiday. Never Left. Built new home in perth at 20. Still live here, now with missus and bubs on the way.

Olbucko · 19-10-2011, 12:15 AM

Left home at 20, couldn't wait to go and share a house in the slums with my friends. My Mum was sad to see me go, but I think my Dad was relieved to see the back of me, but that was 1968.

I have a 23 year old son still at home who is studying at Tafe, I would like to see him go, but I would also like to see him finish his Tafe course first.

HLC · 19-10-2011, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Feathers

27, still at home, paying board, and not going to be able to move out any time in the forseeable future.
Can't afford to do it alone in Sydney, but not allowed to leave Sydney because Dad doesn't want me more than an hour's drive away.

Also, mum is ultra traditional, and doesn't believe that girls should move out of the family home, until they move in with their husbands.
(In which case I'm totally screwed, because that's also not going to happen any time soon)

I bought property in western Sydney on a Maccas wage, on my own. You cand do it, you just have to work hard for it.

Also you could tell your mum you'll never get a bloke stuck at home!