Found It.... Not

An advertisement on a townhouse for sale caught my eye while I was going through my usual home alerts from Domain this morning.

• Modern Kitchen ........ Check

• New toilet ............ Check

• Timber floors...... Check

• Enclosed Kitchen Area ...... Check

• Two large bedrooms ........ Check

• Split level with allocated parking ....... Check

• Private Courtyard & Garden ......... CHECK !

• Priced under $340K ............ DOUBLE CHECK !!!

It was almost too good to be true. It was perrrrfect !

I quickly sent an enquiry to the advertising agent, requesting a floor plan, strata fees and inspection times.

Then I saw the suburb name. I've never heard of it.

Oh no... it dawned on me that I could be looking at a townhouse in woop woop...... A quick look on whereis.com and I managed to locate the suburb.

It wasn't too bad. There was a passing train line. Only that its EIGHT #%$!# stops away from my current train station !!!!!!

Yep... Thus indefinitely adding another 40 mins to my current train trip to work every morning.

Damn.

And I thought I had found my dream property. Damn. I knew it was too good to be true.

The reality is that I know I will probably never find anything that fits my selection criteria in the price range and in the suburbs I want to live in. Its probably the main reason why I am still renting. Sigh. And my landlord wants to increase our rent to an extra $20 a week.

I need another pay rise.