Depending on your deposit and loan, you could be closer to owning your own place than you are to convincing your landlord that mould is, in fact, their problem.
Which is a fairly grim discovery when you realise you've spent the last three years helping someone else retire.
Anyway.
Welcome to Liddiard Street.
A quiet little residential street just off Glenferrie Road.
And quite possibly one of Hawthorn's better-kept loopholes.
You get all the good bits of Glenferrie Road without having to actually live on Glenferrie Road.
Coffee shops. Restaurants. Wine bars. Supermarkets.
Spend $19 on a toastie. Convince yourself a $7 coffee is a personality trait. Make questionable financial decisions at the wine bar.
Then disappear around the corner before someone suggests splitting the bill evenly despite ordering three cocktails and a main.
Beautiful arrangement.
Glenferrie Station is minutes away.
Ideal for getting into the city, or continuing to tell everyone you're going to start taking public transport instead of spending $28 a day on Ubers.
Lido Cinema is nearby too.
Perfect for date nights where you spend $80 on tickets and snacks, then spend the entire walk home arguing about a film that was probably just about grief.
And with this many places to eat and drink within walking distance, your oven can finally become what it was always destined to be: somewhere to store the pans you never use.
Inside, you've got a light-filled one-bedroom apartment with a separate kitchen, polished floorboards and a straightforward layout that makes getting into the property market feel considerably less terrifying.
Your own bedroom.
Your own living room.
Your own front door.
No annual rent increase disguised as a friendly email.
No inspections where you frantically hide your laundry and pretend you've always kept the bathroom grout that clean.
No property manager giving you 48 hours' notice to let six strangers walk through your home on a Tuesday.
And no landlord deciding to sell, leaving you to find another rental in a market that seems to have been designed by someone with a personal vendetta against renters.
Just you, your keys and the deeply satisfying realisation that you can finally put a picture hook in the wall without submitting a formal request to a bloke named Graham.
DM me before someone else works out that paying off your own place might be a better deal than funding Graham's retirement.
Finer Details
Owners Corporation Fees: $2,380 per annum (approx.)
Council Rates: $916 per annum (approx.)
Water Rates: $823 per annum (approx.)
No. In Building: 1 of 13
Internal Size: 48 sqm (approx.)
Year Built: 1965
Rental Appraisal: $450 - $500 (approx.)
Owner Occupied vs Rented: 30/70
Title: Strata
Deposit: 5-10%
Settlement: 30 - 45 Days
