Luck mainly. I didn’t go to university (I live in the UK) after school but was lucky enough to still get a good job at 19. Just knowing how to use a computer opened a lot of doors back in the day.
I’m kind of an introvert and was a pothead when I was younger so didn’t go out much and was single when I lived at home. That let me save up a lot of money without really trying. My parents did help a little when I bought my first house at 22 as well.
I live in an area with some of the lowest house prices in my country and the house I bought was very cheap. It was a bit fucked but kind of livable and I had big plans to get all kinds of work done over the years and have it sorted out and paid off by the time I was 47.
Bit off way more than I could chew. There was no central heating, a coal cellar that was completely open at the front and damp all over. It was freezing during the winter and sweltering in the summer.
I got a new kitchen and bathroom put in and some of the stuff I had planned done but I’m not handy in any way and had to pay other people to do the work. I realised that doing it that way would be more expensive than just selling up and buying a new place with a lot of that stuff already done.
The house was so bad I actually sold it for the same price I bought it for 12 years later. But, the money left over after paying that mortgage off more than paid for the deposit on another house last year.
Good parents or great luck?
Luck mainly. I didn’t go to university (I live in the UK) after school but was lucky enough to still get a good job at 19. Just knowing how to use a computer opened a lot of doors back in the day.
I’m kind of an introvert and was a pothead when I was younger so didn’t go out much and was single when I lived at home. That let me save up a lot of money without really trying. My parents did help a little when I bought my first house at 22 as well.
I live in an area with some of the lowest house prices in my country and the house I bought was very cheap. It was a bit fucked but kind of livable and I had big plans to get all kinds of work done over the years and have it sorted out and paid off by the time I was 47.
Bit off way more than I could chew. There was no central heating, a coal cellar that was completely open at the front and damp all over. It was freezing during the winter and sweltering in the summer.
I got a new kitchen and bathroom put in and some of the stuff I had planned done but I’m not handy in any way and had to pay other people to do the work. I realised that doing it that way would be more expensive than just selling up and buying a new place with a lot of that stuff already done.
The house was so bad I actually sold it for the same price I bought it for 12 years later. But, the money left over after paying that mortgage off more than paid for the deposit on another house last year.
Sounds like you’re having a good time and haven’t lost perspective, good work! And thanks for answering