Bobby. wrote on Feb 9
th, 2018 at 10:06pm:
Bias_2012 wrote on Feb 9
th, 2018 at 12:11pm:
Bobby. wrote on Feb 9
th, 2018 at 8:29am:
I'm working yet I struggle to pay my bills.
The rates is a killer.
Electricity has never cost so much.
Rego on my car was over $800 this year.
More Aussies should move to the bush. Council rates are only 100s of dollars, not 1000s, mine is $370/year for house on residential block
Greenslips are cheaper in the bush than in the big cities
Water is cheap - no cost at all if you have a tank with auto pump
Yep - I might move out of the big city - I'm getting fed up with the big prices for everything.
Of course the biggest payoff is if you sell your city house for x amount, a country house will be x minus a half that amount approximately
Houses in the country can range from 180k to 2million, choose carefully after researching everything else, about rates, distance to nearest town, water supply, condition of roads, flooding, mail delivery etc etc
To lower cost of living, the best situation is out of town but not too far. That will get rate cost and other govt costs down as much as possible
It goes like this; The more govt "luxuries", the more you pay - The less govt "luxuries", the less you pay
Where I live there is no "luxuries" at all, the roads are bad and dirt roads at that, there is no street lighting in the village to speak about, the Council doesn't cut the grass, there is no sewage, no stormwater drainage, no footpaths .... so my rates are very low
You need to work out what luxuries you want, then ask the local council what the rates are in that location. If you choose to live right in a country town, expect the rates to be higher than in the bush
Remember though, that rego and the towing levy, if you have that in Vic, will be the same as the city. But greenslips are cheaper by about $50-$100
Food is dearer, but work on your diet, don't pig on stuff
Drive a fuel efficient vehicle, I drive a diesel, the cost is minimal, hardly notice it, just pocket change