the lack of understanding here on this 'specialised' forum is only dwarfed by the willingness to post 3-4 posts in a row on one thread in order to clogg the pages and discourage people from solid conversation...and reading of the same !
'renting is not for me...i need total flexibility'... ???
what are you? a total maniac that nobody wants to rent a house to, so he has to buy its own?
every landlord will allow you to beautify his/her house ! (you want to spend your money on my house? fine!)
'need to knock the wall down?' (that usually means you're running out of space...or similar)
well...rent another ie. APPROPRIATE property ! very simple ...
another point...spending money on buying a house is not consumerism...
spending money on clothes, travel, mcdonalds (wink wink passive!), tv, hifi,cars....thats where most people work and thats how you stimulate economy !
building (as necessary as it is) does not belong ...
120 000 people in retail lost their jobs already in Oz(that almost all of the workforce of mining industry)...get the point ?
