When you have decided what suburb or suburbs you want to move into, the next step is to decide whether you want to live in a house or a flat. There are reasons for and against both of these options and I guess it depends on heaps of things, including how much money you have, how many people you are moving in with, and how much you like mowing the lawn! Once you have made that decision, the next step is actually going out and hunting one down.
Houses
Houses can be more expensive than apartments, depending on the area, but if you got a big place you could share with more people, so in the long run it might work out cheaper. The downsides of houses are that you do have to worry about lawns and gardens and you mightn’t have as much security as in an apartment.
Then again, if you get a kind landlord who doesn’t mind pets—maybe you could get a big Rottweiler and that should keep you pretty secure! But then again you’d have to feed and register the dog and keep up his vet bills—so maybe that’s not such a good idea . . .
Another thing to remember when you sign a lease for a place that has a garden is that, unless you enjoy gardening, you are virtually increasing the rent as every week you have to use either your time or your money to maintain it.
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