Buying most of a house

Buying a new house is supposed to be one of the most stressful things a person can do. If you're a couple buying a new house, it could be an experience stressful enough to result in divorce, which happens to be one of the other most stressful things a person can do. We decided to experiment, I now believe (because it seemed like a good idea at the time and not an 'experiment' at all), to see how we could make the whole 'couple buys a house' scenario even more stressful. Here are some steps, should you wish to undergo the same experiment:

1. Take a loving couple who are running a small business as their sole income
2. Take them out of their usual suburban habitat and make them fall in love with a brand-new house in the rural hills of Perth, Western Australia
3. Now make them commit to the house even though it's at lock-up stage. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the house is not complete, it's just a lockable construction - no kitchen, bathroom, laundry, electricity, sewerage, plumbing, flooring, etc.
4. Now let them make an offer on the house and enter the nightmare that comes with the title: Learning about the massive differences between life in the hills and the suburbs, and convincing the bank an incomplete house is a good source of security on a loan'. A long title, but apt nonetheless.

That's what this blog is about. You can share our journey, learn what we have learned and, we hope, pick up some tips and tricks as we go along.