As of tomorrow I officially own .21 acres of texas!

4 bedroom ( two master beds! ), 3 bathroom, Central air/heating, computerized irrigation, double lockup automatic garage, 2300sqft ( 215 s/m ).

Front
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back
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Dining/Lounge
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Lounge looking to upstairs
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Which texas? Texas in queensland or the one in the states? I'm pretty sure there is a few more around. But I presume the one in the states? Looks nice though. How did you organize all of that?

yeah the one in the states :D Austin, Texas to be exact.

nice house man

you're buying!!?!?!

also place looks nice :)

215 s/m

u sure about that?

that doesnt sound like a very big block

haha nah that's the house size, block is .21 acres, which is 850 sqm ?

What guns will you be purchasing for home protection

Pity you're in Austin, I'll be in Dallas (well, Arlington) for a couple of weeks this Friday. Why does Texas have to be so damn big!

how many us dorrahs?

do you have any hillbilly / redneck neighbors ?

interested to know how much.. house prices have fallen 20% over there?

it is my understanding of the current sub prime market, that u should have paid approximately $9.50 for this house

congrats, but it looks haunted

looks great! i want to move to the states some day, was it tricky getting a visa?

haha, haven't chosen which form of home protection I want yet. An assault rifle would be good, but they go through too many bullets. I'm leaning towards an auto-shotgun at the moment.

As for dollars, I paid $185,000 for it. One of the main methods for comparing sales is $/sqft, I'm one of the cheapest in the area per sqft. I lucked out and the sellers were desperate to sell it as it had been on the market for a while ( a few failed contracts ) and they're interstate and paying mortgage for it, plus rent for their new house.

Better yet, I have < 5% interest, locked for 30 years ... with a hefty deposit and such an awesome rate, I'm paying about $800/month mortgage.

nice, USD?

looks great! i want to move to the states some day, was it tricky getting a visa?

Yup! thankfully work paid expensive immigration lawyers to do most of the hard work and I'm on a sweet visa 3 years, easily extendable. Most people I know are on a yearly visa and has to fully re-apply every year.

As part of the process you need to go to sydney for a US consular appointment, if you haven't dotted all your t's and crossed all your i's they'll kick you to the curb. Of the people in front of me, more people were turned away than accepted.

yeah USD. I paid 72c/$ to bring my money over ... was very painful!

Interest rates are as low as 2.25% over here....

We're still getting slugged with low 5's, what an outrage!

yeah USD. I paid 72c/$ to bring my money over ... was very painful!

i paid 50c / usd in 2001. and 35c / £ :S

What was more exciting in the short term - the birth of your first born or signing the contract?? The reason I ask is that when I signed my first lease recently my heartrate went nuts. Probably because I don't have a job....

even just hearing about my (as yet unborn) daughter was 10 fold more exciting than any home I could ever dream of owning

it is still awesome signing for and moving into you first home, but its just a 'thing' at the end of the day - your spawn is your spawn

nice place stinky, what are you going to be doing over there?

hes a traitor, writing games for the yanks afaik

imo his only redemption will be free swag headed QGLs way

He doesnt write games, he touches networks inappropriatly....and once upon a time staff.. :(

Grats on the house tho, it looks awesome!

I thought he just cooked food, the network looks after itself.

nice lookin digs stinky :D i thought your first pix would be of the kitchen though ;) expecting some texas style cookin' posts soon!? y'all! ;]

As for dollars, I paid $185,000 for it.

fark nice buy

nice one stinks

Good buy. And you can play a game of Limbo under that dining room light when you have parties!

Nice Place Stinky!

Jealous!

On Earth as it is in Austin. :)