You know what really grinds my gears?

[plague]

For all those apartment peeps - don't the strata fees bother you?

no.
Mine cost about $80 a week. For that i don't ever have to mow a lawn, paint a fence, weed a garden, clean a gutter, clean birdshit off my roof, put my bins out, fix any roller door problems, sort my recycling, organise bulk waste pickups etc etc etc. Theres about a thousand different things that i used to do in my spare time when i owned a house and land that i don't need to think about again. For that $80 i have my own personal servant that does all that shit.

the other sunday morning im walking out to the beach with Plague Jnr and old mate building manager is hosing vomit off the front door after some weirdo went too hard the night before.

Now for some people that shit is what they live for (****ing gardeners man, what the ****?).

but me, nah, my time is much more valuable to spend with family, avoiding Jets matches or even (gasp) working extra, which then makes me more than enough money to pay the $80.

now i aint preaching, not at all. apartment living isn't for everyone, but its for me. and i got an apartment because it was in a banging location, and the potential capital growth is still huge. we live in a heritage building that has very unique apartments in it. not standard set up therefore in demand. i love what walking out the front door of my place delivers me. that was a priority. other people prioritise elsewhere, and i don't begrudge them that.