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Great looking house. And Mindarie is a great suburb. Much cheaper than we were paying in Woodvale. Goodluck JustyH.

My wife's parent came for a month, lasted 3 days. Hillarys was "dirty" (a fly attacked him). He sat in drovers with napkins on his head and down his collar (flies again). He tried to eat a cream cake at Hangover Bay whilst wearing a fly net.... didn't end well. Came again, managed 5 days with us, then moved far far away.... Now they are coming to live here.... Good luck.

We should be at practical completion in the next two weeks. Nearly a year in construction.... you can follow along at home here http://www.duffieldtowers.com - only a few gotchas so far.

Plenty of rentals right now. NOR anyway. Jobs are not as plentiful so expect to work hard on finding the opportunities and then grab them. Welcome home

Add Woodvale to that list as well... All good "middle class" suburbs. We sent Emily to a private school in Edgewater as Kingsley wasn't in the catchment area for Woodvale.

We were in Kingsley and now Woodvale. Its ben great to us. I want to live coastal so we are building way up north. - Woodvale is a great older suburb, we live on the local Christmas street where they actually do bus tours! In a great house with a pool. The school has a brilliant reputation. Sure you will love it.

Count us in....Laura, we are in Woodvale, until September anyway. Nice suburb.

We are just up the road in Woodvale, often in Ocean Reef. Mullaloo is great, the beach is a magnet for families and the Mullaloo Beach Hotel is great for young folks. I'm more empty beach so we are building in Alkimos Beach (See http://www.duffieldtowers.com) - The roads south to the city, Michell Freeway, Marmion and Wanneroo are all busy. We are currently one junction closer than Ocean Reef, depending on the time, for me to drive to Pier Street / Hay Street as I do most morning, anything from 25 minutes to an hour... Good luck.

I know what you mean. We've made some good friends from sites like Poms In Perth on Facebook, although they kicked off the personalities. If you make it as far north as Woodvale, we are always up for a catch up. wife 47, me 50, daughter 17 and rarely seen. We've also, and I feel I can tell you this as my new BFF, but it is a secret, we sort of gave up on soccer and are now members at the Fremantle Dockers.... there, I said it. Ha Ha/

I came (from Cheshire, Macclesfield) in 2011 on a 457, quit a job with 27 years service and a C level role.... to start here as an account manager. I had to do the two years as my degree wasn't aligned to my role - ICT Sales Rep. We got PR, became citizens in November and have worked myself onto the ops board of Australia's largest technical and process training business (DDLS since you asked).... I was aware of all the risks....BUT that just makes you more committed to make it work. Only regret? We were stitched up by my brother in law, cost me a lot of money, and didn't buy a house straight away. Currently building up north.... follow along here http://www.duffieldtowers.com

Father in law demanded to know why no one thinks about him. He was 65. A lot of our friends disappeared or distanced themselves. We even got deleted from Facebook as the chap hated to see our new life. The friendships that remain are stronger. Don't do high maintenance friends. Good luck, see you on the other side.

We opted for a builder build. Plunketts, up in Alkimos Beach. Blocks are small, but costal. Designed the house for us to get older in rather than for a family, cos I'm ancient at 50 and daughter knows it all at 17 Please feel free to check out Duffield Towers 2.0 FB page to follow the progress. Oh and feel free to like the page

I came at 45 in 2011, that was the cut of age. I've had some success and not one regret. I didn't have kids left back in the UK, but what are doing is giving them options, short term pain, long term gain. Good luck. If I can help, let me know.

What I've learnt in Perth, is, its not what, but who you know. Just keep that in mind, if you blot your copy book, its around the terrace before you can say tossed.

Me and current Mrs D would love to come. After four years, its time to find a friend, special friend

A friend passed two weeks ago, got a Wanneroo date for Aussie day.

So , Basically rather than paying the principle out of income that has been taxed at >40%, I can pay it into my super fund, taxed at 10%. Then I can draw it from there, in chunks, later on and pay back the principle. It will work for me as I'm now very old. According to my wife anyway. I have still not brought my UK pension over as I wait for the window of opportunity to do so. Hope that helps. House build is going well, http://www.facebook.com/duffieldtowers now has pictures of the full first floor, took 3 days and about 90K

I did check the car park for fighter jets I'm looking for a wing man.

After turning up in 2011 aged 45 on a 457 visa, we did our 2 years. Transitioned to a 186 visa and did 2 more years. Yesterday we completed the project. Welcome Citizen Duffield. I'm surprised how emotional I feel, I am half Vulcan after all. ~

BRILLIANT that they are paying for your daughter to do uni.... I wonder if she's worked on Duffieldtowers or if we've met her. I've had 700 plus people read my LinkedIn blog and loads check out the Facebook page. I live in hope they will go all out on this Great to hear from you Fifi69 (best name ever).

Age or term was never questioned. I will be paying it off before I retire, the plan is to stick with interest only, pay the principle into my Super (paying less tax of course) and use that to pay earlier. I know that the bloke who does my aircon just did the same.

By the way I have a 30 year mortgage. At 50.... you can do the maths.

Sorry about the delay, darn site would not let me log in. AGE was not an issue at all. In fact, they can not discriminate on age (IN WA and maybe the rest of Australia for all I know). We had a very low deposit having sold up in the UK in 2011 at the bottom of the market. Initially I saw a broker, he was next to useless (not around the age thing). Then I had WestPac recommended to me in Joondalup, found the manager on LinkedIn and now have a 600K mortgage at 50, and whilst I earn a good salary, its not mega bucks. Happy to connect you to the WestPac person. You can follow the house build here www.facebook.com/duffieldtowers (Please like the page, I've got the builder on the page and I need them to hurry up with the build... paying rent and a mortgage is not fun ) - Shout if I can help more.

So the mid life crisis continues - 4 years on and we have finally seen some progress, someone has turned the land over on our block. Completion due 31.12.2016 ! Apparently two story houses are difficult to build. I think there may only be 2 ladders in WA. Only a few housebuilding hic ups to date. Anyone interested in our Alkimos Beach (AKA South Broome) is welcome to PM me - I spotted the builder, Plunkett, like it...

No one has ever agreed with me before, could you write it down and send it to me... ha ha.... I have another one.... "I'd rather be a hammer than a nail, yes I would, if I should, I surely would...." Now that song is planted in your mind, I'll go.