That is a great thing to do! It is an excellent habit to get into. If you can do the same thing when you buy your house then you will be in great shape. Well maybe not double, but anything extra is great. We have always paid more than our mortgage payment each month. It really adds up.
i like, but i tend to like the Victorian style more. im attracted to old school midevil style stuff
Oh man, Amy! We have houses like that here too, but they run in the 1 million or so dollar range. And that's in a very exclusive part of town. You can still purchase a very similar home in a less "hot" area of town for $500,000. The ones that hit the 2 mil + generally have a lot of land, too.
I know salaries are higher there to meet with cost of living but are they that much higher?
Again, it is all perspective. I know people who grew up with 12 people living in one room. Multiple people would share a bed. Those people could just as easily look at you and say that you do not need a multi room house with a bedroom and bed for every person.
Amy, I know it's all relative but it still boggles my mind. I remember a girlfriend who lives in CA bought a house the same time I bought this one (~23 years ago). She was telling me on the phone that she paid about 300,000 for it and it was a pretty good deal. I was blown away at that figure because I got a very good deal on my house at the time and still paid half of what she paid. Then she sent pics and I was blown away!!! Hers was a very small 3/1 ranch - what we'd call a starter home here. And her mortgage was more than twice what mine was!
Buy the biggest house you can so when you get married you will have more places to hide!
Surely he can afford something bigger than that!Do you know where the woodshed is?