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Originally Posted by JDMDreams
^^ I looked into 3 or more bed apartments, basically it's not worth it as you're looking to buy the most expensive units. Strata is the highest as you have the largest unit, property tax is high, and you still only get one parking space and storage. More if you're real lucky. If you're looking for more than two beds just look into townhouses. Strata is half the cost, more space and property tax is similar and you get more private space
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Originally Posted by JDMDreams
O and you don't have to deal with bs condo insurance rates, the townhouse insurance is like half the cost of a one bed condo
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Yeah, definitely looking into townhomes, not apartments. Detached is still out of my budget sadly.
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Originally Posted by quasi
That's a big one, I wish I had that when my son was that age I probably would have had a second kid for sure. Getting my parents to babysit on a weekend night so my and I could go on a date kid free twice a year was like pulling teeth. At least he's old enough where we could leave him now.
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Hopefully we will be close enough to both sets of parents for childcare help in the future - Asian parents are good that way, at least.
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Originally Posted by winson604
We almost fell into the trap of going the let's buy a starter place then upgrade later. At the time we had 1 kid and had plans on having a 2nd down the road but not soon. Looked at 2 bedroom condos as a starter place but after months and months of looking decided to stretch the budget and go all in on a 3 bed townhome. Thank god we did, we have 2 now and everyone has their own room and we have enough space in theory to last us for some years to come.
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Yep, definitely don't want to do that. Want to try to avoid moving for at least a decade. I hate moving!