Congrats on the little person coming soon!
Don't look at getting the extra bedroom as a $250k thing, cuz as soon as you do that, you might as well factor in the income loss from parental leave along with a whole bunch of other newly added costs.
I still remember the first day when we moved into our new larger place, and our litter person finally had enough space to run around in circles in the living room, instead of the L-shaped 7 or 8m strip where his walking was limited to. The smile on his face was something that I will never forget, and the satisfaction I had knowing that it was the right move was something I would treasure for the rest of my life too.
Now, nevermind that my mortgage won't be paid off until I literally turn 70 years old LOL~
As daddies, we just do whatever we can within the limits of our capabilities to make this family thing work.
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Originally Posted by westopher
Looking at places right now is rough. Anything we want to move into in North Van is north of 900k. We love our place, but with a baby it's getting to feel quite small. We set up the den as her room, and it's going to be good for a bit, but it's not a long term solution. Our place is so nice, but to move laterally in quality and get an extra bedroom is 250k essentially. It's a tough pill to swallow. We are also looking for 1 bedrooms in the neighbourhood for my Mom potentially as she wants to move from edmonton, but her 4 bedroom house will buy her a shitty place here lol. I really feel for the people 5 years younger than us that are looking to get into the market. I know I am a broken record, but people of all socioeconomic classes are important for a city to function, and I just don't get how it's going to continue where you need to be the top 10% of income earners to ever own anything at all.
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