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<blockquote data-quote="MissLulu" data-source="post: 755177" data-attributes="member: 24721"><p>Hi KSM, I'm not sure what a duplex is. We might call it something else here in Australia. Perhaps a villa unit. In any case, I'll explain why we think a housemate is a good idea. </p><p></p><p>1. My son's psychologist does not think he should live on his own. He does better when there are others living with him. He is usually better with people who are not us! His friends seem to all accept his mental health issues and even when he has meltdowns they seem to accept this and not let it affect their friendship. As I said, we're the main targets of his anger, although I have seen him be verbally unreasonably with his friends at times. He's lived with friends before and this worked out fine until one had to move out for financial reasons and the household book up.</p><p></p><p>2. We would like to buy a two or three bedroom house because we think this will be a better investment for us in the long term. Where we are, houses seem to be better investments than apartments or villa units. We want to charge my son the market rental price (or close to) for this house which he will not be able to afford on his own. We can afford to let him pay half for a few months while he finds someone, but after that we'd need him to pay the full amount if he doesn't have a housemate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MissLulu, post: 755177, member: 24721"] Hi KSM, I'm not sure what a duplex is. We might call it something else here in Australia. Perhaps a villa unit. In any case, I'll explain why we think a housemate is a good idea. 1. My son's psychologist does not think he should live on his own. He does better when there are others living with him. He is usually better with people who are not us! His friends seem to all accept his mental health issues and even when he has meltdowns they seem to accept this and not let it affect their friendship. As I said, we're the main targets of his anger, although I have seen him be verbally unreasonably with his friends at times. He's lived with friends before and this worked out fine until one had to move out for financial reasons and the household book up. 2. We would like to buy a two or three bedroom house because we think this will be a better investment for us in the long term. Where we are, houses seem to be better investments than apartments or villa units. We want to charge my son the market rental price (or close to) for this house which he will not be able to afford on his own. We can afford to let him pay half for a few months while he finds someone, but after that we'd need him to pay the full amount if he doesn't have a housemate. [/QUOTE]
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