‘A noose’: Family’s impossible decision amid cost of living crisis

A household from Queensland have been compelled to maneuver right into a transport container after repayments on their mortgage turned too excessive.

Paul and Kayley Taylor are attempting to promote their dream house in Bundaberg, Queensland, after the price of dwelling turned an excessive amount of.

They are actually renovating a transport container on land they personal in Queensland’s Chinchilla.

“It’s a noose around the neck,” Paul Taylor instructed 60 Minutes reporter Tara Brown.

“It’s just dragging us down with how much it’s costing us just to survive, to keep it going.”

The couple, who’ve two daughters, Lexi, 15 and Alicia, 10, say all their saving have been swallowed up and the one possibility left is to promote their home.

Paul, who works in an RSL as a chef alongside Lexi, stated: “I thought with the wages we were on and the way we were living, I didn’t think we’d struggle.”

The couple estimate that they might want to save between $100,000 and $200,000 to renovate the transport container into a cushty house.

“I wouldn’t say we’re running away, I think we’re just being smart about it,” Paul stated.

“If we continue going the way we are going then we will be in a hole. We want to get ourselves out before we get into that situation, and build our future.”

In a bid to deal with hovering inflation, the RBA has elevated rates of interest each month since May final yr, excluding April, July and August, when charges have been momentarily paused.

As it stands, Australians are within the throes of the nation’s highest money price since 2011, enduring 400 foundation level will increase over the area of a yr. The money price has jumped considerably from the historic pandemic low of 0.1 per cent to its present price of 4.1 per cent.

High rates of interest have hit Australian households just like the Taylors onerous, with many being compelled to think about promoting their properties.

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