When we started looking to buy our first home, my partner and I knew it would not be a roomy, four-bedder with two living rooms, an entertainment area and a backyard.

If the prospect of cleaning it wasn’t deterrent enough, (neither of us is partial to domestic labour) we also knew we couldn’t comfortably afford it. After pooling our savings and borrowing some money from my parents – conditional upon repayment – we scraped together 17 per cent for a two-bedroom apartment in St........

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