It never rains… it pours

  • Story by: Girlie Garduce
  • Magazine: FinancialAdviser
  • Published Thursday , May 15, 2008

For those of us unfortunates who are struggling to get on to the property ladder for the first time, it isn’t just about scraping that 10 per cent deposit together, or being on a decent enough wage to get a mortgage.

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For us would-be buyers, there is the added annoyance of having to rent in the meantime.In most cases, rental contracts go swimmingly. But my housemate and I had the utmost bad luck when the shower pipe in our bathroom burst.

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