Just been playing around with the cost of living calculator and the mortgage calculator, and I'm a lot happier now :P
I've been really worried about the house prices since I got here as originally we hoped to be able to buy outright. Now it looks like we will need a mortgage, equivalent to a year or two’s salary.
From the calculator though pitching the levels between modest and good living (we have 5 mouths to feed after all) it looks like we could live on $55k a year even with a mortgage.
Best news I’ve had for days