With the lifestyle that Australia offers many people are opting to purchase a holiday home to escape the busyness of a working week in the city.
Heres a few tips when looking at purchasing a holiday home.
I believe the most important one is that the property is no more than two hours away from your present home.
Many people purchase a holiday home a lot further away and end up using the property only once or twice a year. With a short distance to drive impulse decisions can be made on a Friday afternoon, and within two hours time you can be sitting back at your holiday home having a nice glass of wine, enjoying a weekend away from the hustle and bustle.
Another important point would be to make sure you don't visit the first place on holiday and then decide that this is where you would like to purchase.
I remember Bowral in Sydney seemed very attractive at one time, I thought that this would be a great place to relax with the kids on the weekend. Until one weekend I went to go shopping and drove around for thirty minutes trying to find a parking spot.
Visit where you think you might want to purchase for a period of twelve months on a regular basis, and then decide to purchase from there.