Yes, I have moved out from my previous rented room to a new room. This house's landlord is a single mother and staying with her son, who had graduated last year in New Zealand and now works in a hotel in city. She is a friendly Catholic lady from China and guess what ? She is studying a Diploma in Mechanical at Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT). Learning is forever, age is not a barrier, only mindset !
The surrounding here is better compared to my previous place. It's quiet here and better housekeeping, the previous house was just nearby the motorway (it's actually a highway but it's called Motorway here) and the cars sound could be heard all the time, even during mid night ! I often woke up at night because of that.
Yes, it's the house that I moved in this morning.
Surrounding by nice houses
Backyard for cloths drying area
Living room
Kitchen and dining place are clean
Laundry place
This is the small kitchen in the backyard where I will cook my meals. I prefer because I can use the gas stove which is easy for me as I have used to cook using gas stove rather than electric stove
Finally, my room :)
This house is located in Papatoetoe. Sound funny ? It's a Maori name, it means as 'undulating area where the toetoe is the predominant feature. My previous rented room was in Otahuhu (also a Maori name). Papatoetoe is about 9 minutes or 5km drive from Otahuhu to the south. So, it is more farther to the city. If using motorway with smooth traffic, it takes about 18 mins (19km) to reach Auckland's city or CBD.
Why not rent a room nearer to the city since I have to work and attend classes in the city. Reason being is simple, cheaper rental. I pay $130 weekly now instead of $140 previously with a better and more comfortable environment. It means I can save $40 a month ! Some say the driving distance could increase the petrol cost as well. My Mitsubishi Colt Plus petrol consumption is $0.10 per km, which is reasonable fuel saver car.
By the way, the year 2005 made model asked price was RM39,000 on CarSifu website in Jan 2015. That is a very expensive car price. I bought mine which is year 2006 and cost me only NZ$4,434, inclusive of 6 months road tax. Even if I convert to RM using the highest exchange rate at 3, it is only RM13,302. But in Malaysia it's 193% higher for the same model but year of 2005 !!!
Coming back to the rental. The rental nearer to the city is higher and 2 days ago, news reported that Auckland rents likely to increase soon, probably in February 2016. Property prices here are really sky rocketing and it's getting more difficult to own a house here. Anyway, this trend is not only happening in New Zealand, particularly in Auckland. In other countries, mainly the city area, house prices are expensive as well. It is really a normal income earner has to find ways to increase the income in order to support the higher cost of living.
Why not rent a room nearer to the city since I have to work and attend classes in the city. Reason being is simple, cheaper rental. I pay $130 weekly now instead of $140 previously with a better and more comfortable environment. It means I can save $40 a month ! Some say the driving distance could increase the petrol cost as well. My Mitsubishi Colt Plus petrol consumption is $0.10 per km, which is reasonable fuel saver car.
By the way, the year 2005 made model asked price was RM39,000 on CarSifu website in Jan 2015. That is a very expensive car price. I bought mine which is year 2006 and cost me only NZ$4,434, inclusive of 6 months road tax. Even if I convert to RM using the highest exchange rate at 3, it is only RM13,302. But in Malaysia it's 193% higher for the same model but year of 2005 !!!
Coming back to the rental. The rental nearer to the city is higher and 2 days ago, news reported that Auckland rents likely to increase soon, probably in February 2016. Property prices here are really sky rocketing and it's getting more difficult to own a house here. Anyway, this trend is not only happening in New Zealand, particularly in Auckland. In other countries, mainly the city area, house prices are expensive as well. It is really a normal income earner has to find ways to increase the income in order to support the higher cost of living.
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