![]() ![]() The 44-year-old fabricator welder hopes his story will inspire others. Rey Pallasigue spent six years saving for his first home. “If you don’t have a goal you won’t be able to save. “It does not happen overnight but if it is in your heart, you can do it,” she said. Her message to other first-home buyers was to work hard, save slowly, and don’t spend money on unnecessary things. Kumar said she counted herself lucky to own her own home. It felt like a dream come true,” she said. Kumar fell in love with a two-bedroom city-centre apartment in the Sunhaven complex on Eruera St and for $333,000 it was all hers. “I don’t like to be dependent on anybody,” she said. Kumar, who does not drive, would walk to appointments with her lawyer, mortgage broker and to open homes. Kumar also applied for KiwiSaver after gaining her residency and it had grown to about $11,000 by the time she was ready to apply for a loan. She also worked extra hours when she could. Kumar said she only had about $1000 to her name when she arrived in New Zealand but she said she worked hard to put aside money for her deposit - putting $100 aside a week and saving “little by little”. “I had a dream of owning my own home here in New Zealand.” ![]() Kumar had saved up about $70,000 and was ready to buy her own home this year. She worked in the South Island in the hotel industry for about seven years before moving to Rotorua after gaining her New Zealand residency. Kumar had been saving for her own home since moving to New Zealand from Fiji in 2013. Photo / Andrew Warnerīen Kumar says she has always dreamed about buying her first home in New Zealand. The pair saved about $100 a week to try and keep the savings topped up.īen Kumar has bought her first house in Rotorua. Kayanne said she was gifted about $30,000 from her mother who received a superannuation payout after moving back from Australia when she retired.Īfter helping her sister move into her first home, Kayanne said she was left with about $10,000. security for our children,” Kayanne said. Kayanne and Shane wanted a home of their own for their four youngest children - Violet, 14, Kade, 13, Teari, 11, and Ayla-Rose, 6. I always said if we were to move out of the rental the next house will be the one that we own.” “We couldn’t afford to buy it but I had a goal. Kayanne Wilson, 40, and husband Shane, 41, had been renting for about seven years until their landlord decided to sell up. They speak to reporter Zoe Hunter about how they managed to save their deposits, and what it means to own their own homes.Ī Rotorua couple in their 40s have just secured the keys to their first home - and their 6-year-old may have unwittingly helped seal the deal. These are just some of the success stories from Rotorua residents who have secured the keys to their first homes. A six-year-old sealing the deal for her parents in their 40s, a single dad with a dream, and a Fijian-born woman buying her first home in New Zealand. ![]()
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