Ask HN: Buy a holiday house with a tight budget

Re:Ask HN: Buy a holiday house with a tight budget by sixhobbits on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @10:35AM (#31988682)

A house on the beach in South Africa (outside Cape Town) costs about that. Aztir[0] was a bit more but it's three bedrooms and I plan to spend Northern Hemisphere winters there to get two summers a year and rent it out to nomads the rest of the time. Second part of the plan is still a WIP so can't comment as to its success yet.

[0] https://aztir.com

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Re:Ask HN: Buy a holiday house with a tight budget by sixhobbits on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @10:37AM (#31988717)

Note that South Africa has significant power shortages right now so there was also an additional cost installing a backup power system. Of course, it is also higher risk than US/Western Europe in terms of future value.

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Re:Ask HN: Buy a holiday house with a tight budget by trentthethief on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @10:58AM (#31988998)

And substantial crime rates.

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Re:Ask HN: Buy a holiday house with a tight budget by raunak on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @12:48PM (#31990598)

To confirm, this is your home that you built for a bit more than 50k? Incredibly nice for that price if you own it. Congrats.

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