Originally Posted by
Lima Juliet
There are those that say that they get a rise then it is taken off with Quarter charges. Surely, moving out to your own home is the way to beat that? Even if you rent your house for what you pay for the Quarter, as long as you are on a repayment mortgage, you are still winning as the value of your property goes up?
LJ, technically yes, but it all depends if you buy a house just to get a foot on the ladder or because you want a home. I have my own home as by the start of my third tour I’d got fed up of living in the Mess, and now I wouldn’t voluntarily live on base if I can manage it. It does often mean weekly commuting and paying accommodation charges, but knowing I have my own space to retreat to at the end of the week where I live by my rules in far more comfort than the Mess and can have family and friends over is really important to me and I suspect many others.