The manicured streets of Windsor in Brisbane’s inner north house their fair share of doctors, dentists, and engineers, and Nick Ruddell happens to be one of them. The engineer and his paediatric sonographer wife, Kirby, are the perfect examples of the impact a career choice can have when it comes to owning a home, having owned six properties between them in the past eight years. Engineer Nick Ruddell and his sonographer wife, Kirby, and daughter, Harriet, at the home in Windsor they are selling.
Picture: David Clark. New research from comparison site, Finder, revealing the time required to sav e for a home deposit by occupation shows engineering and medical are among the top professions to be in to fast-track your way to home ownership. The data shows it would take 25 years to save a deposit for a typical house in Brisbane priced about $850,000 for young professionals qualified in computing and information, engineering, or dentistry — more in the suburb of Windsor, where the median house price is almost $1.
2m. This house at 23 Sixth Ave, Windsor, is on the market. Image supplied.
A typical post-uni salary in those industries was between $66,700 and $90,000. The Ruddells have listed their house at 23 Sixth Ave in Windsor for sale, after investing a lot of time and energy in renovating it. The five-bedroom, three-bathroom Queenslander has been completely restored and transformed, apart from the original facade.
The Ruddells spent a lot of time and money renovating the house.
