Getting an education in Australia is meant to make your life easier, but for Kirstie McConnell, the price of her education almost cost her a chance at buying her first apartment.
A young Aussie has opened up about her “humiliating” experience when trying to buy her first home and the nightmare 24 hours she endured as a result.
The Queenslander had done some research online beforehand and knew that her HECS debt would be a problem.She has just bought her first place. Picture: Instagram/ kirstiemcconnellWhile there is no interest charged on HECS/HELP loans, indexation is added on June 1 each year to adjust debts according to the consumer price index so they maintain a more real value in line with the cost of living.
“Then he went to the actual bank and got confirmation from them on the day that I signed the contract, basically saying, oh, uh, the bank won’t give you that much,” she explained.She ended up feeling lied. too. Picture: Instagram/ kirstiemcconnell “I felt like I’d been lied too. How many times did I have to ask? I thought, oh sh*t, I don’t have that money, and it was cutting it so fine,” she said.
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