[header] How to choose a home [title] Decide if you want to buy or rent a home or live with others as housemates or as a lodger. [title] Budget. [step] Work out how much you can afford to pay in rent or how much you can borrow from the bank in the form of a mortgage. 
If you can afford to buy your own home outright, lucky you! [title] Examine the factors that influence where you need to live. [step] Consider your work, your partner's work location, where your children go to school, or will go to school in the future.