6-Year-Old Girl, Siblings Purchase New Home After Saving Their Pocket Money for A While

• The young girl and her two siblings each contributed about R28 000 to buy their first home
• According to their dad, they intend to sell the home after about ten years and split the profits
• The three were able to raise the money by saving their pocket money for some months

Most people, especially children usually look up to their parents and wait on them to leave them a secured future in form of homes and other material properties.

Money from pocket money

Well, not for a six-year-old kid and her two siblings who decided to buy themselves a home.

Briefly News has learnt the girl, Ruby McLellan and her siblings Gus and Lucy recently purchased their home at a very tender age.

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According to 7News, Ruby and her siblings achieved the milestone by saving their pocket money for a number of months.

The young girl, in a recent media interview with the aforementioned news entity, disclosed she was very excited that she was going to be a homeowner at only six.

Proud moment

“My name is Ruby and I’m six years old and I’m about to buy my first house,” Ruby said.

According to the trio's father, Cam McLellan, who is a property investment expert, he helped his children throughout the homeownership process.

The dad revealed that his children contributed about R84k, money they had saved from their pocket money to make the purchase possible.

“Financially they have each contributed R28k and they have saved that up,” Cam McLellan said.

The house and land on which they built the house are located at Clyde in Melbourne’s southeast and cost R9.37 million.

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Real estate business

The dad disclosed that the kids intend to sell the house in 2032 and split the profits, owing to the fact that the value would have skyrocketed in 10 years.

“The price on that block has already gone up R980k, so they’ve done well so far,” he said.

Ruby and her siblings raised the money by getting incentives after doing household chores and packing their father’s revamped best-selling book.

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There is little doubt the more than 3 600 Twitter followers who keep an eye on the now-accomplished trailblazer, @smalzin10, and her social media activity were chuffed at seeing the post.

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The caption read:

"Home away from home."

In the picture that was shared, the new homeowner dangles the keys to the apartment in her left hand while standing in the kitchen area of the new home. Several appliances occupy the space, including a front-loading washing machine, a solid plate stove.

Source: Briefly News