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

Six-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 Ghc10,928 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

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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.

They were helped by their father to achieve their dream.
The young girl and her siblings each contributed about Ghc10,928. Photo: 7News.
Source: UGC

Money from pocket money

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

YEN.com.gh 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.

The kids intend to sell the house after ten years and split the profits.
The siblings were assisted by their dad throughout the entire process. Photo: 7News.
Source: UGC

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, one Cam McLellan, who is a property investment expert, he helped his children throughout the homeownership process.

The dad revealed that his children contributed about Ghc32,785, money they had saved from their pocket money to make the purchase possible.

“Financially they have each contributed Ghc10,928 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 Ghc366,6521.

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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 Ghc382,498, 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.

18-year-old Ghanaian lady buys a House in Kasoa for over Ghc500,000

YEN.com.gh earlier reported that a Maame Sika, an 18-year-old Ghanaian living in Kasoa in the central region of Ghana disclosed in a Youtube video that she has purchased her very first house for $84,000.

In the video, she talked about how she came up with the income to purchase the house.

Sika divulged that she is a real estate agent for a company called Blue Rose Limited and was able to get the bulk part of the money for the down payment of the house mainly through the commissions she gathered.

Source: YEN.com.gh

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