Under 45? Oh dear!

[original PM]

£40k is Fark All these days.

40k per year = £2513 per month

150 k mortgage approx. 1k per month

.....

where does your money go?

oh and by the way you may not be able to buy a 500k house - but you know what neither can 90% of the rest of the country

[PurpleGorilla]

Na, you live in the SW, no one earns decent rates down there.
You also don't work in IT.

We are big boys in the city, drawing nice crisp fifties out of the cash points.
You should come and join us

No I'm in engineering £400-500/day

[MrMarkyMark]

No I'm in engineering £400-500/day

Now, I understand why you can't afford a decent house.

We wouldn't get out of bed for it, in the city, our butlers earn more

[PurpleGorilla]

40k per year = £2513 per month

150 k mortgage approx. 1k per month

.....

where does your money go?

oh and by the way you may not be able to buy a 500k house - but you know what neither can 90% of the rest of the country

My money goes into ISAs!

I appreciate that £500k is expensive. That is my whole point though. £500k is a huge amount of money, but prices are so high what it gets you is **** all.

[PurpleGorilla]

Now, I understand why you can't afford a decent house.

We wouldn't get out of bed for it, in the city, our butlers earn more

Yeah yokel rates for yokel people. [emoji90]

So what rate do you make?

[MrMarkyMark]

so what rate do you make?

loads

hth

bidi

[SueEllen]

My money goes into ISAs!

I appreciate that £500k is expensive. That is my whole point though. £500k is a huge amount of money, but prices are so high what it gets you is **** all.

When my parents and other people's parents I know brought their houses they were in then unfashionable parts of London. Once people were priced out of the fashionable parts their property prices rose.

The same has happened to all my siblings and me, and we span 2 generations.

In short if you can't afford a 500K house find an area not full of riff raff you can afford and buy a property there.

Places do still actually exist like that. The issue is finding them - however you won't find them by moaning on here.

[PurpleGorilla]

loads

hth

bidi

[PurpleGorilla]

When my parents and other people's parents I know brought their houses they were in then unfashionable parts of London. Once people were priced out of the fashionable parts their property prices rose.

The same has happened to all my siblings and me, and we span 2 generations.

In short if you can't afford a 500K house find an area not full of riff raff you can afford and buy a property there.

Places do still actually exist like that. The issue is finding them - however you won't find them by moaning on here.

That's complete crap.

[MrMarkyMark]

OK, don't usually discuss but around £600 and up.