Council House origins?

[sasguru]

I think my nanny lived in a council house. Does that count?

[Solidec]

Dad came to this country at the age of 17, got a job as an accountants clerk and worked his way up from there without a single penny off the state. He rented a flat, worked worked, got a better job, saved a deposit, bought a nice 5 bedroom detached house in the London suburbs where he lives with my mum, brother and sister to this day. Same house in over 30 years. £30k for god sake, for a 5 bedroom detached in a very nice burb, in the '70's!!!!!

Me on the other hand, hah, snowbnalls chance in hell of emulating my fathers achievments. Not through lack of effort, but sheer government policy and systemic greed.

I am in no worse position financially relative to my father when he was my age, but with asset prices (namely houses) through the stratosphere, I am 10 times worse off when it comes to keeping a roof over my head!

As they say, life's not fair.

[Pinto]

I grew up in a citroen estate. Bloody cramped it was.

[Churchill]

Not through lack of effort, but sheer government policy and systemic green.

Where's that on the Dulux Colour Chart?

Is it a relation of "Soylent"?

[dinker]

Who you callin` thick?

[Churchill]

Who you callin` thick?

Someone who uses an apostrophe to shorten a word by one character!

[sasguru]

Someone who uses an apostrophe to shorten a word by one character!

Post of the day

[BrilloPad]

I used to get free school dinners and go on charity utings : does that count?

[BrowneIssue]

My Dad went into grounds management specifically because it came with a tied property. My parents bought their first house when I was about 10; it was someone else's council house.

[Board Game Geek]

It wasn't until I was 21, that I visited my first council house. (a band mate's)