I've seen this house I want

[mudskipper]

Hopefully he has better taste in curtains than the last owner.

Indeed - that house is hideous.

[d000hg]

You should have used the future planning before you got the wife and kids

[Mich the Tester]

Really though, £1m these days is not a lot of money when you get to a certain point in your life. Don't get me wrong: I don't have a million but even if I did I can't see it giving me everything I need (want?).

Au contraire. I don't have a million either but I do have everything I want. The only issue is how to keep it that way into old age.

[sasguru]

But no doubt buying a few decades ago in London and retiring a tad further north will leave you with some pretty impressive housing.

Yes I remember the first property I bought in zone 2 in London: large 2-bed garden flat cost £55K.
Saw it sold recently for £350K. I guess that would get you a house up north.
Shame about the Northern muppets you'd have to associate with though.

[formant]

Indeed - that house is hideous.

It's incredibly OTT, as many similar properties are.

You'd hope someone buying in that price-range would have a good renovation budget though.

[Mich the Tester]

Indeed - that house is hideous.

Money can't buy taste but it can hire a decent interior designer.

[sasguru]

Really this debate isn't about property but about what kind of person you are:
urban sophisticate or dull countrified bumpkin.

[Mich the Tester]

It's incredibly OTT, as many similar properties are.

You'd hope someone buying in that price-range would have a good renovation budget though.

Actually I think that houses like that should not be sold, and if they won't be inherited then they should be appointed with lifelong residents to acct as guardians, selected on the basis of tests of taste, culture and good breeding. It's quite depressing to see the damage an oik with more cash than taste can do to a fine building.

[formant]

Actually I think that houses like that should not be sold, and if they won't be inherited then they should be appointed with lifelong residents to acct as guardians, selected on the basis of tests of taste, culture and good breeding. It's quite depressing to see the damage an oik with more cash than taste can do to a fine building.

You have a point there.

[Lockhouse]

You have a point there.

Unfortunately everyone thinks their own taste is best.