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Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishing -
Originally posted by d000hg View PostWe may have different understandings of "reasonably sized" but even so, £700k doesn't sound unbelievable... but it is rather a lot less than £1m and under half the price he mentioned.While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Originally posted by Lockhouse View PostAs a one-man-band you can only get so far; you run up against a glass ceiling and that's what happens to most of us. We make a good living but not a great one. In order to make that leap to the next level you have to do change the model.
Or I can not move home, go for a decent permie job (and perhaps contract again after learning new skills) and take it easy in life.
The idea of a massive mortgage - anything over £200k - also scares the cr@p out of me.Comment
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Scary. Talk of houses for £700K let alone £1.6M.....
You could literally buy a small village in Wales for that.
Honestly, some of you lot are mad. My 4 bed detached in wales worth about £220K now, cost me £120K.
I would rather shag sheep than pay £700K for the same house!!!!Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by doodab View PostWell that would be a three bed terrace and a bit on the small side. If you want a four bed detached you're into million quid plus territory.Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!Comment
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OP, why not just send your kids to private schools, a lot cheaper than getting into such high debt.
This sounds cliche but a bigger house doesn't mean happier life.
My house is modest but still paid a high price as its London, at the end of the day I don't own the house, the house owns me.Comment
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What the estate agents don't tell you is you have to be < 0.1 of a mile from the school gate to stand a chance of getting in, and the only reason it received an Ofsted "outstanding" (which doesn't mean much nowdays) is because all the pupils are from middle class families and receiving intensive private tutoring.
I think you need to do the maths, as the premium on house prices within reach of a half decent state school is sometimes more than putting your kids through the private system.'Orwell's 1984 was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual'. -
Nick Pickles, director of Big Brother Watch.Comment
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Originally posted by SandyD View PostOP, why not just send your kids to private schools, a lot cheaper than getting into such high debt.
This sounds cliche but a bigger house doesn't mean happier life.
My house is modest but still paid a high price as its London, at the end of the day I don't own the house, the house owns me.Originally posted by SantaClaus View PostWhat the estate agents don't tell you is you have to be < 0.1 of a mile from the school gate to stand a chance of getting in, and the only reason it received an Ofsted "outstanding" (which doesn't mean much nowdays) is because all the pupils are from middle class families and receiving intensive private tutoring.
I think you need to do the maths, as the premium on house prices within reach of a half decent state school is sometimes more than putting your kids through the private system.Comment
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Originally posted by SantaClaus View PostWhat the estate agents don't tell you is you have to be < 0.1 of a mile from the school gate to stand a chance of getting in,and the only reason it received an Ofsted "outstanding" (which doesn't mean much nowdays) is because all the pupils are from middle class families and receiving intensive private tutoring.
I think you need to do the maths, as the premium on house prices within reach of a half decent state school is sometimes more than putting your kids through the private system.
Would the OP mind sharing the postcode/village/town/whatever or even the URL to the house in question?Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by psychocandy View Post**** me. Where do u live?Hard Brexit now!
#prayfornodealComment
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