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LondonManc replied

11 October 2018, 06:54
Originally posted by woohoo View Post

When I was growing up in the jewelled city of Liverpool, I always considered Runcorn to be quite posh.

Just proud not to be from Liverpool and relieved not to be from the town of the high six, Widnes. Big difference.
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DimPrawn replied

10 October 2018, 19:09
Originally posted by Hobosapien View Post

Hopefully they make it payable by the property owner and not tenant so gets absorbed in the rent cost like service charges are.

Then the tenant will be better off as rent affordability follows housing benefit levels and it's another nail in the coffin of amateur 'accidental' landlords pricing out first time buyers by Borrowing to Let all the cheaper properties.

Bring it on.

I can't see the ultra low tax May govt implementing this....oh hang on.
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Hobosapien replied

10 October 2018, 09:25
Hopefully they make it payable by the property owner and not tenant so gets absorbed in the rent cost like service charges are.

Then the tenant will be better off as rent affordability follows housing benefit levels and it's another nail in the coffin of amateur 'accidental' landlords pricing out first time buyers by Borrowing to Let all the cheaper properties.

Bring it on.
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vetran replied

9 October 2018, 21:06
Originally posted by AtW View Post

It starts with 0.5% and before you know there will be additional rate taxpayer bands

yep
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AtW replied

9 October 2018, 20:41
It starts with 0.5% and before you know there will be additional rate taxpayer bands
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BR14 replied

9 October 2018, 20:16
Originally posted by WTFH View Post

Are you closer to the centre of Staines?

nah, he's a stain too far
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woohoo replied

9 October 2018, 14:54
Originally posted by LondonManc View Post

Runcorn: a big chavvy blister just outside Liverpool

Sums it up better than I could....

When I was growing up in the jewelled city of Liverpool, I always considered Runcorn to be quite posh.
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DimPrawn replied

9 October 2018, 14:33
Originally posted by vetran View Post

This is centralish Slough (note the handy Job centre plus). £750,000 for a 4 bed.

4 bedroom detached house for sale in Clyde Close, Slough, Berkshire, SL1

I live a lot further out.

For a little more you can be the proud owner of a rusty box on top of some garages!

Derelict garage transformed into a modern two-bed home for GBP825,000 | Daily Mail Online
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vetran replied

9 October 2018, 14:28
Originally posted by WTFH View Post

Are you closer to the centre of Staines?

We don't talk about Staines, we try to forget the poor people exist, much the same as those in Maidenhead.
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WTFH replied

9 October 2018, 13:56
Originally posted by vetran View Post

This is centralish Slough (note the handy Job centre plus). £750,000 for a 4 bed.

4 bedroom detached house for sale in Clyde Close, Slough, Berkshire, SL1

I live a lot further out.

Are you closer to the centre of Staines?
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original PM replied

9 October 2018, 13:31
Originally posted by LondonManc View Post

Runcorn: a big chavvy blister just outside Liverpool

Sums it up better than I could....

Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

BBC Three - Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps

Even the BBC based a comedy about chavs there...

I know all about it really - -live near there but not to near...

There are some nice parts of Runcorn as well....
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DaveB replied

9 October 2018, 13:28
Originally posted by original PM View Post

What you got against Runcorn?

Could be worse, could be Doncaster.

Doncaster - ARRSEpedia
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vetran replied

9 October 2018, 12:58
This is centralish Slough (note the handy Job centre plus). £750,000 for a 4 bed.

4 bedroom detached house for sale in Clyde Close, Slough, Berkshire, SL1

I live a lot further out.
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DimPrawn replied

9 October 2018, 12:54
Originally posted by original PM View Post

What you got against Runcorn?

BBC Three - Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps

Even the BBC based a comedy about chavs there...
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LondonManc replied

9 October 2018, 12:20
Originally posted by original PM View Post

What you got against Runcorn?

Runcorn: a big chavvy blister just outside Liverpool

Sums it up better than I could....
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