Rightmove Link With Sellers Car Collection On View Amazing!

[northwest monkey]

anonymous said:

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But do they though?

I'm pretty sure that's a load of bks.

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there are many people living/working in London for whom the streets are paved with gold and their st smells of roses. However, for the absolute vast (I'm talking 99%) majority of the population of London, this isn't the case. For every single investment banker, property developer, CEO, powerfully built multi-directorship PH type, there will be literally thousands of shop workers, receptionists, lollipop ladies, factory workers, mechanics, teachers etc. who can do nothing but now dream of owning anything where they live. That boat has sailed for them and they will never, never be able to buy anything now.

The house linked in the OP is a "normal" family home. Let's get real - it's nothing special, it's a 3-bed end terrace property in an ok area. The sort of house a "normal" family could live in. Apart from they have got no chance of ever doing so - simply because it's so far away from what they could afford.

That's the London housing crisis in a nutshell.

[northwest monkey]

Countdown said:

Legacywr said:

Wacky Racer said:

What a joke.

For not much more near Manchester you could have something like this.


http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

Apart from picture's 1 and 4, I quite like that!

If the OP house was local to me, and, at a local price, I'd be all over it!

You wouldn't want to live in Bacup. Even the alsations walk round in pairs

T'other end of the valley (Helmshore) is more the PH type of place.

Meh. For all its faults, I quite like Bacup - I moved from Sale to round here about 20 odd years ago. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of knobheads, but that's true of anywhere (think of the Racecourse estate or Northern Moor if you know Sale), and considerably less so than a lot of places in Manchester...

[Wacky Racer]

northwest monkey said:

Meh. For all its faults, I quite like Bacup - I moved from Sale to round here about 20 odd years ago. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of knobheads, but that's true of anywhere (think of the Racecourse estate or Northern Moor if you know Sale), and considerably less so than a lot of places in Manchester...

Regarding the lovely Bacup house, I very nearly bought that in 2001 for around £150,000 but didn't think it was worth it.

(Obviously it has had a lot of money spent on it since.)

(The vast majority (not all) of Helmshore is full of cheaply built tightly packed commuter type shoebox houses)

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northwest monkey said:

But do they though?

I'm pretty sure that's a load of bks.

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there are many people living/working in London for whom the streets are paved with gold and their st smells of roses. However, for the absolute vast (I'm talking 99%) majority of the population of London, this isn't the case. For every single investment banker, property developer, CEO, powerfully built multi-directorship PH type, there will be literally thousands of shop workers, receptionists, lollipop ladies, factory workers, mechanics, teachers etc. who can do nothing but now dream of owning anything where they live. That boat has sailed for them and they will never, never be able to buy anything now.

The house linked in the OP is a "normal" family home. Let's get real - it's nothing special, it's a 3-bed end terrace property in an ok area. The sort of house a "normal" family could live in. Apart from they have got no chance of ever doing so - simply because it's so far away from what they could afford.

That's the London housing crisis in a nutshell.

Ahmen to that.

I was lucky enough to buy a place 5 years ago but I'd find it almost impossible to buy my house from scratch today and our earnings are normal for professionals in London I would say.

[northwest monkey]

Wacky Racer said:

northwest monkey said:

Meh. For all its faults, I quite like Bacup - I moved from Sale to round here about 20 odd years ago. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of knobheads, but that's true of anywhere (think of the Racecourse estate or Northern Moor if you know Sale), and considerably less so than a lot of places in Manchester...

Regarding the lovely Bacup house, I very nearly bought that in 2001 for around £150,000 but didn't think it was worth it.

(Obviously it has had a lot of money spent on it since.)

(The vast majority (not all) of Helmshore is full of cheaply built tightly packed commuter type shoebox houses)

There are some bits of Helmshore that are lovely, lots of it is like a Barratts estate though! Don't get me wrong, I do like Bacup, but if I had £1m to spend I certainly wouldn't spend it here. Clitheroe area would probably get my money.

I'm sure if you're sitting pretty in a nice 4-bed end terrace in London that was bought in 1997 then you'd be delighted (until you come to move that is), but I do feel sorry for the "normal" people that aren't.

[Wacky Racer]

northwest monkey said:

Wacky Racer said:

northwest monkey said:

Meh. For all its faults, I quite like Bacup - I moved from Sale to round here about 20 odd years ago. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of knobheads, but that's true of anywhere (think of the Racecourse estate or Northern Moor if you know Sale), and considerably less so than a lot of places in Manchester...

Regarding the lovely Bacup house, I very nearly bought that in 2001 for around £150,000 but didn't think it was worth it.

(Obviously it has had a lot of money spent on it since.)

(The vast majority (not all) of Helmshore is full of cheaply built tightly packed commuter type shoebox houses)

There are some bits of Helmshore that are lovely, lots of it is like a Barratts estate though! Don't get me wrong, I do like Bacup, but if I had £1m to spend I certainly wouldn't spend it here. Clitheroe area would probably get my money.

I'm sure if you're sitting pretty in a nice 4-bed end terrace in London that was bought in 1997 then you'd be delighted (until you come to move that is), but I do feel sorry for the "normal" people that aren't.

Yes, I'm contemplating moving in a year or so and Clitheroe/Skipton is on my radar too.

One of my lads pays £900pm to rent a quarter share in a small mid terraced house in Archway, London. He says there isn't a house in the street worth less than £1m.

A similar house near me would be £200k.

[northwest monkey]

Wacky Racer said:

northwest monkey said:

Wacky Racer said:

northwest monkey said:

Meh. For all its faults, I quite like Bacup - I moved from Sale to round here about 20 odd years ago. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of knobheads, but that's true of anywhere (think of the Racecourse estate or Northern Moor if you know Sale), and considerably less so than a lot of places in Manchester...

Regarding the lovely Bacup house, I very nearly bought that in 2001 for around £150,000 but didn't think it was worth it.

(Obviously it has had a lot of money spent on it since.)

(The vast majority (not all) of Helmshore is full of cheaply built tightly packed commuter type shoebox houses)

There are some bits of Helmshore that are lovely, lots of it is like a Barratts estate though! Don't get me wrong, I do like Bacup, but if I had £1m to spend I certainly wouldn't spend it here. Clitheroe area would probably get my money.

I'm sure if you're sitting pretty in a nice 4-bed end terrace in London that was bought in 1997 then you'd be delighted (until you come to move that is), but I do feel sorry for the "normal" people that aren't.

Yes, I'm contemplating moving in a year or so and Clitheroe/Skipton is on my radar too.

One of my lads pays £900pm to rent a quarter share in a small mid terraced house in Archway, London. He says there isn't a house in the street worth less than £1m.

A similar house near me would be £200k.

This is where I don't understand the attraction of living in London. I get it's got theatres, art galleries, cafes that serve breakfast on a spade etc., but in reality most of the time people get up, go to work & then go home again - not via the Natural History Museum or a quick spin round the London Eye. I also get that for a lot of jobs that pay more for being in London, but if a house there costs 5 times more than one elsewhere, I'd be willing to bet the salary isn't 5 times greater. Just madness really and a shame for "normal" people who get pushed further & further out of the area, or into an area that would be described as "up and coming" with a "vibrant community" by Kirsty & Phil - i.e. a sthole.

[jason61c]

I just want to point out all this North - South stuff.

If you're north of Tiverton you're all Northern. Bloody uplanders.

[anonymous-user]

anonymous said:

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Which is great, but how often do you actually use the facilities of the city?

I currently live in the centre of a city, I use the facilities (Art / Museum / Exh / Café etc) maybe once or twice a week. That means I spend 20-25% of my time utilising the city ... My colleague lives 20KM from the city, lovely 4 story house, river at the bottom of the garden, a boat, he can be in the city to use the facilities in 12mins (train).

Well I had lived in Wales my whole life and quite frankly cannot wait to leave the city, its noisy, crowded, property is overpriced, no parking, no garages (!) ... and we live in a nice area, god help it if you lived in the poor bits. (aka vibrant or 'on the up'.)

[parakitaMol.]

Patch1875 said:

The dolls are a bit scary!

A bit?

[anonymous-user]

anonymous said:

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Excellent point, but I pay to live in the city centre, yet I do not utilise those facilities enough to justify paying the extra to live here, I would rather take the train every week for 12 mins and have my house!

Exactly, so please carry on living in the city, don't want you smart 'ducated city slickers rawn'd 'ere.

[5potTurbo]

newbie29 said:

80 page photo shoot check out his garage and tools :0)



http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

Offer the asking price on the basis they can complete in 1 month. (I quite like the time warp kitchen!)
Anyone fancy moving all that st in 4 weeks? They'd need MONTHS to get the F.O out of there!
The agent's even taken pictures on ring spanners in the garage, FFS!

[BERGS2]

5potTurbo said:

Offer the asking price on the basis they can complete in 1 month. (I quite like the time warp kitchen!)
Anyone fancy moving all that st in 4 weeks? They'd need MONTHS to get the F.O out of there!
The agent's even taken pictures on ring spanners in the garage, FFS!

Why so many pics - of such irrelevant ste???

very odd.

bit like this sort of nonsense - appreciate that; as 'off plan' there are not physical shots to take - but Picture 3?

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/new-homes-for-sale/prop...

truly random

[Willlll]

Thoroughly feel sorry for those in London.

Just purchased a 3 bed semi with a garage in Solihull (Best place in the UK to live 2013) for a quarter of these prices.

Loads of work in the engineering sector with very good pay relative to the living costs.

[AyBee]

Willlll said:

Thoroughly feel sorry for those in London.

Just purchased a 3 bed semi with a garage in Solihull (Best place in the UK to live 2013) for a quarter of these prices.

Loads of work in the engineering sector with very good pay relative to the living costs.

You live in Solihull and feel sorry for those of us in London?

[jason61c]

AyBee said:

Willlll said:

Thoroughly feel sorry for those in London.

Just purchased a 3 bed semi with a garage in Solihull (Best place in the UK to live 2013) for a quarter of these prices.

Loads of work in the engineering sector with very good pay relative to the living costs.

You live in Solihull and feel sorry for those of us in London?

Can I add hull to the list?