Would YOU turn down 275 million to 'save' your village?
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There is no f
king way I would turn that down. Prosperity guaranteed for the next 10 generations. I don't see why he couldn't have just sold it and gone and bought another farm with the money. The thing he is missing out on here is that if it doesn't go to him it will go to someone else so he will just feel like an idiot when reality hits him.
Like others have commented though, he is probably not poor to start with. All those lovely EU subsidies.
king way I would turn that down. Prosperity guaranteed for the next 10 generations. I don't see why he couldn't have just sold it and gone and bought another farm with the money. The thing he is missing out on here is that if it doesn't go to him it will go to someone else so he will just feel like an idiot when reality hits him.Like others have commented though, he is probably not poor to start with. All those lovely EU subsidies.
krallicious said:
If I was in his situation I would be looking for a house in Provence, a mews house in London, a cottage on Islay and a flat in St Anton. Safe to say I would be taking the money and running 
A mews house in London? Are you joking? With 40m you could buy a massive 5-6 storey 7-8 bedroom mansion house in St Johns Wood! 275m is enough to buy large properties in central locations in the main developed cities throughout the world if you choose to. Mews houses in central London are mostly small and dinky, you could buy a few and knock them together, but why not buy the great big houses in front of the mews, which is what the mews houses were made to service! you would be much more wealthy with 275m than most of the people in the big homes on the other side of the street!Thankyou4calling said:
He isn't turning down that money, or any money.
He won't have been made an offer.
It's supposition, a news headline that grabs attention and nothing more.
Move on, nothing to see here.
Chris Evans gave out a completely different version this morning.He won't have been made an offer.
It's supposition, a news headline that grabs attention and nothing more.
Move on, nothing to see here.
It was a firm and cash offer!
S1MMA said:
krallicious said:
If I was in his situation I would be looking for a house in Provence, a mews house in London, a cottage on Islay and a flat in St Anton. Safe to say I would be taking the money and running
A mews house in London? Are you joking? With 40m you could buy a massive 5-6 storey 7-8 bedroom mansion house in St Johns Wood! 275m is enough to buy large properties in central locations in the main developed cities throughout the world if you choose to. Mews houses in central London are mostly small and dinky, you could buy a few and knock them together, but why not buy the great big houses in front of the mews, which is what the mews houses were made to service! you would be much more wealthy with 275m than most of the people in the big homes on the other side of the street!Thankyou4calling said:
Grumfutock said:
Chris Evans gave out a completely different version this morning.
It was a firm and cash offer!
Chris Evans? The DJ and car enthusiast/It was a firm and cash offer!
What does he have to do with it.
The landowner will not have been made an offer.
It's a story and nothing more.
Really I don't understand why you would struggle with that unless you are suggesting that a DJ, working for the BBC, with all the access to news and media that the BBC gets hasn't got a clue about it? Perhaps you could clarify how you are an expert on this story? Are you the land owner in disguise?
Edited by Grumfutock on Wednesday 13th May 06:40
As someone who lives less than 5 miles away from this proposed development, and who has struggled to get on the housing ladder, I must admit I struggle with all of the people saying not in my back yard.
Well, great, OK then - not in your back yard. So where else? You going to dump them all next to my house then, as its a more built up area?
Simply there is not enough housing supply (as a previous poster referenced the average price is ridiculous) - and everyone local with their nice big houses is simply pulling up the ladder on everyone left. I'd like to move up the ladder at some point - but where too? and with what money? Unless someone builds more houses I'm going to have a crippling mortgage until I'm 100!
The only thing that concerns me about the site is the lack of access to mainline railway station for the London commute.
Well, great, OK then - not in your back yard. So where else? You going to dump them all next to my house then, as its a more built up area?
Simply there is not enough housing supply (as a previous poster referenced the average price is ridiculous) - and everyone local with their nice big houses is simply pulling up the ladder on everyone left. I'd like to move up the ladder at some point - but where too? and with what money? Unless someone builds more houses I'm going to have a crippling mortgage until I'm 100!
The only thing that concerns me about the site is the lack of access to mainline railway station for the London commute.
Nice back story here actually. Fair play to them.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/countryside/...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/countryside/...
The great rural fightback:
meanwhile, the young people who grow up in rural areas have to move away because there are no jobs, or houses for them, the community falls apart, schools close, shops close, pubs close, and the only people left behind are rich pensioners living in dying villages
meanwhile, the young people who grow up in rural areas have to move away because there are no jobs, or houses for them, the community falls apart, schools close, shops close, pubs close, and the only people left behind are rich pensioners living in dying villages
Thankyou4calling said:
He isn't turning down that money, or any money.
He won't have been made an offer.
It's supposition, a news headline that grabs attention and nothing more.
Move on, nothing to see here.
He was on the local news, he did turn down the offer. Seemed a genuine chap with a sound set of morals. Good on him I say, though I did wonder what he kids will do in the future.He won't have been made an offer.
It's supposition, a news headline that grabs attention and nothing more.
Move on, nothing to see here.
rover 623gsi said:
The great rural fightback:
meanwhile, the young people who grow up in rural areas have to move away because there are no jobs, or houses for them, the community falls apart, schools close, shops close, pubs close, and the only people left behind are rich pensioners living in dying villages
Yep!meanwhile, the young people who grow up in rural areas have to move away because there are no jobs, or houses for them, the community falls apart, schools close, shops close, pubs close, and the only people left behind are rich pensioners living in dying villages
I am one of these!
Village primary education, 23 years living there, now moved back to the town I was born in because there is no affordable housing.
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