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Christ, seems expensive?

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  • sjaypink
    sjaypink Posts: 6,740 Forumite
    friday night and grahams on gumtree.... :whistle::D

    they look the same prices as here. thing is regrding the market deciding affordability- the increase of private rent by those claiming housing benefits has effected this greatly... eg, working in a drop-in centre we were amazed one day when a guy came in asking for advice about his bedsit/ living conditions. he had taken pics on his mobile- to say it was appalling was an understatement. he (or rather the local authority) was paying a rate of £100pw for a tiny squalid room.

    no coincidence that that amount was the maximum eligible rate for local housing allowance payments. :rolleyes:
    We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. Carl Jung

  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    sjaypink wrote: »
    friday night and grahams on gumtree.... :whistle::D

    And I still havent found you on there yet :D
  • sjaypink
    sjaypink Posts: 6,740 Forumite
    And I still havent found you on there yet :D
    aww, bless, im sought after :smileyhea
    We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. Carl Jung

  • Deep_In_Debt
    Deep_In_Debt Posts: 8,579 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Mortgage-free Glee!
    I'm not shocked either - that's about the going rate where I live.
    Debt 30k in 2008.:eek::o Cleared all my debt in 2013 and loving being debt free :)
    Mortgage free since 2014 :)
  • MrFonzerelli
    MrFonzerelli Posts: 294 Forumite
    edited 17 April 2009 at 9:53PM
    Please avoid blasphemy! :cool:
  • Pobby
    Pobby Posts: 5,438 Forumite
    I am always surprised at prices in Exeter, considering it`s the south west, very over priced imho.
  • Cleaver
    Cleaver Posts: 6,989 Forumite
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    Please avoid blasphemy Graham! :cool:

    Speaking of which, have you seen the prices of crosses recently? I went to look at a large wooden one last week that I was going to be nailed to for a while but it was £600 a month. Crazy money. And you have to supply your own nails.
  • mewbie_2
    mewbie_2 Posts: 6,058 Forumite
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    Cleaver wrote: »
    Speaking of which, have you seen the prices of crosses recently? I went to look at a large wooden one last week that I was going to be nailed to for a while but it was £600 a month. Crazy money. And you have to supply your own nails.
    Jesus that's pricey! You'll find the MSE way is just to jump in front of a bus.
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    Cleaver wrote: »
    Speaking of which, have you seen the prices of crosses recently? I went to look at a large wooden one last week that I was going to be nailed to for a while but it was £600 a month. Crazy money. And you have to supply your own nails.

    Couldn't you just get a short term tenancy?
  • Cleaver
    Cleaver Posts: 6,989 Forumite
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    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    Couldn't you just get a short term tenancy?

    All I can find is new build crosses. Really expensive and I can hear the next door cross like it was my own.
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