Location, Location, Location 1/10/09

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

He's in the army and she's a nanny; that can't be far away from the average FTBs.

Live in Nannies £300-375/week, so say £18k/year (all free cash as no living expenses)
http://www.hireananny.co.uk/agency_fees.php
http://www.neatnanny.co.uk/prices.aspx

I don't know anything about the army, or specialisms, but army pay scales are here:
http://www.armedforces.co.uk/armypayscales.htm

silvercar

So she's on 18k, but nannies wages are paid net not gross for some strange reason, so 18k net is about 22.5k gross.

Looking at those payscales I would guess he's on 23-27k.

Average for FTBs, though may be more than national average.

Joint salary 45-50k, as they both have had live-in jobs they should have been able to save for a while. 3.5 x 50= 175k mortgage + their deposit.

Makes sense.

IveSeenTheLight

lostinrates wrote: »

Why does rewired never thank me

You need to be an uber bear

lostinrates

Only me watching tonight? I only really watch to chat about it here

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

Only me watching tonight? I only really watch to chat about it here

Sorry, never see it, and especially not tonight. Big meal at 8pm. Full roast with the Outlaws, after having the new secondhand oven installed.

When we moved in, we discovered the oven was caput, so it has been almost 2 months of pan meals, microwave curries and the odd barbecue. This place would never feature on LLL except as a warning to the unwary.:rotfl:

Oh, the TV aerial doesn't seem to work either. They went digital here a week or two before we arrived. Anyway, we also have a dish and Sky, so we get something, but they didn't leave the remote: changng channels is a nightmare. Oddly, we are still getting our 'old' local news instead of the Devon one. It's as if the TV is feeling homesick.:rolleyes:

lostinrates

what kind of bear are you...a house and SKY!

Love the homesick telly.

I dodn't rally expect you to watch LLL. Pastures, silvercar and LydiaJ though....where are they?

fingernails

Just put this on C4+1, thanks for reminding me. :x

fingernails

Why do they only show millionaires buying houses on this programme? They must have over a million pounds if they have a 625k pound budget? I can't remember seeing normal people buying houses on this programme?

mewbie_2

Honestly, some people. That couple were just awful. She was scheming and he was just clueless. It's like property means so much to them, and yet surely their relationship has something else to offer? Phil and Krusty I think their names were.

Lir - will this do? I didn't get around to watching it.

LydiaJ

lostinrates wrote: »

Only me watching tonight? I only really watch to chat about it here

Afraid I only watch it on 4od after the kids are asleep. I've never bothered shelling out for a card for my Sky box, so I'll have to wait until it comes onto 4od, which is usually not for a little while after the programme airs. Happy to discuss it with you tomorrow if you like, though.