Houses

Cleaver

wageslave wrote: »

Can you leave your doors open?

We could leave the doors to our flat open all day where we live.

Of course, we'd come back to zero furniture or stuff, a couple of squatters in the lounge, a fire-bombed spare bedroom, three dead bodies in our wardrobes and a stash of handguns in the bath. And drugs would be involved somewhere, but I've ran out of rooms.

Afriend_2

wageslave wrote: »

Can you leave your doors open?

The last time I did that, the missus wasn't at all pleased when she arrived home early.

Afriend_2

In honesty, there haven't been any burglaries in my road for at least the last 5 years, so yes, I guess I could.

Cleaver

Afriend wrote: »

In honesty, there haven't been any burglaries in my road for at least the last 5 years, so yes, I guess I could.

At a guess, maybe that's because people shut their doors?

wageslave

Cleaver wrote: »

We could leave the doors to our flat open all day where we live.

Of course, we'd come back to zero furniture or stuff, a couple of squatters in the lounge, a fire-bombed spare bedroom, three dead bodies in our wardrobes and a stash of handguns in the bath. And drugs would be involved somewhere, but I've ran out of rooms.

I dont understand why anyone would want to live that way. Presumably you want to have children.

I go to London every few weeks for work. I have never been in such an unhappy place. Try talking to people on the tube or in a queue for anything.

Cleaver

wageslave wrote: »

I dont understand why anyone would want to live that way. Presumably you want to have children.

I go to London every few weeks for work. I have never been in such an unhappy place. Try talking to people on the tube or in a queue for anything.

I'm exaggerating for comic effect (as usual). Although we do live in a pretty rough area and have done for a couple of years, we haven't been mugged, threatened or burgled as of yet. But our block is quite hot on security, and it takes up a good percentage of our service charge.

No plans for kids. We talked about either having kids or continuing with four holidays a year and the holidays option won out by two votes to nil.

carolt

michaels wrote: »

May be looking at this will make your prices seem more reasonable - and we are talking provincial town not Greater London.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-13006116.html?utm_source=addthis&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=buyingaddthisjul09

Or this where you don't even get to park your car anywhere near:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-23538865.html?utm_source=addthis&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=buyingaddthisjul09

Yes, but the people who put those properties up for sake at those prices are clearly mad.

We should not concern ourselves with them.

If not mad, it's a rather obvious case of money-laundering.

Clearly, no-one in their right mind would pay that for a bog-standard 3-bed semi in St Albans when they can buy one for half the price. :eek:

lostinrates

wageslave wrote: »

I go to London every few weeks for work. I have never been in such an unhappy place. Try talking to people on the tube or in a queue for anything.

It doesn't have to be. People all over the show know my dad, its very endearing, and we knew our neighbours in hamsptead, and when I was really ill, a handyman of the people over the road use to bring his pug up to kep me company each day.

We live in the south, not the SE, and could leave our doors open too. Just as I'm sure up north isn't all dark evenings, hotpot and wensleydale cheese, the south isn't all London, and London isn't all faceless and evil.


Still wouldn't mind living up north though. (from the little of it I've seen)

carolt

wageslave wrote: »

I dont understand why anyone would want to live that way. Presumably you want to have children.

I go to London every few weeks for work. I have never been in such an unhappy place. Try talking to people on the tube or in a queue for anything.

It's the other way round for us. We live down south and I'd love to live up in Manchester, where my OH is from, and we have lots of family and friends. But my OH won't do it. Despite the high house prices down here, despite the nightmare commute...he won't countenance living in Manchester because of the crime levels. Lots of shocking stories.... Shame, but I can see where he's coming from.

michaels

Well property 1 is in a good road (and sold so both buyer and seller are mad). Property 2 the road is a medium walk from the station but I wouldn't want to live there cos of the parking issues and just how small a house and plot you get for your money. I know someone who sold on the road for 104k 15 years ago on what was probably a better property (West facing garden etc)

carolt wrote: »

Yes, but the people who put those properties up for sake at those prices are clearly mad.

We should not concern ourselves with them.

If not mad, it's a rather obvious case of money-laundering.

Clearly, no-one in their right mind would pay that for a bog-standard 3-bed semi in St Albans when they can buy one for half the price. :eek: