Would you march for more affordable housing?

b0rker

Emy1501 wrote: »

Who is blaming Hamish for HPI on his own? The point is he trying to justify his HPI by claiming how it was so hard from him to buy when he bought and in some weird way HPI is earned. As for moving up to Scotland no thank you. Lets face it it was your banks that got us into this mess with their overborrowing and attitude that debt is great and makes you rich. Just like you and Hamish they lived off their fantasy wealth and are only not bust due to government bailout. I have a feeling that many of you in Scotland are no different. There was an article the other day point out the problems of Scotland and how many of you are living above your means. I think I will stay where I am thanks.

Classic!

At least is beats the classic Scotsman stereotype where we are all really tight with money and invented copper wire when two of us were fighting over a penny.

Hoots mun, ayone for a loan!??!

I am glad to see that xenophobia is still rife in the world today.

2010? Seems more like 1810!

b0rker

Deleted_User wrote: »

If people in the South East were really concerned about the future of their children they'd be flocking to places with affordable housing. Or at least raising their children to have the expectation that they must move away from home as soon as they're old enough (unless they're lucky enough to get the very best paid jobs...or an inheritance). The problem is, I suspect most want the best of both worlds. They want all the benefits that come with living in the South East but not the downsides. So who's being greedy?

I moved to London in 2001 to make a career for myself and make my millions. I was on pretty good money and almost twice what I was being paid for the same work in Inverness. It did not take me long to realise once I was there that I was actually better off (quality of life wise, about the same financially) earning less in Inverness. I was paying £850 a month for a studio flat in New Cross! I could rent the same studio flat in Inverness for about £250 at the time. I moved back to Inverness pretty quickly.

I would also like to live in Edinburgh as I love the city. My priority however is to own a property. I could have moved to Edinburgh and rented at a very high cost in comparison to my current mortgage payments. I decided against it as my priority was to own a home/pay a mortgage. I could not afford to buy in Edinburgh so I decided to stay in the sticks where it is a struggle to come by well paid work in my field (I have been lucky to be contracting for the past 2 years). I could of course pay the mortgage just fine with permanent work up here but it would leave a little bit less for toys.

So there you go. A practical example of someone living in a part of the country that they would prefer not to for the sake of home ownership.

StevieJ

b0rker wrote: »

Classic!

At least is beats the classic Scotsman stereotype where we are all really tight with money and invented copper wire when two of us were fighting over a penny.

Hoots mun, ayone for a loan!??!

I am glad to see that xenophobia is still rife in the world today.

2010? Seems more like 1810!

What about the one where you drop a coin and it hits you on the back of the head, or is that Yorkies

carolt

Yes

I like Yorkies.

Not as much as Dairy Milk, though.

treliac

carolt wrote: »

I like Yorkies.

Not as much as Dairy Milk, though.

carol, you really mellow when you talk about chocolate.

carolt

Yes

Everyone has to have 1 weakness.

Just so happens my Achilles' heel is made of chocolate.