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How long did you stay in your first house for?
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PasturesNew wrote: »It wasn't! My 50% share of a SO studio, on a council road, two villages away from town, was worth £25,000 in 1992!
Where was that? We bought the whole of a large two-bedroom flat in a decent area in 1997 for £35000.(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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cb24 8**seven-day-weekend wrote: »where was that? We bought the whole of a large two-bedroom flat in a decent area in 1997 for £35000.
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5 years....until everything went boob up.
My parents bought their first and only home 40 years ago (at the age of 29 and 27)We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
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My parents bought two houses:
1] 25 years (bought first one aged 40/47)
2] 15 years and still in it (bought when retired)
But they rented before that:
A] 2 years
B] 10 years0 -
the first house i lived in , i stayed for 3 years but i got a super offer for it.. nnow i have a porche that reminds me of it
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1st house 6 years
2nd house 10 years
Present house 3 months, so far! ;-)I love giving home made gifts, which one of my children would you like?
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i bought my first place in 1986 when i was 23-i lived in it until 2003 and sold it in 2004-i moved 300 yards to a quieter location-i had foreign student lodgers all that time and they covered the mortgage-i got to travel to some exotic places as way of thanks to me--mfw'11 No68- 55k mortgage İO--little to nothing saved! i must do better.0
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28 years so far, and no intention of moving, ever.
After seeing friends struggle when they had their second child and were all but forced to move from a two bed ftb house to something bigger when their finances were at their most stretched we saved like crazy to be able to buy a three bedroomed house for our first house. It's turned out to be the best money saving thing we've ever done. We've only ever had one mortgage (compared to today's mortgages a tiny £18k but it was huge at the time), no moving costs and we've been mortgage free for years. We feel very lucky and fortunate to have been able to do this, as well as sad that with house prices as they are our daughters most likely won't be able to do the same.0 -
PennyPincher_L wrote: »the first house i lived in , i stayed for 3 years but i got a super offer for it.. nnow i have a porche that reminds me of it
did that erection have a extension on it !;):cool: hard as nails on the internet . wimp in the real world :cool:0
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