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It’s such a bitter taste of defeat as I stare out my window each morning

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  • olly300
    olly300 Posts: 14,738 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    ash28 wrote: »
    You can always flat share with her if you have a spare €700 a month

    And her next money making whining article will be the flatmate from hell about you. :D
    I'm not cynical I'm realistic :p

    (If a link I give opens pop ups I won't know I don't use windows)
  • daviecol
    daviecol Posts: 181 Forumite
    Whilst I have a great deal of sympathy for hard working people trying to get a foot on the ladder and then finding them selves in negative equity, I'm afraid I can't feel any sympathy for some spoiled prat who borrowed cash from her family to buy part of what looks like a work house for half a million.

    Call me old fashioned but what's wrong with a normal house?
  • ash28
    ash28 Posts: 1,789 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee! Debt-free and Proud!
    macaque wrote: »
    "I wish I had listened to the 70% club" declares property chump.



    1224281058402_1.jpg

    The 70% club says: Cheer up Alison, your flat has not suddenly developed subsidence or dry rot, just a taste of price reality. Homes are for living in. Just enjoy the view ... er whoops, I mean the "Sleek Scandinavian furniture"

    That is one great view for €525,000
  • baby_boomer
    baby_boomer Posts: 3,883 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    ash28 wrote: »
    Her grandfather is Leo Ward of Ward Anderson the owners of the largest cinema chain in Ireland.

    It reminds me of the moaners pictured in the Times when the Coalition proposed cutting child benefit for higher rate taxpayers.

    The husband was on at least £150K+ according to his tax band :rotfl: and they only had one child.

    Some people!
  • sabretoothtigger
    sabretoothtigger Posts: 10,036 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    What happens if she cant pay the management fee and/or the flat is empty
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    Sibley wrote: »

    Believe your own eyes. Is your dream house currently for sale at a large discounted price?

    I think you know the answer to that.

    Yes. We're going to see two houses next week. Both asking between 14 - 20% under peak price.

    I don't quite get all this "dream house" rubbish, though. Sounds a bit like a bricks version of a knight in shining armour.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    ash28 wrote: »
    That is one great view for €525,000

    I was thinking that - a multi-storey car-park and a goods yard.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • Dirk_Rambo
    Dirk_Rambo Posts: 387 Forumite
    macaque wrote: »
    "I wish I had listened to the 70% club" declares property chump.



    1224281058402_1.jpg

    The 70% club says: Cheer up Alison, your flat has not suddenly developed subsidence or dry rot, just a taste of price reality. Homes are for living in. Just enjoy the view ... er whoops, I mean the "Sleek Scandinavian furniture"
    shes a looker. so no worries she can stay in my gaff.
    macaque can she still belateledy join the 70 per cent club or is the waiting list 2 long? ill gladly 2nd her application
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    Dirk_Rambo wrote: »
    shes a looker.

    Do you reckon? I can only see a sulky look and over-bleached hair.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • Dirk_Rambo
    Dirk_Rambo Posts: 387 Forumite
    neverdespairgirl wrote: »
    Do you reckon? I can only see a sulky look and over-bleached hair.
    youd be sulky to if you lost 70 per cent. if she comes stays with me i can cheer her up
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