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Would renting make you bitter?
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And you didn't move to a better place? More fool you then for putting up with it and paying the landlords for the dumps you rented
In my experience most rental properties are as he described. Hell, it is a business for landlords so you'd expect them to keep costs as low as possible.0 -
I'm not bitter I now have to rent but I'm not happy about it which is why I'm currently undertaking a degree, then a PGCE, to teach higher education.
If you're not happy, make a plan to change it. No point in being bitter about it
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It's not always possible to plan to change it. Especially if you're older and don't have the capacity to even understand or know how/where to change it.I'm not bitter I now have to rent but I'm not happy about it which is why I'm currently undertaking a degree, then a PGCE, to teach higher education.
If you're not happy, make a plan to change it. No point in being bitter about it
How do you know there will be jobs when you've finished doing what you're doing? What if nobody wants you because they prefer to employ people in their 20s-30s?0 -
My experience of renting:
1. Coudln't decorate, had !!!!!! white walls for over a year
2. Decoration was not nice, holes and screws left in walls, carpet cut wrongly so could see floorboard, cheap vinyl bathroom flooring cut so could see floorboard
3. Maintenance was sub-par, because landlord didnt live their and treated it like a business repairs were minimal and took a while to get done. Boiler was 20 years old, kitchen was 15 years old and greased up by previous tenants. Window frames were rotten (yes rotten).. single glazed and full of mould in interior and exterior. Had to use dehumidifer and mould spray to keep it in check.
4. Had to live beneath loud neighbours with a loud sub-woofer who thought putting washing on at midnight would be a good idea.
5. Moved 3 times in 2 years incuring moving costs and stress from moving out etc.
We rent. Our flat's great. Double glazing, good efficiency, the bathrooms and kitchen were new when we moved in, the then carpets were replaced about 5 years ago with wooden floors, and the whole flat re-painted. The soundproofing is very good - my neighbours might very well put their washing on at midnight, but we never hear anything from above or below.
There was an old boiler in the flat when we moved in, which was replaced about 3 years ago....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'.0 -
There are a whole bunch of losers over on HPC.co.uk who have been waiting since 2000/2001 for a cheaper house.
This ain't HPC, though....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'.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »This ain't HPC, though.
thank god!0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »How do you know there will be jobs when you've finished doing what you're doing? What if nobody wants you because they prefer to employ people in their 20s-30s?
You don't. But if you don't try then you'll never know.0 -
We rented for several years before buying last summer. 3 different properties and we always had decent landlords so can't really complain. We even got a christmas hamper from the last one
neverdespairgirl wrote: »This ain't HPC, though.
No, but it's a portal to HPC 0 -
We rent at the current time, i don't think we're bitter but i do hate the thought of potentially having to move every 6 months and the costs it involves...0
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