'Bidding War' for homes to rent

abaxas

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

It's been obvious for some time that rental inflation would be the story of the next few years.

With the UK adding 400,000 people every year, forming 250,000 new households, but building just 100,000 houses, inflation in housing costs is inevitable as people compete for scarce resources.

It has to go into either rental inflation or house price inflation.

And with the mortgage drought still artificially restraining purchase of housing and house prices, then rental inflation is the only possible outcome.

You do realize that households 'unform'. This is usually due to death.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

abaxas wrote: »

You do realize that households 'unform'. This is usually due to death.

Yes, I was aware of the concept of death, thanks.

The household formation number of 250,000 per year is net additional households.

Jennifer_Jane

Cleaver wrote: »

I laughed at this. Then realised that we have some twigs in a big vase in our bedroom. And they have fairy lights around them. Oh no!

I have twigs in a vase and they have little glitter things on, very discreet though. And they are just in the porch* bit.

Does this mean I'm posh? Woo hoo! Posh at last. *Perhaps I mean 'foyer' now that I'm posh.

I'm almost beginning to feel sorry for people who have been relying on the State for handouts (instead of envious). People must be feeling very insecure.

lostinrates

Jennifer_Jane wrote: »

I have twigs in a vase and they have little glitter things on, very discrete though. And they are just in the porch* bit.

Does this mean I'm posh? Woo hoo! Posh at last. *Perhaps I mean 'foyer' now that I'm posh.

I'm almost beginning to feel sorry for people who have been relying on the State for handouts (instead of envious). People must be feeling very insecure.

I have twigs with lights in a purple cupboard with my jewellery hanging off them. It staves off mourning for good retail experience, I also get excellent service from myself when choosing which earrings/bracelets to put on in the morning and never chide myself, so its better than I can get in many shops these days.

PasturesNew

Cleaver wrote: »

I laughed at this. Then realised that we have some twigs in a big vase in our bedroom. And they have fairy lights around them. Oh no!

Ha - so YOU'RE one of those posh sorts!

PasturesNew

I have no twigs....

I thought I'd just make that clear.

I am not an owner of twigs, nor a coveter of them.

I do fancy a fairy light though!

Cleaver

PasturesNew wrote: »

I do fancy a fairy light though!

You can't have a fairy light. That would just be a light.

chris_m

PasturesNew wrote: »

I have no twigs....
I thought I'd just make that clear.
I am not an owner of twigs, nor a coveter of them.

I do have twigs - they didn't used to be, sometimes I wonder if I ought to have watered them :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

dopester

Cleaver wrote: »

I laughed at this. Then realised that we have some twigs in a big vase in our bedroom. And they have fairy lights around them. Oh no!

Don't like such displays, or understand them.

With those office containers for pens and pencils on desks... if I see someone has returned a pen or pencil with the tip facing upwards, I'll turn them so the tip is facing downwards into the container. Otherwise, if someone isn't properly looking as they focus on bending down to pick up a pad of paper or something like phonebook, they could get it sharp and hard right in the eye.

Same with twigs in vases, imo. I don't see the point of having anything, even if it were pretty, which increases the risk of an accident. I've seen some twigs in vases pics and real life examples in gardens where you ought to be wearing safety glasses if working in them, with 'casualty' waiting to happen all over them.

ManAtHome

Twigs are dead branches...