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MP on £65k Bleats He Can't Get on the Ladder

PasturesNew
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Really? On £65k he can't afford a house in his constituency? Let's do some sums.... let's say 3.5x wages, so that'd be £227,500. And let's say this getting on the ladder lark HAS to be 3 beds and a house with parking.... we'll also assume that anything costing less than £180k just isn't good enough for him. Searching from £180k to £250k (assuming he'd be putting a deposit down of about £25k) I find nearly 1000 in the area.

Some are really nice/in good areas too.

I wanted to pick some lovely ones at random, but was over-whelmed by the staggering choice, location, features... but here was just one at the top of his FTB budget:

5 beds, £250k, huge garden, loads of parking, old Coach House. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-31264442.html

If you want to look, his consituency stretches from St Austell on the south coast to Newquay on the north coast - and he currently lives in St Austell and would wish to stay there I presume. http://www.piratefm.co.uk/news/review.php?article=405934
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  • markharding557
    markharding557 Posts: 3,116 Forumite
    My heart bleeds-not
  • Radiantsoul
    Radiantsoul Posts: 2,096 Forumite
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    Maybe he needs a second job.
  • FTBFun
    FTBFun Posts: 4,273 Forumite
    He's probably one of the chaps who posts on here with serious entitlement issues.
  • pinkteapot
    pinkteapot Posts: 8,044 Forumite
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    FTBFun wrote: »
    He's probably one of the chaps who posts on here with serious entitlement issues.

    Read a Peanuts strip last night that made me chuckle and think of this place:

    Lucy: I never get what I want for my birthday
    Linus: What do you really want?
    Lucy Real estate!
  • wotsthat
    wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
    He can buy a nice house for that budget in St. Austell. Looks as if he thinks he deserves something better.

    BTW - I love Pirate FM (or as it's called in our car when visiting - Pasty FM). It's one of the best local stations in the UK.
  • PasturesNew
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    wotsthat wrote: »

    BTW - I love Pirate FM (or as it's called in our car when visiting - Pasty FM). It's one of the best local stations in the UK.
    I never listen to it. I listen to fuddy duddy BBC Cornwall so I can out annoyed at the daft bints co-presenting and the daft old bugg4hs that phone in. Looking at their programming, they have one woman presenter 6am-7am and the rest are blokes... talk about jobs for the boys!
  • wotsthat
    wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    I never listen to it. I listen to fuddy duddy BBC Cornwall so I can out annoyed at the daft bints co-presenting and the daft old bugg4hs that phone in. Looking at their programming, they have one woman presenter 6am-7am and the rest are blokes... talk about jobs for the boys!

    I listen to that as well. Is it still Pam Spriggs? Of the most unintentionally funny radio presenters I've come across.
  • robin_banks
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    wotsthat wrote: »
    I listen to that as well. Is it still Pam Spriggs? Of the most unintentionally funny radio presenters I've come across.

    Never heard of her, great name though.
    "An arrogant and self-righteous Guardian reading tvv@t".

    !!!!!! is all that about?
  • System
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    He must be a member here.
    This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    wotsthat wrote: »
    I listen to that as well. Is it still Pam Spriggs? Of the most unintentionally funny radio presenters I've come across.
    Yes, but during the day, in the background there are some right dim-sounding women whittering on.
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