How old were you?

Suzanne_Louise

I was 27 when I bought my first place for 27K!

firstaspect

Bought by myself when 23. Then bought second home last November at 27 with fiance who was 21.

woodsey2002

Me 21 hubby was 24, bought for 30K.. Didn't even need to borrow twice out joint income even though we only needed a £1500 deposit. How times have changed.

candygirl

woodsey2002 wrote: »

Me 21 hubby was 24, bought for 30K.. Didn't even need to borrow twice out joint income even though we only needed a £1500 deposit. How times have changed.

Yea mine was only 20k, should've almost been paid off by now but hey ho:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

poppy_f1

33 for me, which was best imo as i got most of my reckless spending on cards and loans done when i was younger so no need now to splash the cash on stuff i dont really need (well i still do but not on credit cards as much lol)

DizzyDasher

I was 35 (think that might be the oldest person on this thread, other than one poster's OH!) Mix of thinking prices would come down if I waited long enough (wrong) and wanting to be flexible in location/not knowing what I wanted to do with my life (which actually did work well for me a couple of years ago when my company got bought and the office moved).

So all in all no regrets, and enjoying being an elderly FTB now

mintedmatty

23, 5 paper rounds, washing up job, bar job, retail work, it all went into my 'house' fund! I decided at 13-14 that I wanted a house as soon as possible and I saved from then on! At 16 I was earning well over £1,000 a month and at that age what on earth do you spend it on? I was saving almost all of it every month and between the period between my 16th & 17th birthday I saved up around £16,000 That has paid dividends now when I have I only needed a 60% mortgage on my first house.

grimsalve

23, my first house was a "deceptively spacious" two bedroomed back to back terraced.

mark5

I was 23 and paid 63k for a 2 bed link house.

PasturesNew

I was 40, single income, I always seemed to be £5k off the cheapest place... when £5k was a lot of money and lender multiples were tight. Had one stroke of luck when I was earning some big bucks in a job, so bought while I still could. Job ended as company was taken over and department closed, so after 2 years I couldn't afford to run it ... so I sat in it almost with the lights off for 5 years until I decided it needed selling or I'd be stuck sitting there for another 8 years when prices went down. Back then though (4 years ago) there wasn't all the 'help' available now, it was sink or swim for mortgage owners.

Oh, I should say, mine was £90k, I put £25k down then spent another £15k over the next 2 years getting the basics done (it had no heating and most of the windows were falling out and a lot of wall plaster was coming off in chunks.... didn't look that bad when I'd viewed it)