My dream house...

LisbonLaura

Cleaver wrote: »

You're not based in a different money system from me though, are you?

..........Yes

Cleaver

LisbonLaura wrote: »

..........Yes

Oh, right. Can I ask a couple of questions then?

• When you buy a loaf of bread, what money system do you use to buy it?
• When your employer pays you, or when you pay yourself through employment, what money system is used?
• When money system is used for your bank account, i.e. how do you buy everything and how do you generally get income?

For me, I use a fiat money system in Sterling. This is my money system. What I then do with Sterling, i.e. invest it in other assets, store it as cash etc. is up to me. Can you please explain to me how your different money system operates? I need more than one word, or "it just does", as an answer.

LisbonLaura

Oh, right. Can I ask a couple of questions then?

Sure

• When you buy a loaf of bread, what money system do you use to buy it?
  
  Euro or East Caribbean Dollar mostly, depends upon time of year
  
  
• When ? your employer pays you, or when you pay yourself through employment, what money system is used?
  
  Sterling, pensions
  
  
• When money system is used for your bank account, i.e. how do you buy everything and how do you generally get income?
  

All 3 above. - When that has gone (often) I convert some of "my other money system" to a currency of my choice.
Isn't this similar to what you might do if going to a non-Sterling land for say, a holiday?

neverdespairgirl

ninky wrote: »

it's interesting what different people want from life because i look at the house in the op and just think mould spores, dust mites and the interminable sound of ticking clocks against a backdrop of oap silence. plus kent.

doesn't do it for me.

Each to his own in terms of taste, but in my experience houses like tht are very low on both mould and dust mites.

you do risk getting deathwatch beetle, though!

ninky_2

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Each to his own in terms of taste, but in my experience houses like tht are very low on both mould and dust mites.

you do risk getting deathwatch beetle, though!

also leaded windows...burglary risk not to mention dark and dingy

stream / kent...high risk of flooding, not such a big deal when this was built prior to electricity and modern homes with expensive goods that can be destroyed as they would have just let it all dry out between floods. not so great now.

the bowing in the roof is not character, it's beams weakened by age i reckon from a time when they had less engineering savvy so instead relied on overengineering things like roof structures. they did however have plenty of mature trees and knowhow to replace when said heavy beams rotted / sagged. these days replacing a 'character' timber is far more costly and specialist.

deathwatch and rot. not good.

lots of pokey rooms that were designed for another era. who has / wants a parlour these days?

all in all i'm intrigued to know what is attractive about taking on the responsibility of a home like this and what a person would plan to do in it?

to me something is only worth owning if it allows you to do something you want to do. the act of ownership is not a desirable end in itself. without enjoyable experiences that come directly from owning something (commensurate with the costs / sacrifices taken on in acquiring it) it is just a burden.

Cleaver

LisbonLaura wrote: »

Oh, right. Can I ask a couple of questions then?

Sure

• When you buy a loaf of bread, what money system do you use to buy it?
  
  Euro or East Caribbean Dollar mostly, depends upon time of year

Right, so a fiat money system, the same as me.

LisbonLaura wrote: »

• When ? your employer pays you, or when you pay yourself through employment, what money system is used?
  
  Sterling, pensions

Right, so a fiat money system, the same as me.

LisbonLaura wrote: »

• When money system is used for your bank account, i.e. how do you buy everything and how do you generally get income?

All 3 above. - When that has gone (often) I convert some of "my other money system" to a currency of my choice.
Isn't this similar to what you might do if going to a non-Sterling land for say, a holiday?

Right, so a fiat money system, the same as me.

I think we use the same money system then.

ladymarmalade1970

Am very surprised at some people's opinions on that house! I guess as someone else says it all comes down to taste. I do agree that it will have considerable upkeep but if you can afford to pay 3/4 of a million for a house i doubt you would be too bothered about that.
For me personally, i love it and i quite like the decor too. I think it's in keeping with the house and it looks homely.
That would definitely be the sort of house i should like to retire in.

LisbonLaura

Now what was the point of that response Cleaver?

Cleaver

LisbonLaura wrote: »

Now what was the point of that response Cleaver?

The point was to show that you get paid, buy stuff and sell stuff in the same money system as me. I.e., a fiat money system such as Sterling. Wasn't that clear?

DervProf

Just think Sibley, if house prices weren't as high as they are, you might be able to afford that "Dream House". In fact, if you were clever enough, you would have invested in property, and might have been able to buy that place out of the profits.

Carry on dreaming sunshine.