How to feel unwanted - age discrimination?

seven-day-weekend

Some of these house prices:eek::eek::eek:

Our son is buying a good-size 2-bedroomed flat in a nice area for £65k.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-23793520.html

You could always downsize to the West Midlands and release loads or equity!

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Some of these house prices:eek::eek::eek:

Our son is buying a good-size 2-bedroomed flat in a nice area for £65k.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-23793520.html

You could always downsize to the West Midlands and release loads or equity!

We moved up north from a very nice area of Surrey,my husband is from Newcastle and he was promoted back there.
We bought the same type of house,the same size and as we had in Surrey for a third of the price where we live now.
As a bonus I actually find living up here nicer too.

jennifernil

Mmmm, we would not like to live near London, not even Manchester......waaaay too crowded!

jennifernil

There are some lovely areas near London, but as soon as you travel a bit, it is all built-up, lots of traffic, not our thing.

Even though we are not great walkers (due to my arthritis), we love the peace and quiet of the remote areas. We are not long back from a trip including the Inverness area, we drove to several of the more remote glens, total bliss.

John_Pierpoint

ceridwen wrote: »

Hmm...actually this all depends to some extent on housing prices in the area concerned. In my own area - one cant buy anything...but ANYTHING under £100,000. We are starting to talk about having a realistic chance of getting a one bedroom flat at about £120k and, as for even the smallest/most basic of houses - then theres very little likelihood of getting any choice AT ALL under £150k. In my immediate area, for instance, any house under £150k means "unmortgageable AND in a dump estate". "Normal homes" cost about £250k-£300k and "luxurious" doesnt start until about £500k. We have quite a high amount of housing available in the £1 million or more mark - yes really:eek:.

Where are you living:D

How is this for 10 minutes walk from the Station and Central London less than an hour away.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/East-Tilbury.html/svr/3104;jsessionid=C37AD688290A86A137ABC7282BF0D0D8?sortByPriceDescending=false

Just across the road is the start of the conservation area. Part of the ground floor is a supermarket. Not much in the way of through traffic. Primary school is 5 minutes walk. I'm sure the Library still opens sometime in the week.
Famous ancient monument within walking distance. Choice of pubs. Bird watching (the feathered variety) opportunities. Area likely to improve over next 15 years.

If you are interested, I'll list some of the drawbacks.

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newcastle area, ooh a lovely place to live. I spent 3 happy years there. not only welcoming but very lovely countryside. The only downside is the weather, unless you like brisk and bracing

We have chosen to be rural and to grow old. rural. Caring friendly village, bus just 3 minutes walk away and drivers who ask where you want to be dropped, doctors who do home visits, train just a bus ride away, internet shopping or via bus, mobile library. RSPB reserves all over the place and lots of hides where people sit with cameras and flasks. Church community, even if not church going, village hall community. Cosy warm easy run house

If you are looking to `downsize` or `upgrade` then don`t be frightened of rural. By upgrade, I mean to better insulation, easy care garden, good storage and so on and that isn`t a bad thing to do as savings now have zero interest

ceridwen

jennifernil wrote: »

So, we are happy here, don't want to move, why should we be taxed out of our home just because some weird "think tank" thinks we should only have 1 bedroom?

Back to the "one bedroom" idea - in the real world said thinktank would have no option but to accept that even older people are entitled to have a home that had at least 2 bedrooms in the event. Reason = the fact I mentioned previously of there simply being so few 1 bedroom houses around, coupled with the fact that flats mean service charges being applicable. The other thing about flats is, by definition, a lot of them won't be on the ground floor. Many many flats will be Floor 1 or higher. So - how many older people are fit enough to live on say Floor 2 in a building with no lift? So - for all those reasons combined said thinktank would have no option but to accept that older people literally couldnt be forced into 1 bedroom places and would have to accept our homes being at least 2 bedroom (because at least there are plenty of 2 bedroom homes available).

...and what do we think would be the effect of forcing older people into downsizing to a 2 bedroom house? Got it in one = greater demand for 2 bedroom houses = laws of supply and demand then force the price of 2 bedroom houses up (thus making them even dearer for those young couples to buy:cool:).

They really really havent thought this one through - have they?:rotfl:

jennifernil

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Some of these house prices:eek::eek::eek:

Our son is buying a good-size 2-bedroomed flat in a nice area for £65k.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-23793520.html

You could always downsize to the West Midlands and release loads or equity!

Bit far for visiting the grandchildren though!

pollypenny

If we could we'd flipping downsize to a condo in Florida - near to DS. However, the lack of affordable health care scuppers any thought of that.

rdwarr

Perhaps the "Over 50s" board isn't the best place to complain about age discrimination