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Teachers - day off at the slightest sign of snow
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considering some train companies decided to close certain lines, most people were stuck or had to get x3 trains AND x3 tubes, e.t.c... damn right the schools closed.0
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Try to buy a house in the S.E on the wages of a Teacher newly qualified.
The only insane one , is the idiot that posted that example.
DD did just that, though a small inheritance did help with the deposit.I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0 -
peter_the_piper wrote: »DD did just that, though a small inheritance did help with the deposit.
So not on just their wages?0 -
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peter_the_piper wrote: »Don't know anybody getting 100% mortgages these days do you?
Where did I say they did?
however saving a deposit from wages, isnt the same as getting it as a lump sum0 -
Most of the deposit was from savings, the inheritance was a contribution. Without it she would have waited longer so it can be done. She is single as well and very frugal.I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0
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peter_the_piper wrote: »Most of the deposit was from savings, the inheritance was a contribution. Without it she would have waited longer so it can be done. She is single as well and very frugal.
well obviously it can be done
however its simplistic to say someone can get X job and afford to get a house within the local area0 -
Don't recollect saying that, just commenting on Wallbashes post that it is possible, with forward planning and a bit of luck.I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0
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