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At what age did you buy your first home?
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Last year, aged 27. 3 bed (ex-LA) flat in SW London Zone 2. 25% deposit.
It took a lot of hard work saving, living in tiny rooms in flatshares and scrimping and saving but it was worth every penny.0 -
1985, I was 19 and he was 23. Paid £14,500 for a huge 3-bed terrace with a 5% deposit. This was when Thatcher had the interest rates set at 15%.LBM July 2006. Debt free 01 Sept 12 .. :T
Finally joined Slimming World: weight loss 33lbs...target achieved 51wks later 06.05.13 & still there :j
Aim to be mortgage free in 2022. Jan 17 33250 Nov 17 27066 Mar 18 24498 Sep 18 20608 Nov 18 19250 Jan 19 17980 Mar 19 16455 May 19 15024 Nov 19 10488 Feb 20 8150 May 20 5783 Aug 20. 3305 Nov 20 859 Mortgage free, 02.12.20200 -
25 years old, 2010, £142,500 (new build of £150,000 with 5% gifted deposit - I could probably have haggled more). 25% deposit. Paid off when 28 years old, 2013. All from my own funds with no financial assistance from anyone - I've been quite fortunate with my career opportunities, but I've also had no life to speak of during this period.0
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I was 18 and bought a one bed flat in the city centre for £42K (I think it was) in 2003, rather than go into private halls for my 2nd year of uni. £9k deposit. It is now worth £100k. Bit of help from the Bank of Mum and Dad and I had been working since I was 14 and not spending any of my wages. Looking to get it paid off and be mortgage free by the end of this year
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age 23, in 1991 for £35.0000
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I first bought in 2003 for a two bed house for £120,000.
I wish I had bought back in 1993.:D0 -
RevolvingDoor: indeed. To those who say the price of housing has risen proportionally with people's incomes, I say read this forum topic!0
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I bought my first flat in 1993 for 41K in East London (Walthamstow)! I was then 30 and only earning 14K . If I had left it until now, I just couldn't have bought anywhere. I am earning more than 14K but not enough to even get a studio flat. However I sold my old flat in 2006 and now have a terraced house in the same area.0
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24 in 2006.
With the help of inheritance.0 -
I bought my first flat in SE London in 1999 at the age of 26.
It cost me £67,500. I sold it 6 years later for £147,000 Metranil dreams of becoming a neon,You don't even take him seriously,How am I going to get to heaven?,When I'm just balanced so precariously..0
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