Is it really that hard?

sofarbehind

Samsonite1 wrote: »

Sorry? There is a life in service that is not like Downton? :P

She must've just been teasing me...

Samsonite1

sofarbehind wrote: »

She must've just been teasing me...

Which reminds me - I must ask the butler to fetch me another beer!

sofarbehind

Sorry, Lady Mary is ringing for me...Must dash, I need this job until I hit the deposit target and don't want to keep her waiting..

Samsonite1

sofarbehind wrote: »

Sorry, Lady Mary is ringing for me...Must dash, I need this job until I hit the deposit target and don't want to keep her waiting..

Cannot be too long before you get there? Unless you've splashed a few grand on an exotic holiday this year...

sofarbehind

Samsonite1 wrote: »

Cannot be too long before you get there? Unless you've splashed a few grand on an exotic holiday this year...

Seven weeks and two days, provided nothing unexpected pops up..

Samsonite1

sofarbehind wrote: »

Seven weeks and two days, provided nothing unexpected pops up..

The time will fly by, especially on here...

sofarbehind

Samsonite1 wrote: »

The time will fly by, especially on here...

So true. Why, actually it is only seven weeks and one day now..:rotfl:

dktreesea

ess0two wrote: »

Speak to anyone aspiring to get on the ladder now,they want what their parents took years to achieve straight from the start.


Long faces also if they can't afford a holiday,new furniture or change the car every few years.

Exactly! My DD wants what we have now even though I point out to her when she was born we owned a cr*ppy 2 bedroom flat in a poor part of the city we then lived in.

BobQ

dktreesea wrote: »

Exactly! My DD wants what we have now even though I point out to her when she was born we owned a cr*ppy 2 bedroom flat in a poor part of the city we then lived in.

Serious question. What part (if any!) did you play in making DD think that she could escape living a more modest lifestyle first?

Samsonite1

Another aspect of house prices popped into my head when I was catching up with friends who have moved up North from London in recent years.

It seems that a number of companies are offering to equal or beat London salaries to entice people from London to work and relocate. These are generally more senior positions or highly specialised. This has happened to three colleagues in the past couple of years - moving to Manchester and Liverpool. The draw of buying that huge house in a good neighbourhood to replace their little flat in London seemed to be big (and in some cases, they wanted a big family home). I (and many others) have also been offered such a deal in cities like Manchester and Liverpool, but the majority of my large family are based in the South, so it does not really appeal.

Does anyone think this could be a problem if this kind of activity was more widespread? I.e. if people on fairly high London salaries take jobs in cheaper cities, this would push up the prices in those cities? I would be interested to know what anyone else thinks. I am not so much talking about people looking elsewhere to live but actually London workers being enticed to other cities...