Frustration of a market on a knife edge!

busy_bee_7

pavlovs_dog wrote: »

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

or failing the revolution, i'd settle for a house price crash

That was just a methaphor!



BB

mrstinchcombe

neas wrote: »

Life work balance . I meant barbecues and house parties at the weekends... professional house sharing is nothing like student house sharing in my experience. I would not shar with a student as a working person. No way lol, too crazy.

Are you deliberately being silly?

I said my shift pattern is 2 x earlies, 2 x lates, 2 x nights, 4 x days off.

Which kinda means I work some weekends too!

My work life balance is fine at the mo. However living in a house share with people that will prob be on 9-5s and behaving like students wont be any good for me (cos earlier you said thats what it was like!)!

neas

bummer for you . Professionals dont behave like students.. I definately wouldnt live in a student house heh.

I said it wasn't like a student house... if you re-read it. I said you had barbecues and house parties... at the weekends. You know people are people if you got shift work then talk to your housemates... and arrange a different date to do it on.

mrstinchcombe

neas wrote: »

bummer for you . Professionals dont behave like students.. I definately wouldnt live in a student house heh.

I said it wasn't like a student house... if you re-read it. I said you had barbecues and house parties... at the weekends. You know people are people if you got shift work then talk to your housemates... and arrange a different date to do it on.

Hey just because I work shifts don't think I am not a professional, I am! But its def no bummer for me, I enjoy my job a lot!

neas

each to there own i guess, my fiancee works shifts 3 days on 3 days off... and its annoying because she rotates 'off' of getting weekends offs for 3 weeks at a time.. so we hardly see each other during this time.

CHARDONNAY_3

Hey mrstinchcombe, bet you wish you had never asked the question!

Briefly read prev posts and it seems to me your best option would be to house share. So many people work shifts now, you could look for a place where the other tenants also work shifts so they would understand your predicament.

Another option is to apply to rent from a housing association. This will involve a wating list (I had to live with my parents for 9 months until I was offered my flat!) but it was worth it. I only pay £60 a week for a 1 bed flat while 1 of my mates who has a mortgage on a 1 bed flat in the same village is paying over £500 a month.

If you do have to live with your folks, there's no shame in that. I'm 23 and lived with mine until 18 months ago. When I got together with my boyfriend he still lived with his parents and I certainly didn't think that was weird. So many of us 20-somethings live with parents, it's commonplace!

Good luck with whatever you decide!

Felicity

REF THE LIVING AT HOME / SQUATTING / SHARED CRUMMY FLAT SCENARIO

Oh my goodness, I do think there could be some jealousy here.

There ARE kids out there who have great folks who have great loving (maybe large) homes who really want their kids to stay at home and even more so to support them during a looming major economy problem.

I am sorry, but, just get over it!

MAYBE some of you who are against the OP grew up in smaller houses with folks on smaller incomes, small social circles and they just needed you out?

MAYBE some people grew up in larger houses (bedrooms on opposites sides of the house, en suite bathrooms etc), loving households, liked having people around, good social lives at home with extended family and their friends dropping in all the time etc ..... are you still with me?

There are people in many different circumstances, I personally got out of my parents home asap, went to uni and never went back.

I have friends whom have enormous great families, massive celebrations at easter, christmas etc, everyone welcome, bring a bottle and a mate and their parents thrive on their own and their kids social lives.

It's called family life and I fully intend to give that to my son if I possibly can.

PasturesNew

pinkshoes wrote: »

...buy a house when you've met the person of your dreams.

Some people never do though.

neverdespairgirl

Felicity wrote: »

I have friends whom have enormous great families, massive celebrations at easter, christmas etc, everyone welcome, bring a bottle and a mate and their parents thrive on their own and their kids social lives.

It's called family life and I fully intend to give that to my son if I possibly can.

that's what my family is like. Christmas 2007 saw a load of us staying for ages - my parents, sisters, brother, me, OH, our son, OH's brother, my Dad's brother, and my mother's brother and his wife. So 12 of us altogether. After a few days, my uncles and OH's brother pushed off, and some friends of my parents came to stay. Other people were in and out but not overnighting.

This is normal for a lot of people. It's neither immature nor sad to love your family and enjoy spending time with them, and living together can well be a part of that.

clk299

I live at home with my parents; I'm 27 and have been working in healthcare for 2 and a half years since qualification. In that time I've paid off 15k of debt and bought a decent car (which I need for work as a community health worker) and saved £17k so far for a deposit on a flat, as well as paying my parents rent. My mum won't take more from me though I wish she would; I am helpful to have around for a number of reasons and my parents don't want me moving too far away, and I'm fine with that as we get on really well! I've also got ongoing health problems which mean it's better for me to be near home. I don't feel in any way 'curtailed' and it works well. I have had bad experiences renting as well so am happier here, not in someone else's house who can ask you to leave at short notice (and when you've made somewhere your home, 2 months to me is quite short notice) and so I want to buy when I move out as it seems silly paying £750 a month renting somewhere which is what 1 beds go for round here, when I could be paying the same or not much more on a mortgage.