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  • Austin_Allegro
    Austin_Allegro Posts: 1,462 Forumite
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    I love the quote:

    I’ve lived in my apartment for about a month now and everything is going great.”

    ...that's probably because he hasn't had his first month's mortgage payment yet!
    'Never keep up with Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper.' Quentin Crisp
  • ginvzt
    ginvzt Posts: 4,878 Forumite
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    The walpaper in the kitchen? And so close to the cooker - I bet it won't look nice after couple of months with the grease stains!!!! Unless - he never switches that cooker on and gets take-aways!
    Spring into Spring 2015 - 0.7/12lb
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    just leave him and his property alone!! This is cyber bullying!!!


    I do feel sorry for the poor chap. He represents thouands of young people who feel pressured to get on the ladder and have mortagged their lives along with their properties to do so. I couldn't care less about his appearance etc (and hope he never sees this thread :o ), but it is a bizarre news story and I really do dislike that kitchen.
  • ad44downey
    ad44downey Posts: 2,246 Forumite
    Gavin at the bottom of the article summed it up perfectly! :rotfl:

    Gavin wrote...

    Great timing, buy at the start of the biggest housing crash since records began.
    Krusty & Phil Madoff, 1990 - 2007:
    "Buy now because house prices only ever go UP, UP, UP."
  • The 21-year-old, pictured above, has climbed the first rung of the property ladder, buying a one-bedroom apartment in Redcar.

    ...only the ladder now stands in rising water and he's submerged up to his neck.
  • John_Pierpoint
    John_Pierpoint Posts: 8,401 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Even professional models have to start as FTB's
  • RichardDJ
    RichardDJ Posts: 67 Forumite
    Quality post, thanks for that!
    Statistics are like a lampost to a drunken man...more for leaning on than for illumination
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  • Some of you seem to be suggesting that maybe he doesn't have a girlfriend.

    I can't see where you get that impression. Seems like a nice boy to me.
    I am a Mortgage Consultant and don't like to be told what I can and can't put in a signature so long as it's legal and truthful.
  • Merrywidow
    Merrywidow Posts: 766 Forumite
    You are all so crazy - I personally think that the "floral wallpaper" is probably a blind - if it really is wallpaper - go for it boys!!!!!!
    member # 12 of Skaters Club
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    You grow old because you stop laughing
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  • ginvzt
    ginvzt Posts: 4,878 Forumite
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    Merrywidow wrote: »
    You are all so crazy - I personally think that the "floral wallpaper" is probably a blind - if it really is wallpaper - go for it boys!!!!!!

    That would be a big blind - all the way behind the fridge and down to the floor...
    Spring into Spring 2015 - 0.7/12lb
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