Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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He couldn't afford Devon, even though his education trumps mine.
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Thing is, if you could afford it now, you are likely to be able to afford it more easily later, and save yourself a 5 figure sum in stamp duty, estate agent costs and moving expenses.
You could be out of work next year and lose the current house. Nothing is risk free.
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Oh, we think all told, with a healthy glob of stamp duty, our move cost about £45k.
That's a big number to think about.
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To quote the cinematic masterpiece This is 40, "have a small nut"
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I couldn't afford this house in Devon. But then I am afforded a river view of Devon.
I couldn't afford what I want in Topsham, or Dartmouth, or Salcombe, or Dartmoor. So I live somewhere else nearly as nice. We all face trade offs.
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Quite so. I've got no parking, and sometimes have to walk up to half a mile where I've found a parking spot. There are quite a few pluses too, including a nice view of Devon too, and being nowhere near Camborne.
Rumour has it that the 'lectric is coming to Cornwall soon, so things should look up for you.
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Yep moving is bloody expensive especially with stamp duty. We intend not moving again until we have to.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Whereas waiting also costs more as prices rise, unless you get a LOT of your pals together to sign a petition to make house prices the same as they were for Boomers.
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yeah I’d rather wait and move once and just suck it up in a small house for a bit.
Cambridge NIMBYs mean I’ve made a fortune on the house. Ridiculous.
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So has everyone else, unless you change area.
The housing market is always a concertina and now is potentially the best time.
We were very lucky that Scotland lagged behind slightly, so we caught a relatively high tide there, a post COVID reversion to mean here, and a local market with an unusual prejudice against second homers. We probably made back £25k by the time we actually exchanged.
Here's a top tip or two - be nice about the house you want to buy to the person selling it, pretend you want to actually live in it, and don't act like a rich tosser from the South East.
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See, Nimbyism is making you rich. We'll make a Tory of you yet.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Not sure that works when you're buying a house in the South East. Although the sellers of our current place were originally scousers.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Well yes, because there are inherently more tossers from the South East in the South East.
Once a Scouser always a Scouser. Alright?
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You can take the boy out of Liverpool...
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Meh, town has done better than the surrounding villages which will be where I end up.
and the criticism I hold against boomers is the same here. Wealth is wealth and I’ve earned a lot literally sitting on my arse.
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You aren't going to give it to anyone but your children though, are you?
Just like your dad did, as John Hiatt sang.
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You will eventually embrace village life, along with voting tory and moaning about youngsters who think they know it all 🙂
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Can be excused from voting Tory please?
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Not unless you sell your house it won't.
Have you considered rural Portugal? From the people on YouTube, I understand it is very affordable.
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He will earn too much to punish himself by voting for leftiebollockers.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Guy at work did that in COVID. 14 years at the company, really well liked.
Survived about 14 months. Then they let him go.
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On the plus side, he now lives in rural Portugal, which I understand is quite affordable.
In your line of work, i.e. a people business, that seems quite a short sighted move to be honest. Did well liked mean he was actually any good? Or just well liked?
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Sounds like over-optimism about what could be achieved with remote working... unless he actually wanted an excuse to get off the corporate hamster wheel.
On the other hand, I could have just waited for RC to tell us...
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His missus ran a quite successful IT business and I think she got a big tax break and he figured he could do it remotely.
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And now lives in rural Portugal. Whereas you are still winging about the train and cost of housing.
Dunno but between him and Brian I feel like I've missed something.
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So he now lives somewhere nice, doesn't have to work as his Mrs is doing well and cost of living is cheap. I'm struggling to see the downside there.
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Those of us who started in a village have more sense than to return.
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Have a former colleague who returned to Portugal with her family and now does projects in Portugal and London. The commuting seems mad but the photos of the Portuguese countryside do look very nice.
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