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How did our parents buy houses, The Lady |
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Jul 21 2014, 10:52 AM
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QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Jul 10 2014, 07:11 PM) Tied house for mine, which is why I decided early on I was going to buy my own. When I decided I wanted my own house, I saved and I took an evening job to earn some extra money and I stopped smoking and drinking. It wasn't easy but it had to be done.
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Jul 21 2014, 09:50 PM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jul 21 2014, 09:19 PM) Think the house (end semi) was £17,500! Or maybe a palace... My first house in a village near Chippenham (new build semi) cost £4,500 and I had to take on extra work to save up the deposit for a (I think) 90% mortgage. Would have loved one of the detached houses just down the road, but at £5,000 they were way beyond my means.
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Jul 22 2014, 05:14 AM
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QUOTE (NWNREADER @ Jul 21 2014, 11:31 PM) How did our (my) parents buy houses? They saved, took 2nd jobs, worked to a budget based on what they had. No glamorous holidays, no flashy possessions, no prepared meals (not that they existed) and no waste. Walked to the shops - and back unless the bus was near. Same here and in most cases I should imagine.
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Jul 22 2014, 08:14 AM
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QUOTE (NWNREADER @ Jul 21 2014, 11:31 PM) How did our (my) parents buy houses? They saved, took 2nd jobs, worked to a budget based on what they had. No glamorous holidays, no flashy possessions, no prepared meals (not that they existed) and no waste. Walked to the shops - and back unless the bus was near. QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jul 22 2014, 06:14 AM) Same here and in most cases I should imagine. They had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before they went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when They got home, their Dad and our mother would kill 'em and dance about on their graves singing Hallelujah.
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Jul 22 2014, 12:28 PM
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QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Jul 22 2014, 10:33 AM) You were lucky! I s'pose you had it tough!
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Jul 22 2014, 01:25 PM
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This were our first house. They built flats across the road......
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Jul 22 2014, 03:47 PM
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QUOTE (NWNREADER @ Jul 22 2014, 02:25 PM) This were our first house. They built flats across the road...... Careful, you'll be giving Simon ideas!
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Jul 22 2014, 07:23 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jul 22 2014, 04:47 PM) Careful, you'll be giving Simon ideas! Ha!
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Jul 22 2014, 09:26 PM
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QUOTE (NWNREADER @ Jul 22 2014, 02:25 PM) This were our first house. They built flats across the road...... Lol!
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Jul 22 2014, 09:34 PM
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QUOTE (NWNREADER @ Jul 22 2014, 02:25 PM) This were our first house. They built flats across the road...... I see they built a lot of flats in SportsDirect!
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