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We could sell our house and buy Worksop but of course you can’t move back.

People say isnt it great, my house has leapt up in value. However, unless you are downsizing or selling up and living in a tent in a field for nothing then it’s value is immaterial. The down side to all of this is that young people can’t get on the housing ladder and stay at home longer which is detrimental to both them and their parents. Young people need a place of their own to call home and have a sense of belonging and self esteem. So, I’ll have more to leave my children some might say. My neighbour who has passed away once said to me, “You might have gone third class all your life but once your kids get hold of your money they’ll always go first class.” A sobering thought. Now then, where’s that luxury cruise brochure? Oh damn, too late, were in lockdown.

I think they should knock a nought off the end of all house prices.

Walkingthedog wrote: ↑Thu Nov 19, 2020 4:49 pm I think they should knock a nought off the end of all house prices.

But then you'd never know the neighbours you get! Anti-social neighbours come at all house price brackets, but the higher the price the more refined the anti-social behaviour!

If only that were true.

Instead of old Ford Mondeos and Fiat 500's you have Porsches, Audi R8's and Mercedes slamming doors at 3am!

We have all those in our road.

I’ve also noticed the rapid house sales around Shrewsbury, they usually sell within days of the board going up, and yes I put it down to people wanting to get out of the cities which I quite understand I did it myself 50 years ago ,but the statement about never being able to move back, who would want to?. The number of buyers from the London and the south east moving to Shropshire is unbelievable given our relatively low house prices compared to there’s.
A few years ago while running a line of a/c at the weekend for the ATC cadets I asked one of our pilot what’s that dark haze in the south east of our air field was, thinking there was a fire somewhere and he’s answer always stayed with me, it was the pollution from Birmingham as there is and strong wind today from the south east as apposed to the norm which is south westerly wind . To me that’s enough of a reason not to live in a city.

The only reason you may have to move back would be for work, but that doesn’t affect me.

Some people are not prepared to start at the bottom of the ladder, they want a new house to show off to their friends like in the tv ads.
I bought my first property in 1974, a 3 up 3 down terrace with outside toilet. It cost £975.00. £100.00 deposit and £4.00 per week for about five years. I had been paying £4.50 per week rent in a new council estate maisonette. It needed a bit of work doing before moving in, a rewire, some plumbing and self assembly kitchen units, took me about two weeks, and over time I converted the smaller bedroom into a bathroom.
I lived there for about 7 years and would have still been there, mortgage free, only that my second wife didn't want to live in the house where my first wife lived.