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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Kate on 01 December 2012, 20:39:54
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My next door neighbour's house is up for sale.
Do you think it is worth it?
What do you think about house prices generally?
http://search.struttandparker.com/residential/parsons-green-lane-fulham-london-sw6/12150 (http://search.struttandparker.com/residential/parsons-green-lane-fulham-london-sw6/12150)
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Normal house prices don't apply in planet London. ::) ::)
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Cheaper in Sunderland Kate............... :y :y
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Very nice!! :y but it's still a mid-terrace all said and done..... :-\
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thats is pretty cheap for parsons green.....mind you rubbish football team..lol :y
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I think I'd sell yours and move to the country :y :y
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Cheaper in Sunderland Kate............... :y :y
Yak I hate that fekking place! :o
Thanks for reminding me Mike. ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I think I'd sell yours and move to the country :y :y
I don't think my landlord would like that! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Seems about right for that postcode. Why? Interested in buying?
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Would want more than a town house (terace) for my £1,000,000 - would want some land, indoor pool, home cinema, extensive garaging etc.
I am a Londoner - who wants to live there now?
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Whatever the product is it is only worth what the market dictates based on supply and demand.
That house is very good, plus it is in London, and a part of London that can now dictate prices in the region of £1.5 million. Would I pay it? Yes I would, if I had to live in London, and more importantly if I had that type of money at my disposal! ::) :P ;D
As a marker of how prices have faired in South London, an area I know well, my late father-in-law lived in a council 3 bedroom terraced house, on a typical 1920s housing estate for 30 years. When the chance came in the 1980s to buy it he did for £6,000. A few years later his wife died and he decided to sell - for around £68,000. Now, to buy one of those houses you need £220,000+!!
Once more the market has dictated values. ;)
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I do not get how people can afford those prices, just down road from me houses go for that money.
I maxed out at what I could afford, my flat was on the market for 215k when I bought it.
I think of myself as on decent money for my age, so how on earth people pay for these big houses in London I don't know.
I want a house next, but we will be looking outside London.
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;D ;D i would make an offer of about 1/2 acrown ;D ;D ;D ;D
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My daughter currently pays £1000 pcm to rent a room and have shared use of kitchen bathroom etc in London. :o
Apparently its ok though as its in a really fashionable area and Kiera Knightley lives nearby and has actually passed her in the street a few times. ::) ;D
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About the same price as a Beach Hut in Cornwall, or a Parking Space in Central London, or indeed a whole Village in North Yorkshire.
There isn't a house in the world worth that kind of money..... unless you have one of those jobs where your wage is built up from the misery of others.
I'd bet my last tenner that most Lottery Winners would class London as a place they definitely wouldn't live. Shit hole it is.
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I love the place,can easily spend a lot of time there.Wouldnt actually want to live there 24/7 though.Im too old for permanent hustle & bustle now. Best place in the world to live if your young though imo.
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Yep! :y I had a fine old time up in 'The Smoke' for 6 years during my early/mid twenties! 8)
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I love the place,can easily spend a lot of time there.Wouldnt actually want to live there 24/7 though.Im too old for permanent hustle & bustle now. Best place in the world to live if your young though imo.
It begs the question, what does London have to offer that, say, Manchester or Glasgow doesn't have? With the exception of the Royals (Who have homes across the land) my answer would be nothing. London is artificially expensive.
Dont get me wrong, all cities have traffic issues and crime problems in certain areas.... but London takes everything to the extreme.
I accept I have never spent more than 3 weeks at a time in London, and generally the time I do spend there is in the central area..... but I cannot stand the place. Perhaps I belong in the country, sitting behind a tractor on a B road.
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I too couldn't live in London. The longest I've ever spent there is M-F, staying at some shitty hotel in The Strand.
Noise 24/7, black bogies, and just a general feeling of being unclean. On the upside, I was either pissed or hungover.
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I like London a lot, I would probably move back there given half the chance, as a lot of my contacts are in London anyway. However what with all my family being down here, apart from a few aunts & uncles, that dictates that I stay here.
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Cheaper in Sunderland Kate............... :y :y
:y You could BUY Sunderland for that ;D
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Kate, having been born and lived in that area for the first 17 years of life. that is about the right price for thos houses, and i might add they are huge compared to what is being built now, and i have seen how that area has changed, so much so over the years its mind bogling. :o
I regularly travel to Fulham to see my pals and to watch fulham play. I can recommend the area as the house prices will continue to rise and your money will be almost ring fenced to coin a term.
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I'm all for sky high London house prices . . . . . .
. . . . . . . I'm hoping to sell up and move out before too long ;D.
The Mrs and I really can't wait, lived here for 'bout 40 years. It''s served it's purpose. There are really good points, but overall London has changed, and NOT for the better. I'll get a really nice place elsewhere, prob West Wales, for half the price of my house.
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I was offered a job recemtly, same as Im doing now, but in London, its twice what Im earning now,
no way on earth would I want to live there,
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I really like it here in London. There are just so many places to go/things to do etc. I've even got used to the traffic. :o
There are a lot of people here who originate from other countries. I really like that! :y
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Agree Kate - I have worked here for over 30 years and no regrets at all. Not everyone's cup of tea but it really has been cleaned up these past 15 years. Depends where you choose to live and visit of course - like anywhere else - there is good and bad.
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I really like it here in London. There are just so many places to go/things to do etc. I've even got used to the traffic. :o
There are a lot of people here who originate from other countries. I really like that! :y
Are you still doing the same Job that you moved down to London to do? :) :)
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I really like it here in London. There are just so many places to go/things to do etc. I've even got used to the traffic. :o
There are a lot of people here who originate from other countries. I really like that! :y
I used to run a superstore in the Old Kent Road Kate, and I dealt with, I think, every nation under the sun on a daily basis, and that was just my staff team!! :D :D :D
Like you, I really loved that as I had some wonderful conversations, learning a hell of a lot about other countries and their people, as well as having a good laugh on many occasions. One Anglo-African I knew well and when he came back from going to his parents country, we joked about how good his sun tan was compared to mine. Straight, no hang up, conversations! But THAT is what is good about living and working in London. People say it as it is, but keep their noses out of your business, without them making judgement.
I often said that you could walk down the street dressed as a banana and no-one would think that is unusual!
Oh, I miss it all - London, dear London :-* :-* :-* 8)
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. . One Anglo-African I knew well and when he came back from going to his parents country, we joked about how good his sun tan was compared to mine. Straight, no hang up, conversations!
I don't know how long ago that was but please believe me that you would very likely be in serious trouble if you said that today, particularly to somebody at work. Even if the other person was ok with it, if somebody heard it said . . .
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. . One Anglo-African I knew well and when he came back from going to his parents country, we joked about how good his sun tan was compared to mine. Straight, no hang up, conversations!
I don't know how long ago that was but please believe me that you would very likely be in serious trouble if you said that today, particularly to somebody at work. Even if the other person was ok with it, if somebody heard it said . . .
That was just 9 years ago, and I still know people in South London today, some black, that I can talk to with no restrictions whatsoever. If you just treat people as equals and freely discuss and joke with racialism the last thing on anyone's mind then it is all ok. That was all at work in the past, and now on a social basis. In fact I encountered more racism between certain "tribes", such as Jamaicans vs. Africans, due to most people in the international cultural situation that exists in South London just get on and "live and let live".
If you are racist by nature it is noted in those parts and things can be very different!! ;)
I never have a problem because I am not racist, just another child of God. 8) 8)
You are only treated as you treat other people. :y
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Lizzie lives in affluent Kent. She could easily afford a house like the one mentioned here. She's minted. ;) :-* :-* :-*
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Lizzie lives in affluent Kent. She could easily afford a house like the one mentioned here. She's minted. ;) :-* :-* :-*
:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D I wish!!
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About the same price as a Beach Hut in Cornwall, or a Parking Space in Central London, or indeed a whole Village in North Yorkshire.
1.There isn't a house in the world worth that kind of money..... unless you have one of those jobs 2.where your wage is built up from the misery of others.
I'd bet my last tenner that most Lottery Winners would class London as a place they definitely wouldn't live. Shit hole it is.
1.Trust me there are.. In İstanbul and İzmir there are homes that have Bosphorus scenery and they cost XX times of it.. ;D but they are no different than a small palace.. :-\ would I pay that money.. may be if I had..
2. Definitely.. :y :y :y :y
3.When I visited London , I discovered that its really expensive .. especially restaurants..
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I really like it here in London. There are just so many places to go/things to do etc. I've even got used to the traffic. :o
There are a lot of people here who originate from other countries. I really like that! :y
Are you still doing the same Job that you moved down to London to do? :) :)
No my health has not been good. I wanted to be a bus driver but what with diabetes and lots of other things I haven't been able to do it.
I used to be a boarding school teacher. I really loved that but can't do that now either.
I feel like a right bum to be honest. :'(
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I really like it here in London. There are just so many places to go/things to do etc. I've even got used to the traffic. :o
There are a lot of people here who originate from other countries. I really like that! :y
Are you still doing the same Job that you moved down to London to do? :) :)
No my health has not been good. I wanted to be a bus driver but what with diabetes and lots of other things I haven't been able to do it.
I used to be a boarding school teacher. I really loved that but can't do that now either.
I feel like a right bum to be honest. :'(
dont feel like that.. many people suffer the same problem or even worse.. we need to learn to live with it..
I personally said goodbye to all my sweets and full plates.. :'( that hit me the most.. :(
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I really like it here in London. There are just so many places to go/things to do etc. I've even got used to the traffic. :o
There are a lot of people here who originate from other countries. I really like that! :y
Are you still doing the same Job that you moved down to London to do? :) :)
No my health has not been good. I wanted to be a bus driver but what with diabetes and lots of other things I haven't been able to do it.
I used to be a boarding school teacher. I really loved that but can't do that now either.
I feel like a right bum to be honest. :'(
dont feel like that.. many people suffer the same problem or even worse.. we need to learn to live with it..
I personally said goodbye to all my sweets and full plates.. :'( that hit me the most.. :(
Thanks Cem. I shouldn't moan as there are lots of people with worse health than me.