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[Stemo]

I suppose I can see this from both sides, but.......Kate only asked about her tiles and I thought some of the comments were out of order. Live and let live.

[tunnie]

There seems to be a level of misunderstanding from some folk here. Those of us who don't live in high rent areas i.e. London or the Home Counties, pay a similar rent for a social landlord as is paid by the private sector. There is hardly any subsidy. If someone is on benefits, then the taxpayer subsidises them whether they are in private or social housing.
In 2000 the government put in place a rent escalator so as to bring both rents into line. Our rent has increased by over 5% each year since (in fact nearly 7% this year).
We also pay our council tax, just like anyone else, and my wife probably pays more in income tax and nat ins than a lot of people earn.
As for repairs, the social landlord(ours is one of the largest in the country) have to abide by a charter, the same one that covers right to buy and so on. It is a choice some people make. Pay rent for a place you will never own and get all the repairs/maintenance done, or buy and do your own repairs.

Kate is entitled to expect a reasonable level of repair/maintenance and, should she choose to, can kick up a fuss about such things.


Now then, park your high horses and try to realise that not everyone is as fortunate as you think you are.

In 1984 we moved into a flat in Solihull. The flat was owned by a private landlord......Norwich Union if memory serves.

It cost £69 a month to rent this one bed flat in 1984. The rent had risen to £119 a month by the time we left in 1990.

I hear it's about £550 a month now. 

Norwich Union were responsible for any repairs, but most of the time they couldn't be arsed and we had to constantly chase them up........Lazy bastards.

Yes..but, come on....who wouldn't want to live in Solihull? Worth twice that rent I should think.

You aint wrong 

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-42104032.html

[Andy B]

It'd be nice to move to Looe ... sea, sand, nice views etc. I'd have to sell my house, buy another & then get another job that pays enough to buy a house in Looe! 

Well..you can't! Beans in Bury for you mate 

Beanz are made in Pie Eating Land aka Wigan 

[Stemo]

It'd be nice to move to Looe ... sea, sand, nice views etc. I'd have to sell my house, buy another & then get another job that pays enough to buy a house in Looe! 

Well..you can't! Beans in Bury for you mate 

Beanz are made in Pie Eating Land aka Wigan 

Pie and beanz....mmmmm....I could just eat that. 

Whatever happened to proper Hollands pies? Out the chippy? Lovely....gravy all down me chin off the steak and kidney and meat jelly all down me chin off the meat one.
I WANT ONE! NOW! 

[Andy B]

It'd be nice to move to Looe ... sea, sand, nice views etc. I'd have to sell my house, buy another & then get another job that pays enough to buy a house in Looe! 

Something like this for you, Andy? http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-41300071.html

Yes please! I could put a couple of hundred thousand deposit down from the sale of mine ..... not sure where the other £1.2million would come from though 

[Andy B]

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Whatever happened to proper Hollands pies? Out the chippy? Lovely....gravy all down me chin off the steak and kidney and meat jelly all down me chin off the meat one.
I WANT ONE! NOW! 

You do still get Holland's pies & pudding in local chippies, but they're not as good as they used to be. Steak & kidney puddings tend to be on the gristley side 

[CaptainZok]

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

There seems to be a level of misunderstanding from some folk here. Those of us who don't live in high rent areas i.e. London or the Home Counties, pay a similar rent for a social landlord as is paid by the private sector. There is hardly any subsidy. If someone is on benefits, then the taxpayer subsidises them whether they are in private or social housing.
In 2000 the government put in place a rent escalator so as to bring both rents into line. Our rent has increased by over 5% each year since (in fact nearly 7% this year).
We also pay our council tax, just like anyone else, and my wife probably pays more in income tax and nat ins than a lot of people earn.
As for repairs, the social landlord(ours is one of the largest in the country) have to abide by a charter, the same one that covers right to buy and so on. It is a choice some people make. Pay rent for a place you will never own and get all the repairs/maintenance done, or buy and do your own repairs.

Kate is entitled to expect a reasonable level of repair/maintenance and, should she choose to, can kick up a fuss about such things.


Now then, park your high horses and try to realise that not everyone is as fortunate as you think you are.

In 1984 we moved into a flat in Solihull. The flat was owned by a private landlord......Norwich Union if memory serves.

It cost £69 a month to rent this one bed flat in 1984. The rent had risen to £119 a month by the time we left in 1990.

I hear it's about £550 a month now. 

Norwich Union were responsible for any repairs, but most of the time they couldn't be arsed and we had to constantly chase them up........Lazy bastards.

That is the price per week around most of London 

Planet London is different. Your former 'shag pad' located in Kensington would probably cost a fortune to rent, Mr Tunnie.

[Andy B]

I like it Captain .... are you one of the yoofs on the roof or the thug behind the wheel? 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

There seems to be a level of misunderstanding from some folk here. Those of us who don't live in high rent areas i.e. London or the Home Counties, pay a similar rent for a social landlord as is paid by the private sector. There is hardly any subsidy. If someone is on benefits, then the taxpayer subsidises them whether they are in private or social housing.
In 2000 the government put in place a rent escalator so as to bring both rents into line. Our rent has increased by over 5% each year since (in fact nearly 7% this year).
We also pay our council tax, just like anyone else, and my wife probably pays more in income tax and nat ins than a lot of people earn.
As for repairs, the social landlord(ours is one of the largest in the country) have to abide by a charter, the same one that covers right to buy and so on. It is a choice some people make. Pay rent for a place you will never own and get all the repairs/maintenance done, or buy and do your own repairs.

Kate is entitled to expect a reasonable level of repair/maintenance and, should she choose to, can kick up a fuss about such things.


Now then, park your high horses and try to realise that not everyone is as fortunate as you think you are.

In 1984 we moved into a flat in Solihull. The flat was owned by a private landlord......Norwich Union if memory serves.

It cost £69 a month to rent this one bed flat in 1984. The rent had risen to £119 a month by the time we left in 1990.

I hear it's about £550 a month now. 

Norwich Union were responsible for any repairs, but most of the time they couldn't be arsed and we had to constantly chase them up........Lazy bastards.

Yes..but, come on....who wouldn't want to live in Solihull? Worth twice that rent I should think.

You aint wrong 

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-42104032.html

St Bernards road, I know it well. As a child I lived only half a mile away.

[aaronjb]

You aint wrong 

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-42104032.html

Oh yes, some parts of Solihull are seriously expensive (basically the further you get from Birmingham ... ) and house prices are pretty much in line with - and in some places more expensive - than you'd pay in your area or me in mine (I think ours are pretty similar)..

Must admit, though, having spent quite a bit of time there over the last couple of years, I could happily live in some of the nicer parts or out toward Knowle.  I'd need a footballers salary, though (probably because there are a few of those living around there!)

Yes please! I could put a couple of hundred thousand deposit down from the sale of mine ..... not sure where the other £1.2million would come from though 

Just have a rummage down the back of Opti's sofa

[aaronjb]

St Bernards road, I know it well. As a child I lived only half a mile away.

Amy's (my OHs) family are from just past Olton station, not too far from there. Quite a difference in prices once you go past the railway lines, though!

[CaptainZok]

I like it Captain .... are you one of the yoofs on the roof or the thug behind the wheel? 

Clocked it a while ago in the local chippy. Show it around Kitt Green you might find a few of them.

[Andy B]

....

Just have a rummage down the back of Opti's sofa

That should do it. 

[Andy B]

I like it Captain .... are you one of the yoofs on the roof or the thug behind the wheel? 

Clocked it a while ago in the local chippy. Show it around Kitt Green you might find a few of them.

I'm sure I would!