Rightmove Voyeurism

wilberforce said:
location, location....... (sadly for some people)
however, I completely agree with you 👍 utter madness, but each to their own i suppose
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I really don’t get how they afford to live down there, the salaries are not vastly higher than up here, not enough to justify getting mortgages for £1m plus anyway.

Me and the wife both earn a decent wage and are looking to move, but wouldn’t have a chance of getting owt above half a million and that would mean being mortgaged up to the eyeballs til the day I retire.
 


Joe Public said:
I really don’t get how they afford to live down there, the salaries are not vastly higher than up here, not enough to justify getting mortgages for £1m plus anyway.

Me and the wife both earn a decent wage and are looking to move, but wouldn’t have a chance of getting owt above half a million and that would mean being mortgaged up to the eyeballs til the day I retire.
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my ex's family were from down there, and i couldn't understand how on earth they were paying half a million quid for a bog standard terraced house, with as you say, 2 normal jobs
 
wilberforce said:
my ex's family were from down there, and i couldn't understand how on earth they were paying half a million quid for a bog standard terraced house, with as you say, 2 normal jobs
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Is it that they bought before the boom and made big profits on other houses?

Jobs in my sector are about £5k per year higher, occasionally £10k. Take tax off the lower one, £4k and multiply by 30 years on the mortgage, that is £120k. A rung in the property ladder round here certainly, but not into £1-2m home territory, a bloody long way off. Daft thing is, take my 3 bed semi with a decent garden (rural ish Kent), shift it 50 miles west and it would be well into the 7 figures.
 
DaveH said:
Is it that they bought before the boom and made big profits on other houses?

Jobs in my sector are about £5k per year higher, occasionally £10k. Take tax off the lower one, £4k and multiply by 30 years on the mortgage, that is £120k. A rung in the property ladder round here certainly, but not into £1-2m home territory, a bloody long way off. Daft thing is, take my 3 bed semi with a decent garden (rural ish Kent), shift it 50 miles west and it would be well into the 7 figures.
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thanks for the informative reply mate 👍
 
3.142 said:
Not sure where to start with this one. Maybe I'll sit at the kitchen table and think about it.

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Check out this 4 bedroom terraced house for sale on Rightmove

4 bedroom terraced house for sale in Overstone Road, Hammersmith, London, W6 £1,450,000. Marketed by Chestertons Estate Agents , Chiswick
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See, that's how the Victorians would have furnished them. I think it has a certain charm. I wonder if it's been the same family for many years. It looks like all that stuff has been there a long time, rather than someone trying to put together a 'look'.
3.142 said:
I get the location and therefore the price, but decor decor decor.

Plus I value being able to get 2 people at a kitchen table and both being able to breath out at the same time.
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It's not the original kitchen which would have been one of the two rooms in the basement (the other probably a scullery or maid's bedroom) which they've now turned into bedrooms.
 
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