Stuart Rogers <stuart.rogers.clara.co.uk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> They are solving that around here ... by building "affordable" housing
>> on most grass verges.
>
>Indeed. Usually alongside motorways or railways.
*Alongside* motorways? Luxury! We used to live in a cardboard box in
the middle of the motorway.
>And then using some definition of "affordable" of which I'm utterly
unaware.
Believe me. Both Tony and Gordon could afford them easily.
Speaking of whom, only one UK prime minister has ever been
assassinated. I think we're due for another.
>> Natch, just that at the moment you can't afford to buy a house unless
>> you have at least 2 salaries, and preferably at least one of them
>> professional. Average UK salary is around 24k or so (I think), average
>> house price is nearer 240k... 10x typical salary.
>
>...and, in my area, even the very bottom end of the market is almost
>five times that national average salary.
I think the UK average salary is about 28k, but that doesn't help
much.
Unless you move to Derby, where that will buy you the entire street
and still give you change for a bag of chips.
>> Hence 1st time housebuying age is now over 30 and most people buy
>> jointly with either a partner or a friend.
>
>One of the reasons I want to buy my own house is to get away from
>having to live with others and to be financially linked to others.
>I'm considering possibility of buying a boat to live on - I can
>buy one of those outright, and mooring costs are, relatively
>speaking, peanuts.
Not round here. Mooring costs more than the boat.
Mind you, my region does include the most expensive place to live in
Europe.
And your boat really has to be a Sunseeker (which are made here, too),
which is way out of the league of your average Cybil Serpant.
>> Oh and on a random topic, could I have a word with someone about Our
>> Weather please. As far as I can tell it has Rained every single day in
>> May so far, apart from a couple of Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Certainly
>> every Weekend.
>
>You want fine weather? Morethanmyjobsworthmate.
We've had lots. I've been painting the outside of my house over the
last couple of weeks.
>> The water companies are - just gently - considering the
>> possibility of not enforcing a hosepipe ban ... this year... *yet*.
>
>There's no water shortage, just lots of leaky water mains.
15 million litres a day lost from leaky pipes in London alone.
[Eastleigh]
>> [1] Is it me or is that an investment op****tunity...?
>
>No. It's only an investment if it increases in value compared to
>similar products.
I worked near Eastleigh last year.
I wouldn't go and live there.
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