Peteff
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| posted on 14/5/07 at 05:13 PM |
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Benefits of being an old git. 50 next year
Young whippersnapper, I'm 55 next month but I'm not admitting to it  . If you go for internal beaded windows you won't need to
carry the glass up a ladder James, and the burglars can't get them out as quick. 
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Lightning
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| posted on 14/5/07 at 05:16 PM |
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Would you beleive I paid £250k No one wanted it as it used to be nursing home ....and stunk
We have one holiday flat which pays for the bills....p.s. it doesn't stink now
[Edited on 14/5/07 by Lightning]
Steve
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Fozzie
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| posted on 14/5/07 at 05:34 PM |
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Congratulations James!
Now to get the water board sorted, and that bathroom re-fitted!
Living about 16 miles from Ned and about 20 miles from James' new place.......and about 4 miles from Bob.........
I was given 3 valuations just recently......
1...In a 'buyers' market..... £290,000
2...In an 'average' market..£320,000
3...In a 'sellers' market.......£380,000 
What is it?....just a 3 bed terrace...with a garage and off road parking for 3 cars.....
Blinkin' stupid prices
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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bob
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| posted on 14/5/07 at 05:38 PM |
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And my neighbours wanted a quick sale
i've got the better access and the garage plus the utility/shower room, i think i'll retire
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Fozzie
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| posted on 14/5/07 at 05:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bob
And my neighbours wanted a quick sale
i've got the better access and the garage plus the utility/shower room, i think i'll retire
Yup...thats my plan....
My silly house price goes with my post code sadly ..... 
Fozzie 
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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Alan B
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| posted on 14/5/07 at 06:00 PM |
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Our house is worth around 200 to 250k (pounds)....stands me at around 90k....
Fozzie, what would it fetch in your street?
Scary money I bet.....
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JoelP
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| posted on 14/5/07 at 06:09 PM |
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congrats james, its a nice feeling to own your home. Been here 3 years and need to extend now! The neighbours and plot are too good to leave, but
theres no space for kids really.
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stevebubs
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| posted on 14/5/07 at 06:13 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by graememk
wow i dont know how you can afford to buy down there
i have a small detached 3 bed it cost me 100k (4 years ago) and the guy next door has his for sale at £159
when it was built 18 years ago it was 38k new
 
juneoutside
Graeme, looking at the picture, that would be about £250k round here...
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Fozzie
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| posted on 14/5/07 at 06:17 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Alan B
Our house is worth around 200 to 250k (pounds)....stands me at around 90k....
Fozzie, what would it fetch in your street?
Scary money I bet.....
Alan...you know my house...and when I say 'silly' money...you understand....
My parents have a house of a fairly similar size to yours.....(yours...I remember it well... ..)
on a private estate.....not 'quite' as much ground as you have.....but not far off..... over a squillion on good day,.......£850,000, if
not... ......and its still not quite as big as yours, not quite as much ground...and...no swimming pool... 
Alan....you know you would be hard pushed to fit yours and your plot.....into 3/4 of my road!
James did very, very well with his purchase! again...congratulations
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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Pezza
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| posted on 14/5/07 at 09:47 PM |
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House prices where I live are ridiculous now, mates tiny 2 bed flat is 120k.
My parents paid 30k for their place, added a conservatory and extension in that time.
It's now worth circa 650k
[Edited on 14-5-07 by Pezza]
You couldn't pwn your way out of a wet paper bag, with "PWN ME!!" written on it, from the "pwned take-away" which originally contained one
portion of chicken tikka pwnsala and the obligatory free pwnpadom.
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RK
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| posted on 14/5/07 at 10:22 PM |
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Best investment you can do I think. House prices are nuts everywhere.
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 14/5/07 at 10:35 PM |
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That does sound like a decent price (relatively speaking). A friend of mine has his 2 bed flat just off Weybridge high st up for sale at the mo -
£280k
... which is why I live in the poop end of Addlestone
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Fozzie
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| posted on 14/5/07 at 10:47 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by martyn_16v
That does sound like a decent price (relatively speaking). A friend of mine has his 2 bed flat just off Weybridge high st up for sale at the mo -
£280k
Yes Martyn, our KT12 and KT13 prices are utterly ridiculous...how the youngsters who were born and bred in these parts can ever get on the property
ladder now, without having to move miles away is beyond me! 
Well done James.....
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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Pezza
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| posted on 14/5/07 at 11:36 PM |
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I can't see myself being able to buy anytime soon round my way.
Planning on building a place, only thing I wont be able to so myself is the brickwork.
Covered pretty much everything else int he last 12 years in the building trade.
You couldn't pwn your way out of a wet paper bag, with "PWN ME!!" written on it, from the "pwned take-away" which originally contained one
portion of chicken tikka pwnsala and the obligatory free pwnpadom.
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Mr G
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| posted on 15/5/07 at 10:54 AM |
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Your not going to have to change that avatar on the 1st of July are you pezza?
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James
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| posted on 15/5/07 at 11:02 AM |
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Thanks for the congratulations everyone.
Give me a few months (like when we've got a loo and parking sorted) and we could maybe have a WLM meet there!
Cheers,
James
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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Fozzie
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| posted on 15/5/07 at 11:16 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by James
Thanks for the congratulations everyone.
Give me a few months (like when we've got a loo and parking sorted) and we could maybe have a WLM meet there!
Cheers,
James
Do we have to bring our own paint brushes and sand-paper ? ........
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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brynhamlet
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| posted on 15/5/07 at 12:27 PM |
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You lot should stop complaining about house prices. Theres a two bedroom flat up for sale 100 yards from were I work near Tower Bridge in London,
which is £1.6 million. Mind you I live in a more sensible area i.e. Newark were my 3 bedroom detached bungerlow is valued roughly £170,000, which is
still more than £50,000 more than I paid for less than 4 years ago.
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