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How much was your first house?

AddicktedAddickted
edited August 2012 in Not Sports Related
Following on from the nasty landlords thread and just to upset the youngsters - how much did you pay, if you were lucky enough to be in a position to make your first purchase?

1984, aged 22, bought a 3 bed end of terraced house in Swaisland Road in Dartford for £31,500.
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  • WSSWSS
    2005, bought a 3 bed in Dartford for £160,000. Still here...
  • CharltonKerryCharltonKerry
    Mine brought in Dartford (not the posh end, ie east side) in October 1977 £13k for a 3 bedroom terrace in a very quiet crescent
  • Norfolk_AddickNorfolk_Addick
    2012 aged 22, 3 bed end terrace house in Norwich for £126,000.

    Don't believe everything you read in the papers.
  • L BlockL Block
    2011, aged 22. 2 bedroom flat @ 105k

    best decision ive ever made
  • kimbokimbo
    Bought in Newcastle in 1984 2 bed semi. Needed everything done bought for £13,000 spent about £8000 doing it up and moved to Dundee in 1988 we sold for about £27,000
  • Harry GregoryHarry Gregory
    First flat, in Sydenham, 1981, Cost the sum of £19,000
  • WSSWSS
    You old'uns never knew you had it so good....
  • delrooferdelroofer
    1984 mid-terrace 3 bedroom in Harlow for £16,500 and sold it in 1989 for £66,000.

    Those were the days, and it always seemed a struggle to pay the mortgage, no matter how low it seems now!
  • Friend Or DefoeFriend Or Defoe
    1 bed flat in 2009 for £141k. Crazy that some of you have recently bought 3 bed houses for less!
  • Covered EndCovered End
    1987 aged 25. 2 bed end of terrace Bromley £53,000.
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  • DaveMehmetDaveMehmet
    1 bed flat in muswell hill for £75k in 2000. Sold it for £145k 4 years later.
  • StoneStone
    £22,500. Two bed terrace in 1984
  • CharltonKerryCharltonKerry
    WSS yeah your right, when I brought mine I have just earned for the first time in my life an amazing £1,000 per year, certainly was easy, no hardships, no giving up anything, just out enjoying ourselves.
  • _MrDick_MrDick
    New 1 bedroom flat in Thamesmead 1984 £14500. Sold that for £23000 in 1987 and went upmarket to New Eltham with 1 bedroom flat for £28000
  • northstandstevenorthstandsteve
    1993 mayplace rd west e 2 bed terrace £64k. 1996 present house st pauls cray 3 bed end of terrace £85k
  • Norfolk_AddickNorfolk_Addick
    Friend Or Defoe said:

    1 bed flat in 2009 for £141k. Crazy that some of you have recently bought 3 bed houses for less!

    Move out of London :)
  • Dansk_RedDansk_Red
    3 bedroom terrace in Belvedere £14250 in 1979 interest rate 15%
  • Clem_SnideClem_Snide
    200k 2 bed flat on the Royal Arsenal. 50% shared ownership. 2004. Biggest mistake ever. Shared ownership is a legal minefield when you sell. Full of hidden costs.
  • richie8richie8
    £61,250 for a two bedroomed semi in Wayfield Chatham in 1989.What annoyed me most though was when I started on the railway in 1984 they were selling off their housing stock and I was offered numerous 2 and 3 bedroom house in Slade Green for 8-10K and I didnt bother thinking I was too young!!! One of my biggest regrets.
  • AddickUpNorthAddickUpNorth
    Three bedroom semi bought for £47000 in 1993, aged twenty one. Moved back to my mum's ten months later cos I found out the girl I bought it with couldn't keep her knickers on.
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  • CharltonKerryCharltonKerry
    Dansk_Red I had forgotten about the 15% interest rate, but we could claim tax relief on the interest.
  • richie8richie8
    Being in Scotland now does have its bonuses though,current house a four bed semi bought for 49K in 2003!!
  • Fanny FanackapanFanny Fanackapan
    1970 bought 3 bed town house in West Dartford for ( wait for it ...)

    £6,050.
  • BaldybonceBaldybonce
    Clem_Snide said:

    200k 2 bed flat on the Royal Arsenal. 50% shared ownership. 2004. Biggest mistake ever. Shared ownership is a legal minefield when you sell. Full of hidden costs.

    Indeed. When selling a house a few years ago the first person in a chain of five had shared ownership and started a 6 month nightmare for all concerned (at no fault of thier own)
  • RedmidlandRedmidland
    oh dear....paid £8,250 in 1978 for a 3 bedroomed terraced house in Strood, Kent as couldn't afford a place is SE London - stayed there until 1981 sold it for circa £15,000 and bought a huge semi (oooh matron!!) with 3 beds master en-suite with bath walk-in shower cubicle and his/hers wash basins etc in Wainscott for £26,600!!
  • Essex_AlEssex_Al
    Dartford 2 bed, paid £8,500 for it. Had a £50 a month mortgage and we were panicking if we could afford it! Sold it 2 years later for £11,500.
  • markbatchelor100markbatchelor100
    1 bed flat in Bromley - £191k in 2007 - will be lucky to break even on it!
  • JohnBoyUKJohnBoyUK
    3 bed house in Gravesend for £220k in 2006. Valued at £170k for my divorce 2.5 years later. Lucky me.
  • AFKABartramAFKABartram
    1999, 2 bed terrace Bexley, 85k

    Loved that house.
  • Off_itOff_it
    Bought a 2 bed terrace in New Eltham for £68k in 1995 and sold it for £195k in 2006.
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