1971, the year we got hitched, £4,995 for a new 1-bed flat in Sutton, Surrey. Happy, carefree days, then kids arrived and we moved to a cardboard box in middle of t'road.
1971, the year we got hitched, £4,995 for a new 1-bed flat in Sutton, Surrey. Happy, carefree days, then kids arrived and we moved to a cardboard box in middle of t'road.
semi-detatched in West Derby, Liverpool for $40k in 1992, sold it in 96 for about $37k - our local pub was the one where that poor young lad Rhys Jones was gunned down outside of a few years back.....
The reverse side of the coin is that I went after a house in eliot vale in Blackheath in 1973, my wife could get a mortgage on a really great little house facing the heath. Because I was a final year student I could not get a mortgage, even though I had received an inheritance that year....... anyway this small, but great house was regarded as 'old'. Noticed in 2005 the house sold for £600,000, so probably worth £850,000 plus. Bloody Woolwich building society, the house will be there in 100 years time still looking like an advert out of dream homes. The actress Jill Casgoigne lived on the corner as well. So nearly 40 years of house decorating and my present house is not even worth half that. Still could have been worse could have not bought the house next door worth £1.5 millionish...... How to earn a million quid for doing very little
1990 shooters hill 3 beds terrace £72k sold 1996 £63k (loss) bought 4 bed house Blackheath £157k on advice when hesitating to sell the previous house at a loss, best advice ever!!
1 bed maisonette £30000- Charlton 1988. Got £20000 off the price, bought it off a family friend. Loved living there, set me on a lifetime of paying big bills.
1990 shooters hill 3 beds terrace £72k sold 1996 £63k (loss) bought 4 bed house Blackheath £157k on advice when hesitating to sell the previous house at a loss, best advice ever!!
4-Bed house in Blackheath for 157K? Whoever gave you that advice deserves a very nice bottle of Scotch. I am guessing that even in todays market its worth 400K+?
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Managed to negotiate £750 deposit. Sold for £15,950 1984 and migrated to Kent.
1st - 1988 - studio flat in Dartford for £47k
Now onto my 7th property - 5 bed semi in Swanley - £420k (5 yrs ago - probably lost at least £20k -25k)
Sold it 6 months later (relocation) for 80,000 having painted the bedroom and laid lino in the bathroom
How to earn a million quid for doing very little
It got sold again last week for $550,000 - and people say there's no property bubble over here!
Loved living there, set me on a lifetime of paying big bills.
Remember next door sold for 20k around 94-95 but held onto mine and sold it in 1998 for.... 50k.
Loved that place and it could tell some stories. Always wished I had kept it, would have been the perfect rental.
Just Googled the address and next door (same one that went for 20k) sold last September for 151k.... Bugger!!