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SJFerrol
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Am I the only one who gets annoyed when they decorate the house so damn cheaply! lol
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SJFerrol
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What amuses me is when there are huge cracks in a house, but when they go back a few months later, the owners invariably say that they had a builder/surveyor/bloke down the pub look at them and they were nothing to worry about so they just filled them in and painted over them!
Up to 2008, it was always about the massive resale profit, but since then, it has always been about the rental yield.:rolleyes: However, they never price these things properly as there is the money you could have made in the time doing something else or returns your money could have made on the stock market plus of course the tax and disposal costs etc.
So I'll ask the same question as gets asked of the Gypsy Community when Big Fat Tarty Traveller's Wedding Thing is on : Where the bloody hell do they get all that money from ?
Yes, whenever I get tradesmen it, it's always a few hundred quid for the smallest job. On HUTH, you get whole houses rewired, replastered and redecorated with new windows, carpets and new kitchen/bathroom for next to nothing.
Why are you suspicious of Asian people? Plenty of Asian people are degree educated and have the fortitude to work hard and save.
The house next to ours featured on HUTH back in January and after being bought by a lovely guy who is a teacher and happens to be Asian
Not suspicious, just curious.
I was just editing my post as I replied in error.
I'm curious as to why you are curious about Asian people being able to afford property ? A lot of people in a well paid job that live at home with parents can do it, regardless of race.
I suppose they have moved on from corner shops!;)
Wow you must be living in the 70's with comments like that! BTW my family never owned a corner shop - my dad just worked damn hard and was able to retire at 55.... he came to this country at 23 with nothing.
We take advantage of a good education system, we work hard and we want to make sure we have security and so buy property as that's a solid investment.
Simple really, you should try it...
They work hard that's why!
It was a joke. :rolleyes:
Not really the same as everyone else, we have to go the Bank manager or use our savings or pensions.
The Asian guy you see on HUTH has probably got a well connected and extended wealthy family who are willing to give him a financial leg-up in his quest to make a killing in the property business.
It's not just Asian families that have the means to do it. My brother in law owns a string of student properties. He didn't leave home till his early thirties though but he had taken out endowment policies in his early twenties.
Every house looks the same in the end.
I did smirk when the music played during the revisit of the 2nd property was 'Dirty Cash' by The Adventures of Stevie V. Although they edited the chorus to include the singer singing 'Money Talks' but left out 'Dirty Cash I want you....' :rolleyes:
I love the music links, so cheesy they're brilliant. I was watching an old one on one of the crappy Digital Channels yesterday and as Martin walked around a vast empty office block they played a line from an old Phil Collins song... "...there's just an empty space..." Made me laugh out loud.
Totally agree. I know if you're doing up a house to rent or re-sell it makes sense to keep the design and decor as bland and neutral as possible. But it makes for dull television after a while. I never watch this programme anymore.
Hey you ain't a spacial designer, man, what do you know?
I thought they promised us a "statement" staircase or something like that? Yeah, it was chipboard hiding a downstairs loo, sorry, cloakroom!
And....... however would you heat it comfortably in the winter was my thought?... One of my daughters lives in a 'small' 2 bedroomed house that is open planned and i think it is uncomfortably cold during winter evenings!.. and she does at least have carpet down!... all that space and wooden floors doesn't appeal to me!....