Kirstie Allsopp discussion

[not-bono-ever]

Her kids have likely been at boarding school since they were a foetus , so are probably fairly self sufficient

 

[SpookyFrank]

Her kids have likely been at boarding school since they were a foetus , so are probably fairly self sufficient

Self-sufficient or incurably bitter and emotionally crippled, the better to exact broad-spectrum revenge on society in later life via the medium of capitalism.

Rich kids everywhere: the best way to get rich quick is to assasinate your parents. They were the ones who taught you it's OK to fuck people over for money, so it's clearly what they would have wanted.

 

[editor]

She's a piece of shit

 

[Lord Camomile]

I know this is nothing new, but it remains bemusing how confidently people like this can assert that everyone has "luxuries" such as gym membership and foreign holidays.

 

[platinumsage]

Gym memberships are the new flat screen tellies.

 

[rubbershoes]

Gym memberships are the new flat screen tellies.

Aren't all TVs flat screen these days?

 

[8ball]

Fucking hell, it will be coffee and avocados next…

 

[Louis MacNeice]

Fucking hell, it will be coffee and avocados next…

What's wrong with tea and toast?

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

p.s. a thin smear of a value yeast extract if you really want to push the boat out.

 

[8ball]

What's wrong with tea and toast?

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

At the start of the month anyway.
Then gruel.

 

[danny la rouge]

Aren't all TVs flat screen these days?

Except the curved ones.

 

[Kaka Tim]

if you switch to super market own brand goods you'll have the £20,000 for the deposit in no time! (if you live to the age of 500).

 

[Louis MacNeice]

At the start of the month anyway.
Then gruel.

Obviously.

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

 

[BassJunkie]

Gyms and foreign holiday? Haven't both of those been pretty much impossible for the last 2 years? That'll be all the young people having lots of spare cash then? FFS.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Gyms and foreign holiday? Haven't both of those been pretty much impossible for the last 2 years? That'll be all the young people having lots of spare cash then? FFS.

I am irritated this did not occur to me.

 

[two sheds]

This incredible TV presenter got on the housing ladder just by making a packed lunch every day and having a rich Baron as a father

50-year-old television presenter Kirstie Allsopp has spoken to the media about how today’s young people could get on the housing ladder the same way she did, by making their own lunches to sa…

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someone on reddit pointed out that you could save perhaps a couple of grand in a year by doing all she suggested, and that the stupid rise in prices mean that deposits will have gone up a couple of grand by then.

 

[marty21]

Her advice is decades out of date . I was able to afford to buy in 97 on an average income (I think our joint income was about £30k) . We could get a mortgage of £90k & the flat cost £71k . We are still in the same flat. If I was 20something now , raising a deposit of £60k to buy an average similar sized flat would take the rest of my life probably

 

[steeplejack]

who even is "Kirstie Allsopp" and why does any one care what she thinks?

not trolling- I genuinely don't know...

 

[Reno]

who even is "Kirstie Allsopp" and why does any one care what she thinks?

not trolling- I genuinely don't know...

She's a property-porn star.

 

[flypanam]

My wife and I were told we didn't earn enough for a mortgage, she's a teacher and I'm a librarian.

 

[steeplejack]

She's a property-porn star.

Thanks for the info. Still not sure why her opinion matters.

 

[Reno]

Thanks for the info. Still not sure why her opinion matters.

I suppose she's typical of an establishment which will deny that problems exist so they don't have to do anything to about them. She's a celebrity and has fashioned herself into a property and housing expert and unfortunately people listen to overprivileged idiots like her. For a brief period she was an adviser to Cameron's government on housing.

 

[two sheds]

Also pointed out was that banks and other companies are increasingly buying up houses for investment because they get much better return on their investment with interest rates being so low. There's no way people can compete against that.

 

[krtek a houby]

Had a crush on her in the past. So ashamed.

 

[surreybrowncap]

Thanks for the info. Still not sure why her opinion matters.

Her father is a mere Baron….
And no - her opinions do not matter…

 

[steeplejack]

Yup. Sick of wanks like her & "Molly-Mae Hague" popping up and spouting ultra right wing bollox unchallenged.

 

[Badgers]

Cunt said more cunty things

 

[two sheds]

UK house prices jump £24,500 in a year but experts warn of sharp slowdown to come​

Coincidentally. Let's hope there's a crash.

UK house prices jump £24,500 in a year but Halifax warns of sharp slowdown to come

Average value rises 9.7%, taking affordability levels to historic lows

www.independent.co.uk

 

[DotCommunist]

Tedious haut bourgeois wanker haw-hawing directly into our faces.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Coincidentally. Let's hope there's a crash.

UK house prices jump £24,500 in a year but Halifax warns of sharp slowdown to come

Average value rises 9.7%, taking affordability levels to historic lows

www.independent.co.uk

I have been waiting for a crash since 2008.

Its not happening.

 

[two sheds]

I know would be nice just after all those banks bought at the top of the market though

although of course we'd pay for all of that too.