Kirstie Allsopp discussion
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Gromit
International Man of Misery
My first flat deposit was:
£2k from mum
£2k from absentee dad (guilted into it by mum)
£2k cashed in my life insurance policy
£2k from working a second job
£2k worth of Alliance and Leicester shares I got from them going public.
£10k deposit in total.
I recognise that I was very lucky.
£2k from mum
£2k from absentee dad (guilted into it by mum)
£2k cashed in my life insurance policy
£2k from working a second job
£2k worth of Alliance and Leicester shares I got from them going public.
£10k deposit in total.
I recognise that I was very lucky.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
I'll try and find an article I saw recently about how young people can buy a property without getting a hand from their parents. It was the usual about how much cheaper their mortgage was than their rent had been etc
Average deposit needed is £x, average income is £y and there was just one brief mention of the fact that their deposit was an inheritance from a grandparent.
So no handout from mum and dad required!
Average deposit needed is £x, average income is £y and there was just one brief mention of the fact that their deposit was an inheritance from a grandparent.
So no handout from mum and dad required!
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Reminder, the press is quite fond of saying Millennials and everyone assumes the under 25's but the definition of millennial is a birth date from 1981-1996. Millenials are starting to hit their 40's.
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Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
My first mortgage was at a rate of about 12%
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
As an older millennial ('84), I am all too aware of this and it is endlessly frustrating, beyond the usual "people ignorantly wanging on about something based on a fundamental misunderstanding of what they're talking about".Reminder, the press is quite fond of saying Millennials and everyone assumes the under 25's but the definition of millennial is a birth date from 1981-1996. Millenials are starting to hit their 40's.
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marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
My mum paid £7k for her 1st house (1976) just looked them up , £400k + now !
Doctor Carrot
Marxist Henchman
Don't feel too dispondent. It's reached the same level of stupidity with rent. I had to move a couple of years ago, found a place where I could afford the rent and the agency said I didn't earn enough to rent property from them.
As for allsop's bright idea of moving somewhere cheaper. I did that 12 years ago for cheaper rent. The snag is so did everyone else and now both rents and house prices are at the absurd end of ridiculously high in the place I moved to.
Cloo
Banana for scale
Basically, just compare when my parents bought the house I did most of my growing up in - a 4-bed detached with large garden in a London suburb. Three times my dad's salary - albeit quite a large salary for the time.
Husband and I were about 10 years older than my parents when we bought a 4-bed terrace with a tiny garden in a London suburb 34 years later. It was equivalent of x8 our joint income and only possible as we had two London properties to sell to form the deposit. And we're the lucky ones...
Husband and I were about 10 years older than my parents when we bought a 4-bed terrace with a tiny garden in a London suburb 34 years later. It was equivalent of x8 our joint income and only possible as we had two London properties to sell to form the deposit. And we're the lucky ones...
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
You have continually keep ahead of the curve by always moving to the cheapest area you can find.
Doctor Carrot
Marxist Henchman
Yeah I'm gonna gentrify the Welsh next. I'm probably about 20 years too late for that though and several hundred grand too poor.
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Lurdan
old wave
Allsopp is an entitled shithead of course. But she has successfully built a 'brand' by appealing to commonly held attitudes and values.
Commonly but certainly not universally held, even among the home owning strata of society. This Sunday Times article is interesting in that regard. Here's a link to an archived version. The Times knew perfectly well her opinions would 'generate discussion' and they helped it along with the final two paragraphs they added which undercut her views.
Sure enough there is 'discussion' in the comments section. For example:
And when the article hit twitter shortly after publication even more 'discussion' was generated.
As one of the relatively lucky, albeit steadily diminishing, band of council tenants, I have to confess I find this particular example of the middle strata sneering at or being 'outraged' about one another, rather bleakly entertaining. I am, however, well aware that when they turn their attention back to the likes of me I'll be laughing on the other side of my face.
Commonly but certainly not universally held, even among the home owning strata of society. This Sunday Times article is interesting in that regard. Here's a link to an archived version. The Times knew perfectly well her opinions would 'generate discussion' and they helped it along with the final two paragraphs they added which undercut her views.
Sure enough there is 'discussion' in the comments section. For example:
And when the article hit twitter shortly after publication even more 'discussion' was generated.
As one of the relatively lucky, albeit steadily diminishing, band of council tenants, I have to confess I find this particular example of the middle strata sneering at or being 'outraged' about one another, rather bleakly entertaining. I am, however, well aware that when they turn their attention back to the likes of me I'll be laughing on the other side of my face.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
She lives in the next village to me and isn't popular
Yossarian
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The "all young people need to do to buy a house is be careful with their money and get shitloads of money for a deposit from wealthy relatives" people might be even worse than the "I'm a financial genius with incredible foresight because I bought a house when houses cost £5 and I needed somewhere to live" people.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
And, if you dare challenge the shite that Molly-Mae came out with, you get accused of bullying. That's the card a few of my female FB friends have been playing. People too seduced by the money and glamour to see the problem.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Oh, that’s not a made up name? (Molly Mae Hague). I’m not aware of that person.
Dystopiary
putting up a hook to hang my hopes upon
A few years ago Kirstie Allsopp was saying on twitter how disgusted she was by people keeping washing machines in their kitchen. They apparently should be in the hall, bathroom or a cupboard instead (yeah, right, everybody has room for a washing machine in a cupboard). She said she'd been only joking, but it showed how out of touch she was, and her indifference to people on low incomes. She got a load of flak and left twitter, but came back.
She's been saying on twitter that this time it's journalists twisting her words. But she also says her dad had nothing to do with her career, which again shows how out of touch she is if she can't see that the privileges she's had since birth haven't impacted her education, work success etc, etc.
Despite my dislike of her, part of me thinks it must be pretty unpleasant for her to be getting the amount of piling-on that she has been, but then she could just stop commenting on what other people should do with their lives and how, because she really hasn't got a fucking clue, and because this bullshit really feeds into the nasty right-wing rhetoric of how you can get nice things if only you work harder and budget properly.
She's been saying on twitter that this time it's journalists twisting her words. But she also says her dad had nothing to do with her career, which again shows how out of touch she is if she can't see that the privileges she's had since birth haven't impacted her education, work success etc, etc.
Despite my dislike of her, part of me thinks it must be pretty unpleasant for her to be getting the amount of piling-on that she has been, but then she could just stop commenting on what other people should do with their lives and how, because she really hasn't got a fucking clue, and because this bullshit really feeds into the nasty right-wing rhetoric of how you can get nice things if only you work harder and budget properly.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Love Island contestant/ director of a fast fashion company.
I wasn't aware of her until I read about her comments. (Honest.)
Cloo
Banana for scale
Actually, just realised this is wrong - the house my parents bought in 1981 was 1.5 times my dad's salary.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
That's just part of being a public figure these days. Say stupid shit and there probably will be a push back.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
This is all there is to it, yet kids today are too busy with TikTok to be bothered to save an inheritance to buy a house with
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Oh for fuck sakes, her Wikipedia entry starts thus…
Allsopp is the daughter of Charles Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip, a former chairman of Christie's,
Like fuck did she save up a deposit, cunt.
Allsopp is the daughter of Charles Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip, a former chairman of Christie's,
Like fuck did she save up a deposit, cunt.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
I mean, I’ve been doing without my two flights to Europe a year for my entire life.
Last actual holiday I had was 2017, and that was a long weekend.
Last actual holiday I had was 2017, and that was a long weekend.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
Pfft. I've not eaten an avocado since 1962.
I assume the advice was to become a premiership footballer & buy loads of houses ?Similar threads
