Squeezed Middle Watch
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ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
You'd kind of hope that there weren't people that shallow, but sadly it IS "for real".
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/how-i-live-69500-salary-saving-buy-a-flat/
It's still fun to rage at these right?
It's still fun to rage at these right?
Idaho
blah blah blah
Just in case anyone is pushed for time, here's the highlight of what is an exhilarating piece:
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
Spectacular. And if anyone wanted confirmation of my prejudices against Surrey...
You'd have thought they would have fitted right in Devon - they've all got wonky eyes.
Sell them crack meth and heroine .... but really dirty shit.
Ha,
I didn't read down that far and yes, it really says that. Anodyne and patronising dross.Sunset Tree
Well-Known Member
Four grand a month net, most people can only dream of that.
Must spend £4500 a year on a few holidays and is dividing it into a monthly figure.
And the £375 per month, on holidays?
Must spend £4500 a year on a few holidays and is dividing it into a monthly figure.
Idaho
blah blah blah
The most ridiculous thing is that with her massive income she is only putting away £270 a month in a pension. She should be stashing 3 times that.And the £375 per month, on holidays?
Yeah perfectly feasible on that salary. One big holiday and a load of city breaks, I bet she ski's as well (they always do) and that ain't cheap.
Weirdly I don't find that bit the worst thing. A lifetime of squirreling away just to drop dead at 65? We all have to make our own choice and I don't think enjoying yourself in the moment is that bad a thing personally. She may regret it she may not, but I'm guessing she probably has an eye on several inheritances to ease her old age. Plus buying the property in London is a form a pension in itself.
The article is a bit strange because its not really a middle class whinge (like a lot on this thread) about not being able to afford stuff its just a description of her strategy. Its how some people live I guess, dunno why its found its way into print.
Chilli.s
mingling jets and statuettes
If she was my tenant, I'd put her rent up.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
It's that whole idea that it is a strategy isn't it really. She's at a level where it actually is just as simple as 'spend less'. Like not buying absolutely anything that comes into her head is worthy of comment.
Yeah, I presumed that. But if you were trying to save money, spending 4 grand PA on holidays is somewhat decodent...
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
That is one hysterically funny read, she manages to make it sound like she was forced to live in a refugee camp
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
The boy has red trousers on, ffs.
They should have moved to Totnes, would’ve have fitted right in there.
FridgeMagnet
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What is most irritating is not the details of the money saving strategies but that when she does buy a house she will undoubtedly put this down to having been so dedicated to saving money rather than being on a seventy grand salary at 29. And think “oh well if I can do it I don’t know what people are complaining about”.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Yeah, she doesn't get that she's on a fantastic salary given her experience level.
When I was 29 I was on about a third of that.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
My middle daughter who is a25 year old nurse is only on a bit more than a third of that now
Late to the party, but that is almost unbelievable that article. I mean brilliant sense of shadenfreude reading it, but actually hard to believe she’s a real person and that entire article wasn’t generated by a Mail-bot. People like her do actually exist. Surrey actually exists.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
I just worked out she wants to borrow 4.5 x salary. For my recent mortgage the lender maximum was nowhere near that multiple.
Cloo
Banana for scale
Yes, they've come down - they would only lend us about 2.5 our salaries and we have a really good household income... it might have been because my other half's CV was a bit patchy over the years leading up to it.
Basically, if you want any kind of choice of places in London, I think about 300k is almost your minimum.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
When the middle daughter mentioned above and her boyfriend bought a house last year, the Nationwide offered them 4x the larger salary (his) or 2.5x their combined though they needed less than the maximum.
Their biggest obstacle was finding 20% for the deposit, he had some savings and she sold her car but the Bank of Dad still had to dig deep into its reserve to 'lend' them much of it.
The Bank of Mum also had to loan them 2K for a new boiler 6 months later.
This is in the Midlands as well whereas houses prices are simply daft rather than completely doo-lally.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
You'd kind of hope that there weren't people that shallow, but sadly it IS "for real".
This depresses me greatly.
- However after up routing she soon returned to London suburbs citing boredom
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
Yes, they've come down - they would only lend us about 2.5 our salaries and we have a really good household income... it might have been because my other half's CV was a bit patchy over the years leading up to it.
Basically, if you want any kind of choice of places in London, I think about 300k is almost your minimum.
Has to be right? Nobody is that much of an absolute cunt(I know she is a Mail journalist but..). Must have been a slow news day.
Wonder how much she made :/
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Sasaferrato
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