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^ also my plan.
Bought our first property in Walthamstow in 1997. Everyone was like "why the f*ck do you want to live there?".
Time changes things.
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Holy shit you must have made a killing. Lucky!
My Aunt was offered a flat in Barbican when it was first built for £7k. She said nah.There must be a lot of folks in the East End who have made a killing, all these 1mil terrace houses were being given away for a few bob to anyone who would take them when my mum lived here...
chrisbmx116
The tl;dr of this is that if I'm going to have to live in London I might as well benefit from owning a flat here so I can benefit from the stupid property prices. Living in London and renting is the worst of both worlds: a c. 10 mile ride out to anything resembling countryside and zero property-based economic uplift.
This is why I will own until the day comes that I can leave this place, then sell and live like a king.
LIKE A KING!! Mwahahaha. Etc.