Re: Did anyone EVER give you 10 thousand pounds?
[QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington;1213319]I would never rent...it is dead money...going to furnish someone else's lifestyle.
I would rather buy something lowly...a terraced home, do it up to my taste and standards....there is something very satisfying in doing that and knowing that it is the fruit of your own efforts.
This gives you a foot on the ladder....and it is then up to you how far up the ladder you go...but it takes work, determination, a bit of vision and sacrifices
only when you have actually paid for your property is when you are not in debt for it. many now still have a mortgage after pension age and i,m sure it will get worse on this front. been a buyer and a renter in my life and never regretted being a renter. as for doing a property up yourself again this aint for everyone. i need a workshop manual to change a lightbulb and even then i,ll break the first one installing it. all home ownership did for me was a visit to the divorce court as working 7 days a week, 12 hours a day just for bricks and morter were just not for me.
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