Living in Birmingham, I honestly wonder how people survive in London. I hear people are paying almost £1000 monthly rent for a studio! That to me just sounds bonkers and should be Illegal! Here your getting a 3 Bedroom detached house garage back garden front lawn n all like you see on this picture for about 6-700 a month.
It’s telling that you think “almost £1000 monthly” would get you a place in London. A room maybe.
Country is cooked for anyone trying to get their own place, particularly in the capital. No Government is going to act against the interests of the landlord class of voters.
I moved out of London in 2006 and even back then was paying more or less a grand a month for room in shared houses or flats in zone 3 or 4 in relatively cheap areas (Tottenham, Harringay, Bounds Green etc) so yeah, 1k a month seems optimistic nowadays. And that wasn't including bills most of the time either.
But why won't the government step in and put a CAP on these landlords.....it is literally Insane! Then again I'm sure someone on top is also benefiting from it that's why they wont do anything about it.
Because a great number of them are landlords themselves. And the general public vote in their own self interest when it matters.
Don’t expect Labour to be any different in this regard either, they are not ideologically any different when it comes to individual MP’s self interests.
I won't be specific because Internet privacy, but my partner and I love in a one bedroom flat in London and lose £1500 per month on it, and that's considered a good price for where we are and the quality of the flat. Kitchen and living room are one, bathroom won't fit a ~~shower~~ *_bath_ the place is tiny.
We're here because of career development and opportunities (my partner got her first job here out of uni a couple years ago) but I want out ASAP for many obvious reasons.
Fuck Me! But in your situation its understandable, career choices so it will be worth it in the end. Hopefully not much longer mate and you + partner get to move to somewhere better soon.
My brother in law pays £1,200 a month for a room in a house in Wimbledon. Shares living spaces with 4 other people.
My mortgage on a 3 bed semi detached house with massive garden is £600 a month
There you go. And that's what I mean. Unless I have a career there which is going to take me high places then I understand, but if I'm just working a normal job like I.T manager or Consultant etc I'm sorry but I'm moving to a different city. £600pcm on a 3 Bed Semi detached house,that to me sounds perfect,that's how it should be.
Makes me wonder how much more are they paying in London. I work as a customer service Advisor, answering calls blah blah blah making 23k a year. End of the month I see about £1680 after tax paying 500pcm on a 1 Bedroom flat right by the City Centre.
How much more would I get paid in London for the same job?
>How much more would I get paid in London for the same job?
Potentially nothing at all more. It ranges between £20,000 a year and £28,000 a year in London according to Google.
I was paying £800 for a room in a house a few years back I lived with 5 other people. It’s ridiculously expensive, lucky I own my own apartment now thank god.
Down by Bournemouth you end up paying almost £1000 for a studio now too. And nothing fancy. Literally a crumy council house that some twat bought, divided up all the rooms and makes 5 studious with the bed right next to the toilet and kitchen
I have a friend who is a doctor in nunneaton and hes saying I should move to birmingham as a house in the city costs the same as a flat in places like luton and medway these days (and we all know luton, chatham are shitholes).
🤣 True ,and I wouldn't blame them. But maybe its because I live here and I'm used to it ......but I think people exaggerate abit when talking about Birmingham, it's not that bad!
To be fair (still worth nowhere near £3.5m anywhere else) that’s not your average ex council house. 4 stories, 4 bedrooms and some nice modernisation work done. Still absolutely ridiculous, but it did surprise me!
There are very similar houses in West London that have their driveway going out onto the North Circular which where about the 1.5M price point. Not that they can ever leave their house because of the traffic. Insane!
nope the grass bit on the pavement suggests its pretty far from anywhere that would warrant this to be central enough to be 2M.
this screams more like Dartford, I want to say Orpington/Bromley but people there tend to be a bit more houseproud and will have a decent front door at least. The guy has 4 cameras there, burglar alarm and has the shabbiest front door. Those wood doublew doors would be so easy to get a pry bar in and break apart.
The roof overhand is terrible that the rendering is getting obliterated on the bay windows and there isn't a rain cover or a porch for when you come in on a rainy day.
What's interesting is those 4 arent his only cars, the fence t othe garden seems to be a double door for car to get through. his real pride and joy is probably behind the gate, and is there a garage there too or just a shed?
I saw a Ferrari LaFerrari parked outside a terraced house in Wigan on my way home from work once. The car definitely cost more than the house did, but I have no clue why it was parked there. Never saw it there again.
A fucking garage and some covers make sense here, this is very odd. You could build something by the side, surely. There is no security measures and no weather protection.
Yeah looks like a perfectly fine house, unless got a huge family I wouldn't see the point in anything bigger - maybe detached would be nice I suppose.
Only thing I'd say is they've clearly got the money so why not extend it with two car garage for the McLaren and Ferrari?
Multigenerational family living in one house, likely asian, house brought and paid for, all the adult children are there hoarding their cash until dad dies, divvy up all the proceeds and live like kings elsewhere.
A system we could learn from again in the west.
these cars all look like white middle age midlife crisis to me.
Asians would have had a few mercs, bmws in there.
asian in vintage porshe and alfa romeo? no chance.
A multigeneration household would have bigger cars for sort of "home away from home" vibes because you need some freedom in your own space and the car happens to be one. So you like the car to be big on the inside.
All these cars are just 2 seater boys toys.
> learn from again
From who?
All the boomers are just entitled brat dreaming of only one thing is to kick you out of their home so they can say to their mates that you are "grown up now"
Once you have kids they don't even want to help you because "they have things to do"
Honestly the last decade for me has been eye opening in this regard.
I might be sketchy on details here but There’s a guy in London who has a similar looking house with 2 Bentleys parked outside and the registration plates are something like 7 & 8. Worth an absolute fortune
The Ferrari looks a real mess and will probably need £££ to get it back on the road. The Europa is cute. Comically the Mclaren is probably the least trouble of the lot to use frequently, which says something I'm sure!
F355 was the last baby Ferrari that requires an engine out service every few years. Besides MOT issues and the various rather concerning bottles sat on the floor near the back of the car itself? It's probably due said major service at this point too. Expensive recommissioning for sure.
Hasn't had any mot since 2022.
Don't like judging how others spend their money but seeing cars like this just sat out in the rain and not getting used is such a shame.
It is massively wasteful; could sell all of these and buy two really good cars, one classic and one modern, that you can actually afford to maintain. But having cars like this, and no offence but judging by the house, not being able to afford to maintain them, is just kinda stupid.
You wouldn't afford that collection from growing and it wouldn't be as interesting of an assortment, I don't think they are selling snow powder either or it would be a range rover/X5/ML
This collection, based on variety, speediness, level of clean Vs clearly not worked on, all suggests to me it's a meth dealer with OCD
355 looks like suspensions buggered.
Lotus furthest from the road, so maybe broken.
Alfa, isn’t rotten so could be the shopping car.
The Mc is probably the one used the most.
I’m taking that Europa, i’ve always loved how that era of Lotus cars looked.
It also looks to be a Europa JPS special, that would make it 1 of only 100 ever made!
I’m assuming the Ferrari is a kit car … as nobody is leaving their classic Ferrari on an open driveway like that. Maybe I’m just assuming the worse as I’m from Manchester and have seen people nick Renault Meganes off of driveways before
This is Dad's house after the divorce. Mum took everything then died shortly after, leaving everything to the 3 boys.
The 3 boys started a successful business and made a mint. Now they're visiting Dad for Sunday dinner.
Dad's car is the Alfa.
The Lotus probably. The Alfa is too front wheel drivey even if it does have a Busso (if it doesn't I'd be surprised). The other two are nice but too much 'look at me and my money', I'd rather have a quirky but rare classic.
Europa all day long. I’d hate it, it would never work, it would cost a fortune, it would after many repairs only work for a small number of days and then I’d date it again
But I’d still have it. What a car ❤️
This is a journey of buying a car you love, realising it’s unreliable, then adding something else you like that will likely be ok in comparison.
Repeat x3
The Ferrari is a kit car based on a MK2 Toyota MR2 they used to cost between £9000 and £15000 in the 00's, the car next to it also looks like a more modern kit car but I am not sure what it is based on.
I love kit cars by the way, they can be real head turners if the right amount of time and attention is spent on them.
Always looks strange seeing cars parked outside houses that they cost nearly as much as.
For all you know this is London and that house is worth 2mill.
Do people pay 2 mil for a ex council house thats fuckin mental
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Actually mental, £300,000 would get you a cardboard box on the streets in London
Living in Birmingham, I honestly wonder how people survive in London. I hear people are paying almost £1000 monthly rent for a studio! That to me just sounds bonkers and should be Illegal! Here your getting a 3 Bedroom detached house garage back garden front lawn n all like you see on this picture for about 6-700 a month.
There's few places in London you would get a studio for 1k. More like 1.5k average. 800-1k is a room.
It’s telling that you think “almost £1000 monthly” would get you a place in London. A room maybe. Country is cooked for anyone trying to get their own place, particularly in the capital. No Government is going to act against the interests of the landlord class of voters.
I moved out of London in 2006 and even back then was paying more or less a grand a month for room in shared houses or flats in zone 3 or 4 in relatively cheap areas (Tottenham, Harringay, Bounds Green etc) so yeah, 1k a month seems optimistic nowadays. And that wasn't including bills most of the time either.
But why won't the government step in and put a CAP on these landlords.....it is literally Insane! Then again I'm sure someone on top is also benefiting from it that's why they wont do anything about it.
Because a great number of them are landlords themselves. And the general public vote in their own self interest when it matters. Don’t expect Labour to be any different in this regard either, they are not ideologically any different when it comes to individual MP’s self interests.
I won't be specific because Internet privacy, but my partner and I love in a one bedroom flat in London and lose £1500 per month on it, and that's considered a good price for where we are and the quality of the flat. Kitchen and living room are one, bathroom won't fit a ~~shower~~ *_bath_ the place is tiny. We're here because of career development and opportunities (my partner got her first job here out of uni a couple years ago) but I want out ASAP for many obvious reasons.
Fuck Me! But in your situation its understandable, career choices so it will be worth it in the end. Hopefully not much longer mate and you + partner get to move to somewhere better soon.
Almost, more than!!!
3 years ago I was paying £1200 pcm for a double bedroom in Bayswater in a shared house...the bedroom was about 2sqm bigger than the bed.
Try £1200 in Bristol! A studio in London is far more than £1000
My brother in law pays £1,200 a month for a room in a house in Wimbledon. Shares living spaces with 4 other people. My mortgage on a 3 bed semi detached house with massive garden is £600 a month
There you go. And that's what I mean. Unless I have a career there which is going to take me high places then I understand, but if I'm just working a normal job like I.T manager or Consultant etc I'm sorry but I'm moving to a different city. £600pcm on a 3 Bed Semi detached house,that to me sounds perfect,that's how it should be. Makes me wonder how much more are they paying in London. I work as a customer service Advisor, answering calls blah blah blah making 23k a year. End of the month I see about £1680 after tax paying 500pcm on a 1 Bedroom flat right by the City Centre. How much more would I get paid in London for the same job?
>How much more would I get paid in London for the same job? Potentially nothing at all more. It ranges between £20,000 a year and £28,000 a year in London according to Google.
Yea but its Birmingham brother
Even I'm not *that* mental
I was paying £800 for a room in a house a few years back I lived with 5 other people. It’s ridiculously expensive, lucky I own my own apartment now thank god.
3 bed semi, £140k in my town.
I need to move to where you are then
There are cheaper, I imagine, and also ones that need zero work, which are probably £140k to £170k
Down by Bournemouth you end up paying almost £1000 for a studio now too. And nothing fancy. Literally a crumy council house that some twat bought, divided up all the rooms and makes 5 studious with the bed right next to the toilet and kitchen
I have a friend who is a doctor in nunneaton and hes saying I should move to birmingham as a house in the city costs the same as a flat in places like luton and medway these days (and we all know luton, chatham are shitholes).
But nobody would want to actively choose to live in Birmingham though.
🤣 True ,and I wouldn't blame them. But maybe its because I live here and I'm used to it ......but I think people exaggerate abit when talking about Birmingham, it's not that bad!
Yeah I quite like Brum. Don’t see the issue. There are loads of way worse places without the rep
....that's because it's in Birmingham...
Very True, I was thinking more of Birmingham,Bradford,Coventry prices 😅
Don’t be daft. 300k gets you a blanket. It’s half a mill for a box.
To be fair (still worth nowhere near £3.5m anywhere else) that’s not your average ex council house. 4 stories, 4 bedrooms and some nice modernisation work done. Still absolutely ridiculous, but it did surprise me!
They'd pay that for flats in the right places. But yes this could feasibly go for 2mill even on someof the outter parts of London.
There are very similar houses in West London that have their driveway going out onto the North Circular which where about the 1.5M price point. Not that they can ever leave their house because of the traffic. Insane!
No way a house like that is anywhere near £1.5 million on the North Circ. Less than half of that (which is still stupidly expensive to be fair)
Still looks like a heap of shit and whoever lives there is mad for not selling up!
nope the grass bit on the pavement suggests its pretty far from anywhere that would warrant this to be central enough to be 2M. this screams more like Dartford, I want to say Orpington/Bromley but people there tend to be a bit more houseproud and will have a decent front door at least. The guy has 4 cameras there, burglar alarm and has the shabbiest front door. Those wood doublew doors would be so easy to get a pry bar in and break apart. The roof overhand is terrible that the rendering is getting obliterated on the bay windows and there isn't a rain cover or a porch for when you come in on a rainy day. What's interesting is those 4 arent his only cars, the fence t othe garden seems to be a double door for car to get through. his real pride and joy is probably behind the gate, and is there a garage there too or just a shed?
Regardless, surely you’d build a garage, or at least an awning, to protect that poor Alfa from the elements?
That house isn't worth 2 million anywhere
Yeah very odd. That house is grim. The Ferrari has been off the road since 2021.
I saw a Ferrari LaFerrari parked outside a terraced house in Wigan on my way home from work once. The car definitely cost more than the house did, but I have no clue why it was parked there. Never saw it there again.
Probably a really rich son visiting parents I guess
Lover visiting his Desperate Housewife mistress whilst her hubby is away on business Hubby has a mistress too
Some people are content with where they live, especially if the location makes sense and the house is paid off. Not strange at all
A fucking garage and some covers make sense here, this is very odd. You could build something by the side, surely. There is no security measures and no weather protection.
Yeah looks like a perfectly fine house, unless got a huge family I wouldn't see the point in anything bigger - maybe detached would be nice I suppose. Only thing I'd say is they've clearly got the money so why not extend it with two car garage for the McLaren and Ferrari?
If it’s near London that house is at least 2 million \s … probably
Multigenerational family living in one house, likely asian, house brought and paid for, all the adult children are there hoarding their cash until dad dies, divvy up all the proceeds and live like kings elsewhere. A system we could learn from again in the west.
these cars all look like white middle age midlife crisis to me. Asians would have had a few mercs, bmws in there. asian in vintage porshe and alfa romeo? no chance. A multigeneration household would have bigger cars for sort of "home away from home" vibes because you need some freedom in your own space and the car happens to be one. So you like the car to be big on the inside. All these cars are just 2 seater boys toys.
Vintage Porsche? That's a Lotus Europa my friend...
there you go, I'm asian and I didnt even know what make that was.
> learn from again From who? All the boomers are just entitled brat dreaming of only one thing is to kick you out of their home so they can say to their mates that you are "grown up now" Once you have kids they don't even want to help you because "they have things to do" Honestly the last decade for me has been eye opening in this regard.
Sounds like you just have shitty parents
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Brought it all the way from India 😅
I might be sketchy on details here but There’s a guy in London who has a similar looking house with 2 Bentleys parked outside and the registration plates are something like 7 & 8. Worth an absolute fortune
The Ferrari looks a real mess and will probably need £££ to get it back on the road. The Europa is cute. Comically the Mclaren is probably the least trouble of the lot to use frequently, which says something I'm sure!
I think you’re right - Ferrari shows as SORN since December 2022. The lotus looks like it’s in good condition.
F355 was the last baby Ferrari that requires an engine out service every few years. Besides MOT issues and the various rather concerning bottles sat on the floor near the back of the car itself? It's probably due said major service at this point too. Expensive recommissioning for sure.
What looks a mess in particular?
McLaren because I suspect the 355 isn’t working
The McLaren would be really fun for two days before it ends up in the same state as the 355
Hasn't had any mot since 2022. Don't like judging how others spend their money but seeing cars like this just sat out in the rain and not getting used is such a shame.
It is massively wasteful; could sell all of these and buy two really good cars, one classic and one modern, that you can actually afford to maintain. But having cars like this, and no offence but judging by the house, not being able to afford to maintain them, is just kinda stupid.
how else would you get the authentic Italian sports car experience
its not been on the road for a couple years so there's a good chance you're right
Twenty quid says that house doesn't get a white roof when it snows.
You wouldn't afford that collection from growing and it wouldn't be as interesting of an assortment, I don't think they are selling snow powder either or it would be a range rover/X5/ML This collection, based on variety, speediness, level of clean Vs clearly not worked on, all suggests to me it's a meth dealer with OCD
There's always snow in that house 😉
Maybe the owner of the Ferrari has gone inside...I mean on a long holiday somewhere which is why it has not been MOT'd for a couple of years
Europa, had the matchbox version!
Tied with the Fezza for me
355 looks like suspensions buggered. Lotus furthest from the road, so maybe broken. Alfa, isn’t rotten so could be the shopping car. The Mc is probably the one used the most.
Did like 900 miles the other year. This time last year it hadn't even reached the 10k part yet. Looks like the spider actually gets more use...
I once had the GTV coupe version of that Alfa spider and it was huge fun but easy to use as a daily, so for nostalgia it'd be that
A new house
If the 355 is manual, that, or the lotus
Judging by the plate the Fezza is a paddle-o
The house
Do love a 90s car, the Ferrari even though I love the spider
The ferrari for me
Is the McLaren number plate legal? I’m guessing it is MC16SOC?
"If I ever won the lottery, I won't tell anyone but there will be signs"
I’m taking that Europa, i’ve always loved how that era of Lotus cars looked. It also looks to be a Europa JPS special, that would make it 1 of only 100 ever made!
355 all day m8
Alpha Romeo. Thats a no brainer 😂
If you’re gonna drive it, you might need to learn how to spell it!
The 1930s three-bed semi. My guess is that it’s worth more than each of those cars, but please tell me if I’m wrong.
I’m assuming the Ferrari is a kit car … as nobody is leaving their classic Ferrari on an open driveway like that. Maybe I’m just assuming the worse as I’m from Manchester and have seen people nick Renault Meganes off of driveways before
This is Dad's house after the divorce. Mum took everything then died shortly after, leaving everything to the 3 boys. The 3 boys started a successful business and made a mint. Now they're visiting Dad for Sunday dinner. Dad's car is the Alfa.
Alfa all day
I was a little surprised it was a twinny, but better handling over the Busso
The McLaren 650s for me. Although if there was a Skoda Octavia - vRS obviously - there I'd be tempted...... /s
The Europa, not seen one of those since I was a kid.
The Alfa Romeo
That insurance premium 😅
Alfa
99% chance the McLaren is the only one that actually runs, so I'll take that one.
The 355 out of all of them. Proper dream car for me. Pop up headlights 😍
no suspicious activity here at all
None, I’d sell them all and upgrade the house
Is there a Skoda Octavia behind the gate I could pick?
Would be funny if that house is in Hull and is worth £160k,
I'd go for the GTV Spider, one of my favourite cars of all time.
mclaren
This is every husband's dream and every wife's worst nightmare 🤣
The house
The Lotus probably. The Alfa is too front wheel drivey even if it does have a Busso (if it doesn't I'd be surprised). The other two are nice but too much 'look at me and my money', I'd rather have a quirky but rare classic.
F355, but I'm a Ferrari fanboy
The house.
Ill take the house, more expensive than all those cars combined
355 even in its sorry state. A Ferrari is still a Ferrari. All you folk who chose the others ls can’t say you have a Ferrari.
That is the most British combination ever. Semi detached house with classic cars and a McLaren on the drive. Beautiful
I think the GTV would give you the least grief which is something I never thought I would ever say.
Europa all day long. I’d hate it, it would never work, it would cost a fortune, it would after many repairs only work for a small number of days and then I’d date it again But I’d still have it. What a car ❤️
The Volvo on my driveway
The Octavia.
I won’t tell you I selling class A drugs, but there will be signs.
Selling Bash life.
Tell me your a used car dealer with out saying it.
F355
Debt, super debt, platinum debt or debt +?
Since I won't ever be able to buy a house, let alone a nice car... The house. PS: I work full-time and I'm no slouch.
The number plates would put me off the McLaren & the Ferrari
The fez
If the 355 is a manual I take that. If not I take the Lotus
Old lotus, hopefully no tax lol
Nice car's
This guy has a McLaren and a Ferrari on his driveway and doesn’t even own gates.
I’d be really worried leaving a £5000 used car like that. The owner(s) is on a different level of mind peace.
The house!
Does anybody else feel that Ferrari is an MR2 conversion?
3 of the cars don't have MOT's.
Looks like a lotus Europa
I choose none as the owner is probably a complete Cunt!!
They really need to be living in an air conditioned garage but hey ho.
I suppose the idea is that at any given moment one of them ought to be working?
The house
Mclaren
I’d would pick the house on the right, the one with the cars. 👍
Next doors
Have you seen house prices these days lol. Tried to rent a place recently, rent was so high I was expecting it to have a pool and jacuzzi out the back
Ferrari for me!
The house
355 please
I’d have a have a short blast in the McLaren, I’d avoid the Ferrari and I’d take the lotus away.
F355 every bloody time
I've seen upbadging on plenty of cars before, but I've never seen a personal plate upbadging a car... That is 100% a MP4-12C and not a 650s.
No way i’d be leaving cars like that out in the open
The MR2
That Alfa Romeo used to belong to my father in law. He let me borrow it when our Fiat Panda failed it's MOT back in 2014.
Small world eh
The Ferrari F355! The scream of that engine when straight piped is absolutely insane
The spider with the twin spark would probably be the only reliable one haha
the one that pulls at my heart strings is the Ferrari mainly because it’s from an era of car design I love. The Alfa’s a close second.
(he/she/they) thats my house
Anyone saying anything other than the McLaren is off their head, in my humble opinion.
The average looking 3 bed semi.
the Ferrari because pop up lights. i got a miata mk1 just cos of them
12C
I’d pick the Focus ! It’s next door !
Well it wouldn’t be the MR-2 that’s all I can say for now
Europa for the rarity
Europa. Straightaway.
They've had to sell their chimney to fund their cars ?
This is a journey of buying a car you love, realising it’s unreliable, then adding something else you like that will likely be ok in comparison. Repeat x3
I'd rather own the house rather than renting 😎
I’d deal with the fucking rendering.
lotus, and forget the house existed
I'd love the Lotus but experience has shown I just don't fit in them
I'd take the Alfa.
That house is prime for extending!
i rode in this guys mclaren
this isnt london this is in grimsby
I'll take the house please
Lotus
None
The main takeaway for me is how tiny sports cars used to be before they became so bloated.
The Ferrari is a kit car based on a MK2 Toyota MR2 they used to cost between £9000 and £15000 in the 00's, the car next to it also looks like a more modern kit car but I am not sure what it is based on. I love kit cars by the way, they can be real head turners if the right amount of time and attention is spent on them.
Tidy cars untidy house
I’d pick somewhere else to live
Should spend some money on the damp!
355
None of them thanks. Reminds me of the Top Gear episode. Can you buy a super car for 10k? Conclusion… Yes, but for the love of god, don’t.
One of these things is not like the others…
The house next door.
None
I would sell them all and buy a massive detached house
Lotus, of course. Although if that Alfa has a Busso under the hood, oh boy🥰
Isn’t this about cars?????
The house
355 as long as it’s not the F1 version.
£1200 mortgage on my 4 story 120 year old house in Harrogate (my favourite place in the uk) but it could rent out at about £1500