Ally
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Ok, mortgage has been sorted but now but im stuck  I either;
Live in a studio flat/small flat for 50 - 60k in a fairly good area, and get a new(ish) car... have somthing like this in my living room;
which fold up to look like:
As id have a lounge/bedroom
OR
Get an ex council 3 bed house for 75 and have a tighter budget...
Flat would mean i would have more money, could get a better car and be able to go out etc
House would be much bigger, but in a not so good area, id have less money to play with each month but at the end of the day id have a house 
Opinions/ideas please 
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Brett
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i had a studio...they are shit
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Ally
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How big was yours brett?
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Brett
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Trust me, you won't be assed pulling your bed down when you're pissed and it's late 
If you have a party or friends round they're sitting in your bedroom for christs sake! 
Small, cramped, shitty
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Brett
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quote:
Originally posted by Ally
How big was yours brett?
8 inches 
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JessKate
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although a studio flat would be cool to furnish with funky things like that bed, i think that a house is a better option, i think that u will begin to feel suffocated living in one room day in day out!
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Dione J
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House Ally, you know it makes sense in the long run and better prospects - you can always sell up and move on in the next couple of years? 
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Cosmo
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whats got more chance of going up in value?
Smaller in nice area, or sligtly larger in a worse area but could be more 'up and coming'
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Ally
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
Trust me, you won't be assed pulling your bed down when you're pissed and it's late
If you have a party or friends round they're sitting in your bedroom for christs sake!
Small, cramped, shitty
Seen a 1 bed flat for a bit more, layout is like this;
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Brett
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quote:
Originally posted by JessKate
i think that u will begin to feel suffocated living in one room day in day out!
exactly
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Ally
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
whats got more chance of going up in value?
Smaller in nice area, or sligtly larger in a worse area but could be more 'up and coming'
I dont know
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Dione J
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I thought you was looking at purchasing a house in the first place
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Brett
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If you were considering a flat, definately one bedroomed
You need a seperate sleeping space to your living room
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Ally
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Originally posted by d_jay50
I thought you was looking at purchasing a house in the first place
Yes, but the house i originally liked needs wayyyyyyy to much work (about 10k's worth) and is 72000
A decent house round here is 80k, flats start from 50k so im really in 2 minds
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Dione J
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I suppose you could start with a 1/2 bed flat as a base, because your only young but make sure it's mortgaged and not rented and get it fixed rate for a couple of years.
Sell up in 2/3 years and buy a house with the profits that way you will most likely be in a better situation and affordability will be better
[Edited on 23-11-2005 by d_jay50]
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Brett
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I move into my brand new 2 bedroomed apartment in december
well classy
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Ally
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My plans was to get a flat, live there till im 21/22, sell up and get a mortgage with Richie or on my own as ill be in police and move to a house
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Brett
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quote:
Originally posted by d_jay50
I suppose you could start with a 1/2 bed flat as a base, because your only young but make sure it's mortgaged and not rented and get it fixed rate for a couple of years.
Sell up in 2/3 years and buy a house with the profits that way you will most likely be in a better situation and affordability will be better
[Edited on 23-11-2005 by d_jay50]
you don't make much on flats i'm afraid
not unless you buy a new one off the plans then sell it.
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Ally
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
I move into my brand new 2 bedroomed apartment in december
well classy
Pics?
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Brett
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quote:
Originally posted by Ally
quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
I move into my brand new 2 bedroomed apartment in december
well classy
Pics?
trying now...otherwise will post pics in decemeber
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Brett
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Bought mine off plans at the start, they're already £20k dearer now
[Edited on 23-11-2005 by loafofbrett]
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Ally
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Brett
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quote:
Originally posted by Ally
wouldn't want to live on my own either...get lonely
I lived alone in a shitty studio...i moved out 3 weeks later
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Ally
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Richie would be over now and again, i'm very solitary thou sometimes prefer being on my own
But yeh, have to agree with the not living and sleeping in the same room!
Live in Richies bedroom atm and im moving out to get away from that!
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Brett
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quote:
Originally posted by Ally
Richie would be over now and again, i'm very solitary thou sometimes prefer being on my own
But yeh, have to agree with the not living and sleeping in the same room!
Live in Richies bedroom atm and im moving out to get away from that!
yes...i like being on my own...but being on your own in a studio is shitty, honestly... I ended up feelin really crappy and walked out of my job, then lived in my car (R5 very cramped) for a week...not good times
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