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2 hours ago, Spider said:

£1,700 a month rent? Fucking nora. How many turrets does the place have? Must be a hassle cleaning out the moat every springtime an all.

You'd be surprised, my neighbour pays £1400 per month rent, for a small two bed terrace. One of my mates rents a 4 bed house, which is nice, but his rent is £2400 per month!!

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51 minutes ago, Ani said:

Think be fair to say excess deaths will at the moment be including vulnerable people who would have died later in year. So we will have to look at the full year to get a clearer picture. 

The vast majority of the non covid  excess deaths have been recorded in care homes and are mainly dementia/ alzheimers or old age fragility with undefined symptoms. Other noticeable causes are stroke, heart disease, respiratory problems. No data on suicides, doesnt look like it's a major cause of excess deaths.

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30 minutes ago, Sweep said:

You'd be surprised, my neighbour pays £1400 per month rent, for a small two bed terrace. One of my mates rents a 4 bed house, which is nice, but his rent is £2400 per month!!

1500 for an average size 3 bed flat my mate pays currently up here. It’s in a lovely area and very nice but it’s still a fortune 

 

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I've still not had as much as a sneeze

Until yesterday

I was in the dairy section at Aldi and saw a right nosey fcuker eyeing me up

Ginger penguin, he was

So, I sneezed all over the show

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4 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

It would break me parting with 1500 for rent 

It’s even worse when you consider salaries up here are less than you would get in Manchester for the same job on average. At least in London they get London weighting which softens the blow 

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Listening to lbc 18 months back

Bloke calling in, west of London I think, was renting at 1400 a month

He could buy next door, same house for 1200 a month but couldn't get a mortgage

Must be a right kick in the balls

Then again, I had a 40 k house round about 1990 and was paying over 400 a month and wasn't earning so much

Dunno which is worse

 

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8 minutes ago, Escobarp said:

It’s even worse when you consider salaries up here are less than you would get in Manchester for the same job on average. At least in London they get London weighting which softens the blow 

Suppose if folk can’t get a mortgage rent is the only way. Fortunately I’ve never rented and I couldn’t pay whopping amounts knowing I won’t benefit anything from it

around here radders/whitefield & prestwich it’s great for buy to let as the city slickers pick up cheaper rental properties and jump on the tram into Manc 

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9 minutes ago, Casino said:

I've still not had as much as a sneeze

Until yesterday

I was in the dairy section at Aldi and saw a right nosey fcuker eyeing me up

Ginger penguin, he was

So, I sneezed all over the show

Fella I saw was pushing a trolley full of tampons and cheap chardonnay.

 

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4 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Suppose if folk can’t get a mortgage rent is the only way. Fortunately I’ve never rented and I couldn’t pay whopping amounts knowing I won’t benefit anything from it

around here radders/whitefield & prestwich it’s great for buy to let as the city slickers pick up cheaper rental properties and jump on the tram into Manc 

Has that actually happened in radcliffe?

Might need to look at the rental. :)

Always thought it could/would/should but it's still nasty down by the metro

Whitefield, near Stand, shows what could happen but bury have never put money radcliffes way

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1 minute ago, Casino said:

Has that actually happened in radcliffe?

Might need to look at the rental. :)

Always thought it could/would/should but it's still nasty down by the metro

Whitefield, near Stand, shows what could happen but bury have never put money radcliffes way

Used to walk to Radcliffe tram stop from Bradley fold in a morning.

45 minutes.

Not sure how many would do likewise, but I can imagine a 20-25 minute walk being acceptable to many, so a commuter area is possible.

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Turks road upwards, I guess so

Even whatever that estate is called on the left where the teenage girl was killed crossing years back

Drops onto the canal

Cams Lane!

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25 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

It would break me parting with 1500 for rent 

It's all relative though I suppose, and depeding where you live, you may not have a choice,if you're earning enough, then it's probably not an issue, some of my mates are paying that much in rent and probably only earn about £40K per year, so that's a squeeze

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I shit you not:

Mrs GJ currently on the phone to a care home manager.

Her guys cut the grass front and back but couldn't do the courtyard as it would mean entering the building to access it, in addition to carrying their equipment through.

Yet the manager is complaining- what the fuck do these folk want?

Longer grass which is a bit of inconvenience for the olds, or loads more dead! 

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16 minutes ago, Casino said:

Has that actually happened in radcliffe?

Might need to look at the rental. :)

Always thought it could/would/should but it's still nasty down by the metro

Whitefield, near Stand, shows what could happen but bury have never put money radcliffes way

Boom town mate 

big scramble for folk renting, we flogged our other house some geezer bought it and banged it up for 600 pm 3 bedroom terrace 5-10 mins from met 

turks road is nice I know I’m biased 

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48 minutes ago, Casino said:

Listening to lbc 18 months back

Bloke calling in, west of London I think, was renting at 1400 a month

He could buy next door, same house for 1200 a month but couldn't get a mortgage

Must be a right kick in the balls

Then again, I had a 40 k house round about 1990 and was paying over 400 a month and wasn't earning so much

Dunno which is worse

 

When I first got my flat, got it on a shared ownership scheme 75/25 in my favour

I couldn't borrow enough to buy the whole thing even though i could afford mortgage on 75%, rent on 25% plus service charge

Spent 000s in rent till I could buy outright

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2 hours ago, miamiwhite said:

I'm not having a go at my mate on this, just think it will be intriguing being a lawyer V a lawyer.

 

https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/law-firm-director-threatens-to-sue-mayor-over-congestion-charge-changes/5104506.article

Will be interesting. As I understand it, the rise in the congestion charge was a condition imposed by the Government as part of its TfL funding package. I expect the Government could legislate for it if they needed to.

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It’s a no win situation with rent. Sold my house when I got divorced, not a hope I’d get a deposit together now. And we’re wage and geographically trapped. So if we move further into Kent we can get a nice house on less rent but then the travel costs sky rocket to 4-7k a year rather than the 1,800 I pay now for all zones - are there just aren’t as many jobs, plus the jobs that their are don’t pay as well, so you’re fucked. Plus I’ve got £600 a month out on child maintenance. Me and my other half are paid ok-ish, 50 plus a year each with no bonus (unless you count the yearly £100 selfridge voucher, which I don’t!) - I thought with two of us that we’d be ok but my free cash a month comes in at around £300. London wages are better but the outgoings are so much more - especially travel, it doesn’t balance. Woman at work does my job in the manchester office, take home a bit less but her lifestyle is much better.
 

We live in Shortlands in between Bromley and Beckenham. It’s a lovely area, 35 mins into central London, 15 mins to Peckham, 20 to Brixton - super green, National Park space and 20 mins drive in Kent but because it’s considered a bit suburban and has no direct tube line it’s cheaper than a lot of Zone 4 places. In fact due to the pandemic and the now lack of cash they have scrapped the proposed tube line to here, which is a god send as that means rents would sky rocket.

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1 hour ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Boom town mate 

big scramble for folk renting, we flogged our other house some geezer bought it and banged it up for 600 pm 3 bedroom terrace 5-10 mins from met 

turks road is nice I know I’m biased 

I'm getting less than that...

However, long term rental, the couple live next door to their mum and mother in law respectively

So, it's fine for now

If they left, I'd probably look to sell

And yes, Turks road is nice 

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40 minutes ago, Jol_BWFC said:

Will be interesting. As I understand it, the rise in the congestion charge was a condition imposed by the Government as part of its TfL funding package. I expect the Government could legislate for it if they needed to.

Yes, a bit of a grey area that one. Government saying it wasn't a condition and TFL saying it was, hard to believe who is actually telling the truth.

Will be fascinating watching 2 legal eagles thrashing it out.

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