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Your house, show and tell.

Discussion in 'Barracks' started by David Layne, Nov 15, 2007.

  1. Wise1

    Wise1 Getting Wiser!

    Well for me in Scotland, I will assume an exchange rate of $2 to the £1

    House $600,000 - 3 bedrooms, 2 public rooms, 1 bathroom, small garage and garden

    Local council taxes $350 every month for garbage collection, water, etc...
     
  2. David Layne

    David Layne Active Member

    We have no equivalent to the council tax. The only tax we have is a "Real Estate Tax" for us maybe $500.00 a year.

    We are of course out in the sticks, we have no fire service, just a volunteer fire service which is kinda Keystone Cop'ish. No police protection as such, a sheriff's department etc. a lot of people are consequently armed house holders.

    House insurance is high, about $2400.00 a year on the structures.

    Electricity is cheap, about $140.00 month.
     
  3. Wise1

    Wise1 Getting Wiser!

    We are the same for electricity although we pay about $200 per month as we have electricity and gas. House insurance is high right enough, ours is only $800 per year.

    Mind you we pay near $2 per litre of fuel way over what you guys pay.
     
  4. Kyt

    Kyt Άρης

    Strewth, I really should move out of Bristol. Monthly bills:

    Rent: $1050
    Utilities (gas & Elec) $120ish
    Council Tax (with 25% single occupier discount) $130
    Telephone (+net etc) $80
    Water: $50

    ......and I survive on bread and water :cry_smile:
     
  5. Wise1

    Wise1 Getting Wiser!

    Single guy eh! thats why the porn sites like you so much :)
     
  6. Kyt

    Kyt Άρης

    It's reciprocated :)
     
  7. Wise1

    Wise1 Getting Wiser!

    hmmm, to much of this :a025:going on in your house me thinks
     
  8. Kyt

    Kyt Άρης

    More like :Booty:
     
  9. Antipodean Andy

    Antipodean Andy New Member

    I'm staying out of this one (not well endowed Google Earth-wise here at work) but I refuse to believe it's Kyt's house in the pics as there is no evidence of a mountain of books.
     
  10. Kyt

    Kyt Άρης

  11. Kitty

    Kitty New Member

    I was thinking about this, our council tax is $260 a month.
    Electricity is about $180 a month (No gas)
    we own our house, but 2 doors up is rented at $1800 a month
     
  12. morse1001

    morse1001 Guest

    Here is mine. Its at the corner with a red car in front of it. The car is my old cavalier, so the picture is old indeed.
     

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  13. David Layne

    David Layne Active Member


    How about the price of this?

    Lineville, Alabama land for sale - 15.00 acres at Landwatch.com
     
  14. Wise1

    Wise1 Getting Wiser!

    oh my god, I want it!
     
  15. CTNana

    CTNana Active Member

    me too!!!!
     
  16. Adrian Roberts

    Adrian Roberts Active Member

    This is our house, the corner one of the semi-detached pair.

    If you look carefully, you might be able to see my wife in the nude through the attic window. :becky:

    The only reason we can live in such a large house is that we half-own it with my mother-in-law - in may 05 we sold both our houses and bought one jointly, with an annex and a loft-conversion. Living with my mother-in-law, has been, shall we say, rather more difficult than I thought. :mad2:
     

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  17. CTNana

    CTNana Active Member

    Oh dear we have just been discussing a similar proposition - only thing is I am the mother-in-law!!!!!
     
  18. David Layne

    David Layne Active Member

    Reading through this thread makes me wonder how young people in the U.K. can ever afford to buy a home.
     
  19. Kyt

    Kyt Άρης

    Simple answer to that, David, is that they can't!
     
  20. Kitty

    Kitty New Member

    I certainly can't. Cant even think about renting either.
     

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