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Mazty on 03 April 2013
fillet said:
Mazty said:
fillet said:
LMAO, OP house prices are largely based on where the house is, not what the house looks like.

2 bedroom flat middle of london in nice area = millions
2 bedroom flat middle of newcastle in nice area = less than 50 thousand.

Both are cities, one's a shit hole (sorry, I just came back from newcastle....my god!)


Where did I say it was about image? I didn't; I gave the estate agent links ffs. Don't try to play down my OP by misreading it please.

Why is Newcastle bad? Where did you go? The Sandyford and Jesmond areas are fine. Also you are forgetting that for a 2 bedroom flat in London you could get a luxury 20th floor apartment on the coast of Miami.....Now why on earth would anyone want a tiny apartment in a wet, depressing city over a sun-kissed city?


Don't get me wrong, I wasn't having a go mate :)

I just thought you weren't aware it's "location, location, location", there's a even a tv show by that name as I'm sure you know :)


Oh yeah I know it's location, but I'm thinking trans-atlantic at the same time:

VS 

 

Man Newcastle seems to have fallen - I was there post recession and it sounds a far cry from what you describe =



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radishhead on 03 April 2013

Average house price for a 3 bedroom semi-detached is around £300,000 around here - there's no way I'll ever be able to afford a house of my own



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fillet on 03 April 2013
Mazty said:
fillet said:
Mazty said:
fillet said:
LMAO, OP house prices are largely based on where the house is, not what the house looks like.

2 bedroom flat middle of london in nice area = millions
2 bedroom flat middle of newcastle in nice area = less than 50 thousand.

Both are cities, one's a shit hole (sorry, I just came back from newcastle....my god!)


Where did I say it was about image? I didn't; I gave the estate agent links ffs. Don't try to play down my OP by misreading it please.

Why is Newcastle bad? Where did you go? The Sandyford and Jesmond areas are fine. Also you are forgetting that for a 2 bedroom flat in London you could get a luxury 20th floor apartment on the coast of Miami.....Now why on earth would anyone want a tiny apartment in a wet, depressing city over a sun-kissed city?


Don't get me wrong, I wasn't having a go mate :)

I just thought you weren't aware it's "location, location, location", there's a even a tv show by that name as I'm sure you know :)


Oh yeah I know it's location, but I'm thinking trans-atlantic at the same time:

VS 


In that case, totally agree there. I've never really looked at house prices outside the UK (except spain where I'm considering getting a flat in barcelona). Even there you can get a nice flat, 2-3 bed with terrace for 150,000 euros 20 mins on metro from city centre....bananas when you think about it as that would cost 4 times the price in london (edit - prolly a lot more actually)...

Apparently barcelona is the most occupied place in europe for hotel occupancy. I have a friend there who I see every few months and done a bit of looking around.

It's a nice place to live, been to most the big cities in spain and on the whole the best one in terms of maintenance, transport and facilities etc, puts london to shame.

The surrounding highly populated areas going 5-15km out the city are a mess granted, but then they are in pretty much all cities in the world that are highly populated.

Doesn't really add up. :S



The Fury on 03 April 2013
radishhead said:
Average house price for a 3 bedroom semi-detached is around £300,000 around here - there's no way I'll ever be able to afford a house of my own

I've recently bought a house (flat), but it is my own and I'm on that property ladder. I didn't think I could afford it either but I'm there. You never know, meet the right person and it's not jsut one person affording that 300k house, it's 2, much easier.

 

House prices are always going to differ in the UK and US, many US houses are made from wood, while most UK house are brick. It's all about location though, my flat in another part of my city would be worth up to 150k more or half as much less. Same city less than a mile apart.



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fillet on 03 April 2013
pezus said:
crissindahouse said:

difference is, when there is a little storm, the uk house doesn't fly away with the storm

i mean, there is a reason why it costs so much more to build a house in some european countries and one reason is the material they use for it (and also the quality of the insulation and stuff)

it's like you compare a ferrari engine with a engine build in a renault and wonder why the ferrari engine costs more.

I also see people in movies kicking or punching through doors and walls all the time and wonder if the material is really that bad?


You could have just explained an alternative reason for most films being made in the US?



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dsgrue3 on 03 April 2013

House prices are always going to differ in the UK and US, many US houses are made from wood, while most UK house are brick. It's all about location though, my flat in another part of my city would be worth up to 150k more or half as much less. Same city less than a mile apart.

You mean the interior walls of UK houses are brick instead of drywall? 



MikeRox on 03 April 2013
pezus said:
crissindahouse said:

difference is, when there is a little storm, the uk house doesn't fly away with the storm

i mean, there is a reason why it costs so much more to build a house in some european countries and one reason is the material they use for it (and also the quality of the insulation and stuff)

it's like you compare a ferrari engine with a engine build in a renault and wonder why the ferrari engine costs more.

I also see people in movies kicking or punching through doors and walls all the time and wonder if the material is really that bad?


If my fiancee's st Louis suburban place (and all the neighbouring houses) are anything to go by then yes the build quality is weak enough to punch through. My uncle punched our lounge wall once while drunk and broke his hand!

 

Definitely 120k for a 3 bed place in huddersfield (a mile from town centre and a nice area). House prices in West Yorkshire rose nowhere near as much as the South (coz everyone wants London innit. Bruv!) Wages up here also mean house prices can't get ad out of control.

US had a price bubble which burst causing the sub prime fiasco. UK also has a housing capacity issue keeping prices propped up.



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TheJimbo1234 on 03 April 2013
PullusPardus said:

I canada, you get bigger houses and newer ones for third of the price...

no one wants to live in canada though , I don't know why.


Wut? I love Canada and everyone I know who has gone there loves it to. If given the chance, I would move there in an instant.



MikeRox on 03 April 2013
dsgrue3 said:

House prices are always going to differ in the UK and US, many US houses are made from wood, while most UK house are brick. It's all about location though, my flat in another part of my city would be worth up to 150k more or half as much less. Same city less than a mile apart.

You mean the interior walls of UK houses are brick instead of drywall? 


Mine are :D really stops noise travelling!

Most new builds aren't though. So add in that a lot of newer houses also have smaller rooms etc and you get why I love older houses.



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fillet on 03 April 2013
pezus said:
fillet said:
pezus said:
crissindahouse said:

difference is, when there is a little storm, the uk house doesn't fly away with the storm

i mean, there is a reason why it costs so much more to build a house in some european countries and one reason is the material they use for it (and also the quality of the insulation and stuff)

it's like you compare a ferrari engine with a engine build in a renault and wonder why the ferrari engine costs more.

I also see people in movies kicking or punching through doors and walls all the time and wonder if the material is really that bad?


You could have just explained an alternative reason for most films being made in the US?

I don't understand the question?

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