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