Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post
TBH ... I've got Thatcher to thank for the situation I'm in NOW. And I'll tell you why:-

So where does Thatcher fit into all this? Well ... in 1990, my first wife and I had been renting our house for 22 years. And with our two children having both grown-up, we decided to take advantage of the Conservative Government's 'Right to Buy' scheme. Accordingly, being council tenants over such a long period, entitled us to a proportionately substantial discount.
i never believed that council housing should ever have been sold for the same reason they were built, also splitting housing estates up like that ,a mix between bought and rented, doesnt help the ease of maintenance of the rented ones,
i have previously worked for council for direct works , housing and seen the diference ,

even with my belief as others were buying well i joined the band wagon, it wasnt quite the beutiful big victorian house i had previously which my ex stripped from me, but its a little palace i done a lot of work in it , had a good discount also pre paid a modest lump sum off , which gave me small mortgage, now owing just under 12,000. i wouldnt mind paying it off completly, but then id have no savings at all