01-07-2014, 06:08 PM
No they have just retired* up there at the grand old age of 56. They had been looking at houses in that area for a couple of years and the bigger ones just don't sell as there is no jobs in the village, theres a couple of hotels a pub, a chip shop and 2 corner shops and thats it. Its too far from anywhere decent to commute really andthe public transport is shit and it is at risk of being cut off in the winter if the weather is really severe. Anyway they had seen the house initially advertised maybe 6 years ago now at 350-400k IIRC and it kept having the price dropped and dropped as it wasn't selling till about 3 years ago they decided f*ck it, clubbed in with some savings and a second mortgage (my parents were probably on £100k PA between them anyway so wasn't a hard decision) and so have just been sorting things out over the last 3 years and working out when they can afford to retire. Dads decision was made for him slightly as they tried to move him to a job he didn't want to do and after trying and failing to get out of it just said "fine, I told you I wasn't going to work there so here's my notice" Check f*cking Mate!
TBH its a bit of a shame to of lost him at work as hes one of only 2 people who will actually come and talk to my team as we have a habit of making people cry, were not nasty, we just call people out when they bullshit us and he never did that, he'd always tell us when he didn't know something. Although Its great not having my whole team scream "daddy" when he walks into a room.
Anyway their house is f*cking massive easily 2 or 3 times the size of their 1930s 4 bed semi in london. It's only 5 bedroom but the master bedroom has an ensuite bathroom and a dressing room/walk in wardrobe and an office. 25ft x 10ft kitchen plus separate utility room. It genuinely is mahoosive. Oh and that balcony is about 25ft x 12ft.
*they haven't actually retired, dad is still technically on holiday from work for another week or 2 as he'd been saving up leave for years so he could go early but then will be on his work pension from the end of this month and mum is looking for some way of making a little money till they both hit state pension age and will be rather comfortable.
TBH its a bit of a shame to of lost him at work as hes one of only 2 people who will actually come and talk to my team as we have a habit of making people cry, were not nasty, we just call people out when they bullshit us and he never did that, he'd always tell us when he didn't know something. Although Its great not having my whole team scream "daddy" when he walks into a room.
Anyway their house is f*cking massive easily 2 or 3 times the size of their 1930s 4 bed semi in london. It's only 5 bedroom but the master bedroom has an ensuite bathroom and a dressing room/walk in wardrobe and an office. 25ft x 10ft kitchen plus separate utility room. It genuinely is mahoosive. Oh and that balcony is about 25ft x 12ft.
*they haven't actually retired, dad is still technically on holiday from work for another week or 2 as he'd been saving up leave for years so he could go early but then will be on his work pension from the end of this month and mum is looking for some way of making a little money till they both hit state pension age and will be rather comfortable.