New to forum and slowly setting up new business

[norm]

welcome Dan :thumbsup:

 

[andy w]

And hello from me :thumbsup:

 

[Dave B]

Like Tescos, petrol etc? I don't get this cost of living down south is more.

Rent, house prices, beer, most stuff in the newsagents, buses , taxis, Insurance etc etc etc

And window cleaners..lol

 

[Tuffers]

Rent, house prices, beer, most stuff in the newsagents, buses , taxis, Insurance etc etc etcAnd window cleaners..lol

So how do people on minimum wage get on? Is 'London Weighting' still added to wages?

 

[Dave B]

It is but still a struggle for some

 

[Dave B]

I grew up on a london council estate and had **** all

But have seen how the other half live

If you can pay half a million for a 1 bed studio just because it is in kensington you can pay double for your windows for sure..lol

 

[Dave B]

I lived in w10..by portabello road market in a tower block nobody would want to live in..2 minute walk on same road is kensington gardens with 20 million quid houses..big divide down there

Trellick Tower West Kensington: [media]

[/media]This is where i lived on 28th floor

 

[TolishAPurd]

House prices in the centre of Cambridge are ridiculous. The wealthy are very tight with thier money so you don't get away with charging silly prices, but I only realised that the prices I charged were expensive when I read on here what was being charged op nourth.

@daveyboy1 whats the chimney looking thing on the left of the tower for?

 

[Dave B]

That is where the lifts are..then you go through the corridors to the main block

 

[Dave B]

That's why i work my nuts off so my family don't have to go through that

 

[TolishAPurd]

That's why i work my nuts off so my family don't have to go through that

Thats all we can all do. I just want to get into the position one day to be able to hand something down to my kids as I couldn't imagine what house prices are going to be like in 30 years time.

 

[Dave B]

I am both lucky and unlucky

Dad passed away 15 years ago as of the 28th October

His house was left to me with the mortgage paid by his insurance

Only have a 25 k mortgage now and 10 and a bit years left to pay it

Would still rather be homeless and have him back but that is the hand i was dealt

Means we will be living comfortable soon and buy a smaller place to retire and have a decent pot for pension

 

[bazzer]

I lived in w10..by portabello road market in a tower block nobody would want to live in..2 minute walk on same road is kensington gardens with 20 million quid houses..big divide down thereTrellick Tower West Kensington: [media]

just reading this daveyboy I used to live just off Portobello road I think it was clarendon road I lived with my auntie for a while and stood the market with my uncle I was only 16 at the time there was a pub called the elgin I think it was at the notting hill end loved the hustle and bustle on market days I think they moved to hammersmith and earls court road good old days for me lol

is this where you work mate

 

[bazzer]

welcome dan good luck with your new venture mate

 

[Dave B]

No i moved away to leafy Hertfordshire. .lol

Didn't want my son growing up there

I used to help.my dad with his milk round round portabello market and round kensington garden area

I miss the place but no place for a kid to grow up nowadays

Used to fish on the grand union canal on my own as a kid and now people get murdered and found in the canal now like the girl on the news recently

Not the same anymore

 

[bazzer]

sounds like you did the right thing moving away wouldn't want my kids growing up there either sounds a bit dodgey mate

but good memories all the same lol

 

[Dave B]

All my mates are still there but when i go to visit i always think how did i ever live here..

 

[SolarPanelCleaning]

Daveyboy, by ladbroke grove? I used to knock about with some Portuguese there. Portobello market was great!

I dress smart, speak eloquentley, and target barn conversions. It's working well. The windies from the towns don't want the work. Which is odd because these people have MONEY.

 

[bazzer]

sounds like a good plan spc mop up literally lol

 

[Dave B]

Ladbroke grove runs almost parralel to goldbourne road which is where i lived

You can see my old flats from the a40 westway

Near the big gas cylinders and the iron bridge

 

[bazzer]

daveyboy my auntie had a café on goldbourne road in the 70s I can remember visiting her there and it was close to the gas cylinder thing and I recall theyd just built a skateboard park there can remember going there a few times