General Chat

Bought my first house for £32,000 in 1995 newly built, sold it 8 years later for £46,000. Bought this house which needed a lot of work before the increase for £22,000 and if I put it on the market now its worth around anything from £95,000 to £120,000. Yep its going on the market next year, so I can buy another old house that needs work. Yvonne

I paid £11,500 in 1985 five years later It was valued at £37,000 now its worth £90,000+ it was a three bed semi with garden front and back, pity i dont still have it I would have made a tidy profit!!

£2995 in 1970 for a 3up 2down mid Terrace in Birmingham

Hi sue I bought my first house end of terrace in 1967 for £2125 a house in the same area recently sold for £93000 Howardxx

£2500 in 1964 for a semi, no garage, sold it 2 years later for £2600

Ours was £45,000 in Yorkshire in 1995 for a two bedroomed new apartment. They are now selling for nearly £150,000 10 years later!!!! Liz

That was cheap Sue we bought in 1972 3 bedroomed semi £2950. That was in Derby we moved there because hubby got offered a job with his brother in law (bad move) and we couldn't get one here kept getting gazumped. Germaine x

In 1971 we paid £635. Edwardian house 4 bedrooms two living rooms kitchen bathroom and pantry, no garden though. Sue................... Oh forgot to tell you we could not get a morgage because the roof needed doing so we rallied round all the family paid cash for it, so we have never had a morgage.