Venger

Did you take it to the stealer or an independant? I've bought some low-profile car ramps (quite expensive acutally at near £300) but soon paid for themselves in servicing family's cars + axel stands. If times got really lean I figure I could do the same for neigbours. Also we got some clippers from ebay and my sister has become skilled at free haircuts. It does seem the contagion is spreading though. (Guardian article clipped quote below in today's issue.)

There was a news article (somewhere) not long back highlighting how Poland gets many German visitors each year going to view the homes/houses that used to belong to their families pre the forced migration. One Polish guy had magnificiently restored one of these properties, with the assitance of a man who'd come over to stay.... only to find the man had been born in the house... and had a deep attachment to it. (That always sort of worries me about buying a repossessed property anywhere) There was recently some sort of big "historical" travelling photo/film gallery in Germany highlighting the extreme suffering inflicted on hundreds of thousands of Germans in the forced migration from their homes (now in Poland). Poland was recently talking about building a highway through some ancient forest (used to be German) and voices in Germany are grumbling about it. In yesterday's Times, there was some economic reasoning that UK might not continue to be a big attraction for Poles... perhaps resulting in less skilled Poles migrating here, or even returning home. I agree with many comments already said in this thread.... and that £150,000 mansion looks hard work in probably an isolated and poor location. Even to work as a hotel it would need to be convenient for areas of interest / business.

Hi - new member saying hello... (I think I found HPC through a link or reference on moneysavingexpert.com forums) I've joined because all the content / discussion / info / view-points / experience / insight ect in all the HPC forums threads I've read have made excellent and valuable reading. I'm 37, am not a big-shot earner, and do not own my own house at this moment in time. However I have some capital built up to purchase at some future time, if and when house prices fall in the preferred area I would like to live. Thanks - Friday.