The Frugality #5 Weeks and months to tile a floor, we love to cosplay being poor

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They haven’t made their money back … yet! Few years they’ll be ok. I actually think the back garden looks pretty good considering. It helps having a house husband to do everything & parents to watch the kids for free + probably help out with deposit + nursery fees! Her kids will 💯 go to private school. She went to private, I’m pretty sure she’d never send hers to state no matter how “frugal” she thinks she is.
 
CornedBeefHashtag said:
So they will have built up a good amount of equity, even with renovation costs taken into account
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Her house won’t be worth as much as the neighbours. It’s a bedroom short, has that weird kitchen space and looks like it’s about to fall down at the front. She might think she’d get to close to that but pretty sure after a survey the value would be very different

ClaraF said:
They haven’t made their money back … yet! Few years they’ll be ok. I actually think the back garden looks pretty good considering. It helps having a house husband to do everything & parents to watch the kids for free + probably help out with deposit + nursery fees! Her kids will 💯 go to private school. She went to private, I’m pretty sure she’d never send hers to state no matter how “frugal” she thinks she is.
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Her sisters kids also go to private school. Mum and Dad will have their wallets open
 
raaraat said:
Jesus all that fuss over her hallway and that’s the street view. Unreal
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I was comparing the neighbour's house listing to past google street views. I see the removal of the upstairs outside door (they couldn't have slapped some paint on the new bricks?), but why does the side bedroom window look like a door now, with the window cut into it? And why did they remove the metal rails? The front looks shabby but not as bad as I imagined.
 
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I was comparing the neighbour's house listing to past google street views. I see the removal of the upstairs outside door (they couldn't have slapped some paint on the new bricks?), but why does the side bedroom window look like a door now, with the window cut into it? And why did they remove the metal rails? The front looks shabby but not as bad as I imagined.
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Compare her front to her neighbour's, it's bad
 

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Interesting. They deffo would have made more in another area of London over the six year period they’ve lived there.

Either way though, they’re in a house that’s worth approaching £1m which is bonkers really - let alone when you & your partner make your living from telling everyone how ‘frugal’ you are.
 
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