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Vecchio 08-10-2014, 12.23.17
Martin
 
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Predefinito Re: Germany, Denmark, Netherlands travelogue

On Wed, 8 Oct 2014 01:56:41 -0700 (PDT), Surreyman <alanspencer3@googlemail.com>
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>> >> >> houses in N Staffordshire cost a fraction of the price of houses in Surrey. A[/color]
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>> >> >> Makes one wonder why there isn't a mass migration to leafy N Staffordshire :-)[/color]
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>> >> >I've just moved (within the same town) to a small 3-bedroom detached bungalow for ?400,000.[/color]
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>> >> >You tell me why I don't move to Staffs - or, more especially, Spain! :-))[/color]
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>> >> Zuid Holland isn't any cheaper than that.[/color]
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>> >Nah - deepest Surrey. Apparently the most expensive for property in the UK except for central London. :-([/color]
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>> The bungalow is cheap by Zuid Holland standards. There's a property boom here
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>I can scarcely believe that. It's some time since I looked at house prices (around De Lier & Naaldwijk, for instance) but they were then very cheap re Surrey. But most people (I know, anyway) seem to rent, and the current rental prices also still appear cheap.
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My wife reckons that a detached bungalow in the Bollenstreek costs anything
between £500,000 and £1 million. The land they are built on costs a fortune.
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>Mortgage tax relief disappeared in UK a million years ago![/color]

:-)

I didn't realise until it was stopped, that payments on a mortgage for a boat
were fully tax deductible. It explained why people had such big boats compared
to our boat.
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Martin in Zuid Holland



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