What Is The Obsession With Owning Your Own House?

[ck1]

Is it really that important?

[Prudie]

I can understand why Mrs Sqad was reluctant but if you don't want to leave it to anyone and there's no worries of being given notice then I can see your reasoning. I was just hoping when Mrs Sqad gets sick of you I could move in :-))))

[albaqwerty]

Prudie, you could only move in when Mrs Sqad goes to the UK for shopping, then you'd be out on yer ear :-D

Mr Alba and I had a mortgage, many years into it, he became ill and the insurance refused to pay out. We sold and moved into a bigger rented property in the same area.

[paddywak]

When I was made redundant from BC in 1993 Trish and I discussed the options and ended up paying the mortgage off and it was one of the best decisions we've ever made one major advantage being I could afford to take a job that might payless but I found satisfying,with no travelling involved.It was amazing the number of jobs available when you didn't have to find £400 pound a month to pay the mortgage before you start thinking about the rest of the things.

[Sqad]

Why are you just mentioning this.........Mrs sqad was sick of me 25 years ago.

[Sqad]

Prudie^^^^

[mazie]

I'm not surprised ;o)

[albaqwerty]

A BIL was made redundant and took early retirement a couple of years ago, mortgage free now. If it happens, then it is a good thing as Paddy says.

Sqadlet, your harem on here ain't sick of you xxx :-D
Is that your stethoscope or are you just pleased to see me ?

[AB Editor]

An Englishman's home is his castle.

[Sipowicz]

An Englishman's tenancy is his hassle!

[Sqad]

\\\\Is that your stethoscope or are you just pleased to see me ?\\\

LOL...open your blouse and we can both find out......;-)

[askyourgran]

Oooh you are a naughty boy Sqad.

We have bought and paid for our house, I only have the council tax to pay, and now Mrask wants to move to a bungalow, which is ok but the ones we can afford are like matchboxes compared to ours. I can't see the logic of paying rent when we are mortgage free.

[sherrardk]

We rent and I hate it. Our landlord is fab because we never see him and he leaves us alone (and we him). However, when we did have a house (sold it in 2006) our mortgage was ginormous and it was a stress to pay it. It would be my dream for us to have our own house again, it is my biggest regret of us chasing our dream (but I do get to be a stay at home mum now so that's a major plus).