General Chat

I was born in Walsall and lived on Sutton Road in a very nice house with my parents and sister until I married. My husband came from Willenhall, and we moved in 1969 to Brewood nr Wolverhampton. The houses there were cheap at the time and are astronomical prices today. We had two new houses in a short space of time then moved in 1977 to Wightwick, in a detached old house. The building society would not give us a mortgage as it was in such a poor sate of repair, however we wanted it and eventually found a sympathetic building society. We spent the next 30 years renovating it. It was beautiful I loved it, and it was my husbands pride and joy. When my husband died I down sized to a new semi detached house and my son lives in the other one. I now live near Sutton Coldfield with my new partner, he was born in this house and wild horses will not move him from here. I can honestly say that I have been lucky and happy where ever I have lived.

Lovely Place Dymchurch Mr Daff, Lot of Smuggling History there.Two places I really Liked (1) Just off Peak Road in Hong Kong, the other a Big Victorian Mansion I partially rebuilt and restored, re- installing all the bits and pieces, which had been removed plus adding a lot of Modern Bits such as Central Heating,En Suite bathrooms and of course the magnificent Fireplaces Etc.But time and age moves on and downsizing happens.**M**.

My favourite was Fountain House in Whitchurch, Shropshire. It was built in 1897 for the chauffeur of a local gentleman who lived at a large house called Paul's Moss. I think he was E P Thompson and he was a millionaire, even in 1897 (money from banking in Liverpool)

He built 3 lodges at same time near Paul's Moss and all had oak, best local brick, best slate roofs, best of everything. Quite small house with only 3 bedrooms and a tiny bathroom and no garage. But it was just a beautiful quality house to live in and I felt very privileged :-D

lived in the town of crowborough ,sx for the first 21years of my life ..then tunbridge wells ,kent(when first married )there for 14years,now living in the village of ticehurst in sx , love it here , but bungalow now to big for us (says she who has to clean it)..

Hi Mr Daff
As a child best was Newport Pembrokeshire.
Large house with an attic where we played on wet days and the beach to play on for the rest of the time.

Worst was a Glasgow tenement where I had to chain my son's pram to the railings. Having first removed said son of course.
I'm talking about the 1970s here.

Now I live in suburbia, easy access to London. Mixed blessing really as my borough is one of the most polluted in the country but we also have the largest number of green spaces of all the London Boroughs.
You need the latter to cope with the former ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)
Take care
Von

My first home was in Dymchurch, Kent - right on the seafront. Primarily, at that time, holiday homes for the more 'well off'.

Since then I've lived in terraces, flats, bungalows and detached of all sizes - 34 in all, excluding my current abode. Some of them would, these days, be worth a considerable sum - but all were rented, fully furnished, and periodic decoration was also gratis, if inconvenient at times.

One of the favourites was a converted Courthouse, 5 mins walk from a 'Members Only' beach, with it's own, eh, 'refreshment' area ;-)

The house I'm in now, which is the 1st place we brought for the princely sum of £6000 in the 80s. We had lived in rented flats before and it was great to have a garden.

.... and which was your favourite property and/or location ??

(Jus,t really, to get a 'housing' debate away from another thread ...... :-D )