'River Cottage effect'

4 Oct 2011

Is 'River Cottage effect' putting the rural dream out of reach for millions? How TV shows have made countryside houses £27,000 more expensive than in urban areas
I bring this one up as it is local to us!
I think this is probably a load of old rubbish, I can't see this tv show, and others like it, really had this kind of effect on house prices.
Plenty of city dwellers long to escape to a life of growing vegetables, raising pigs and making cider
We don't need to many fox loving city dwellers invading our countryside any how wink

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4 Oct 2011

Is 'River Cottage effect' putting the rural dream out of reach for millions?
dont worry globle warming will make river banks burst then prices will become lower lol

4 Oct 2011

Slight hijack but you would be surprised the effect TV can have on an industry.
Thanks to Mr Dickenson his bargin hunt his real deal and all the spin off like cash in the attic and sell you tits here lol

Interest in auctions is rife. Inexperienced bidding equals higher prices. I dont buy antiques or at least not very often I stick around the commercial and lost proerty items. Though you can still see the increase in numbers and people paying silly prices for items they have not even tested. The best example of this was only a few months back. I went to look at some expensive audio equipment at a local auction. The items had been withdrawn from sale and had been removed from the building. Each item was worth somewhere from 400 to a 1000 pounds. At the auction the auctioneer started selling the itmes :shock: I thought they had been re entered and I hadnt been able to view them sad

Bids went up to 600 on the first few items. Then there was a pause and a conversation and the auctioneer annoucnes sorry! these items were withdrawn. Everything is sold as seen at these auctions :scared: Have been caught out in the past my self on minor amounts but people here were bidding 600 quid on items they had not even viewed :scared: Could have been wrecks. Lots of people now think there is a quick buck to be made, there can be but not often on bidding 600 for items that may not even work, lunacy!

5 Oct 2011

Quote by tweeky
Slight hijack but you would be surprised the effect TV can have on an industry.
Thanks to Mr Dickenson his bargin hunt his real deal and all the spin off like cash in the attic and sell you tits here Interest in auctions is rife. Inexperienced bidding equals higher prices. I dont buy antiques or at least not very often I stick around the commercial and lost proerty items. Though you can still see the increase in numbers and people paying silly prices for items they have not even tested. The best example of this was only a few months back. I went to look at some expensive audio equipment at a local auction. The items had been withdrawn from sale and had been removed from the building. Each item was worth somewhere from 400 to a 1000 pounds. At the auction the auctioneer started selling the itmes :shock: I thought they had been re entered and I hadnt been able to view them Bids went up to 600 on the first few items. Then there was a pause and a conversation and the auctioneer annoucnes sorry! these items were withdrawn. Everything is sold as seen at these auctions :scared: Have been caught out in the past my self on minor amounts but people here were bidding 600 quid on items they had not even viewed :scared: Could have been wrecks. Lots of people now think there is a quick buck to be made, there can be but not often on bidding 600 for items that may not even work, lunacy!

Fools rush in!!
I have now found a more sensible article on rural house prices

I do not think it is anything new though, none of the children I grew up with, older ones and younger ones could afford to buy in the village where we grew up :sad:

5 Oct 2011

What's your thoughts on second-home owners? Those who buy a weekend bolt-hole in Dorset or Devon at London prices, and then leave it empty for much of the year, drawing on council tax breaks of up to 50% paid for by people like me living in the inner cities? How much more of an impact, if any, d'you think those owners might have on property prices near you, given their subsidised local contributions, and the consequent affordability of the 'rural dream' for locals?
Seems as city dwellers they may also have an impact on your local politics, as subsidised council tax payers, even though they don't really live there. I know you don't live in Cornwall, but by way of example . . .

N x x x ;)

6 Oct 2011

Quote by neilinleeds
What's your thoughts on second-home owners? Those who buy a weekend bolt-hole in Dorset or Devon at London prices, and then leave it empty for much of the year, drawing on council tax breaks of up to 50% paid for by people like me living in the inner cities? How much more of an impact, if any, d'you think those owners might have on property prices near you, given their subsidised local contributions, and the consequent affordability of the 'rural dream' for locals?
Seems as city dwellers they may also have an impact on your local politics, as subsidised council tax payers, even though they don't really live there. I know you don't live in Cornwall, but by way of example . . .

N x x x ;)

Well I guess they help drive up the price of homes, but to be honest the only emotion they evoke is a little bit of envy, so as long as no rules are broken good luck to them

6 Oct 2011

Well I guess they help drive up the price of homes, but to be honest the only emotion they evoke is a little bit of envy, so as long as no rules are broken good luck to them

So offering subsidies to those wealthy enough to afford two houses in a way that helps drive up the price of local housing is a good thing? Or at least, nothing to be overly concerned about? Oddly, I thought you'd previously gone out of your way to remind us that homelessness is also a countryside issue, having summat to do with a lack of affordable housing and a hike in prices over and above the national average in areas where wages are typically lower than the national average?
confused

N x x x ;)
p.s. I never did welcome you back properly did I Blue? Sorry about that. An oversight on my part, cos I do like playing out with you yer know. ;)

6 Oct 2011

Quote by neilinleeds
Well I guess they help drive up the price of homes, but to be honest the only emotion they evoke is a little bit of envy, so as long as no rules are broken good luck to them

So offering subsidies to those wealthy enough to afford two houses in a way that helps drive up the price of local housing is a good thing? Or at least, nothing to be overly concerned about? Oddly, I thought you'd previously gone out of your way to remind us that homelessness is also a countryside issue, having summat to do with a lack of affordable housing and a hike in prices over and above the national average in areas where wages are typically lower than the national average?
confused

N x x x ;)
p.s. I never did welcome you back properly did I Blue? Sorry about that. An oversight on my part, cos I do like playing out with you yer know. ;)
Yes you are quite right I did, I just don't seam to feel quite so passionate about it these days. To be a hundred % honest here, I don't know if the hike in housing cost,s really effects the homelessness. It moves many from where they might like to live to where they can afford, but does not make them homeless. We have a few homeless wandering around town here, but there fate was not due to house prices.
And, thank you for the welcome, its good to be back amongst friends lol

6 Oct 2011

ugh st3v3 fix our pc!!!!!!!!!!!!

6 Oct 2011

am i wrong in thinking...
that if some1 puts steel bars up on our green???
they go in thru their back??