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Why Are Uk Houses So Expensive?
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So I’m a teacher earning around £30,000 a year, 23 years old living at home with parents. My grandma was saying that when she dies (which hopefully isn’t for a very long time), I could buy her house, which is a semi detached estimated between £190-200K. I’ve been told by a family friend who is in banking that on my salary I’d be leant roughly £90-100K for property, so I always tell my gran there’s no way I could afford it as I’d have to put a deposit down of about £90-100K just to be loaned the rest. Even a lot of terraced houses are out of my price range. I just find it frustrating that I’ve worked hard since being at school to go on to get a degree and a career to not even be able to afford my own home. I know there’s renting but I don’t want to be paying out for a house I’ll never own until I die. Thanks
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Dating apps are a scam in my eyes. And cold approaching...what's that? The only way is by getting to know someone over time. Find out their interests, build up a friendly relationship to start. You can't just dive in and get instant results. Do you have mates you can socialise with? Going out as a group or joining clubs is one way to meet up. But focusing on getting a partner so you can get a house seems cold and calculating.
Cold approaching is when you approach a woman you don’t know, say in a bar for example, and start to try to chat her up etc. In terms of friends I have only two which is one guy my age who is in the exact same predicament as myself so I couldn’t meet women through him. I have another friend who is 37 who I know from Church and he doesn’t know any girls my age
In terms of dating apps, they do work, but only if you’re at least a 7/10 in looks or very photogenic. I did an experiment on tinder once with pics of a guy who was 6ft 5 and extremely good looking. The profile got way over 100 likes and matches within 48hrs. Women was messaging first practically begging for a date. Obviously I told them it was just an experiment. For facially average looking people like myself (6/10) dating apps are useless because you’re in direct competition against men who are 8/10 and above.
Dave- I’m not facially unattractive, I’m average with good facial symmetry. I’m looking for girls who are a 6-7/10 in looks. Problem is with girls my age today is that due to social media where women are being idol worshipped on a daily basis and being swamped in options on dating apps, this gives them the luxury of being able to overlook average looking men on the dating apps and just go for the chads. That is exactly what I proved when I conducted my experiment