The great north south devide

[nod]

My wife and myself had a day out to visit the Harrogate build show

Traffic was horrendous so we decided to park about a mile out and walk in

We park right next to a new build site of quite large semis

Immediately Deb said let’s look round on the way back

‘Kitchen bathroom ideas’

 

After a full day looking around the show we popped into the show house for a look round

Five bed semi detached Not massive as the the fourth and fifth-office were on the top floor 

Nowhere for wardrobes which seem to be a theme with these three story mainstream new builds 

The fittings were cheap and the kitchen was ok but pretty standard 

The price wasn’t £775000

The mainstream builders just seem to be asking what they want for houses at the moment

 

There is a group of eight being built about a mile down the road from were I live Not in the best spot

700 to 800 k Way above local prices

unlikely to be as well built as what I’ve seen on here 

[Russell griffiths]

See you bloody northerners have got all the money. 

[nod]

Ha ha

 

im just at a loss as to how they sell all these properties 

 

[curlewhouse]

Given the quality of the builds compared to what we on this forum all show can be done for less money, the hardest part must be for the developers not to keep sniggering as people queue up to hand their money over.  

[SteamyTea]

Always worth looking at the whole picture, rather than just an obscure quirk in the market.

http://landregistry.data.gov.uk/app/ppd/

[Ferdinand]

But Harrogate is a part of the South that happens to be in Yorkshire... 

[SteamyTea]

Name a comparable town to Harrogate in the South and we can compare the two.

[Lesgrandepotato]

Probably Winchester or poss Newbury. 

[SteamyTea]

Just done a quick and dirty analysis of house sales in Harrogate, Oxford and Poole, they are next to each other in population ranking (i.e. size of borough).

Make your own minds up if Harrogate is a 'southern' town.

 

 

[ToughButterCup]

@nod, call yerself a Northerner? Living south of  J33 .   

 

Phhhhhhhh. Southern Softie(s) I say

[ProDave]

Steady on. MOST of you on this forum are "southerners"

[Onoff]

Please! Soft Southern Shandy Suppers!

 

Drinking a lager the other day and I felt the urge for a lemonade top...

[nod]

20 minutes ago, recoveringacademic said:

@nod, call yerself a Northerner? Living south of  J33 .   

 

Phhhhhhhh. Southern Softie(s) I say

Ouch 

[SteamyTea]

I am currently on a parallel that is equal to Bordeaux, and they pretend to speak French here.  I think I am the only one that has been to France.

Where I usually live, you are all Northerners!

Edited November 5, 2017 by SteamyTea

[Lesgrandepotato]

21 minutes ago, recoveringacademic said:

@nod, call yerself a Northerner? Living south of  J33 .   

 

Phhhhhhhh. Southern Softie(s) I say

Thought you lived a mile south of there... not sure about drawing arbitrary lines you are on the wrong side of!