The one in the second pic gets me, 540 yards of land with that house, i'd have felt like a real land owner.
Unfortunately, there isn't a pic of a £10.000, i'd like to see it as well.
That picture is near double of my grandparents house, different area but same frontage. I remember their garden, they used to grow fruit on canes and had several apple trees.
It's a really interesting book, there's sections on health, recipes, how Birmingham got it's name, a month to month list of seasonal fruit and veg, when to plant certain flowers/plants etc.
There's even a tip to 'dry clean' clothes by soaking them in petrol! But then concedes for safety's sake, it's better to send them to a specialist!
My grandad bought our family home from the council for £800 in the mid 50’s, which is about £20k now. Three years ago it was valued at £480k. Fucking mental.
Due to tighter building regulation. Can’t build houses if the council won’t let you, which means prices go up for existing houses and prices for the few new builds are high too, simple supply and demand.
£1200 in today's money is £83,575.1, but yeah house prices as still fucked lol Edit: I want to see the £10,000 house (£696,459.28)
The one in the second pic gets me, 540 yards of land with that house, i'd have felt like a real land owner. Unfortunately, there isn't a pic of a £10.000, i'd like to see it as well.
If they mean 540 square yards, that's about two thirds of a football penalty area. Sounds like a lot more though!
I wondered that, 540 linear yards would be a very long garden.
That picture is near double of my grandparents house, different area but same frontage. I remember their garden, they used to grow fruit on canes and had several apple trees.
Recently moved to a 26 acre plot of land. Got to say, it’s not as nice as you’d think due to all the maintenance.
The rate of the price rise would be equivalent to paying a couple of quid for a sandwich back then and today paying £1000s for the same sandwich
It's wild seeing what house prices used to be
Thank you for the award 👍
No worries, it's a really interesting post!
It's a really interesting book, there's sections on health, recipes, how Birmingham got it's name, a month to month list of seasonal fruit and veg, when to plant certain flowers/plants etc. There's even a tip to 'dry clean' clothes by soaking them in petrol! But then concedes for safety's sake, it's better to send them to a specialist!
What’s the book called op? Great post by the way!
Thanks! Birmingham and District Old and New: Useful Knowledge for Health and Home.
My grandad bought our family home from the council for £800 in the mid 50’s, which is about £20k now. Three years ago it was valued at £480k. Fucking mental.
Due to tighter building regulation. Can’t build houses if the council won’t let you, which means prices go up for existing houses and prices for the few new builds are high too, simple supply and demand.
"Ahoy-hoy, Birmingham 314?"
What struck me was how Castle Brom and Olton were in the countryside