What do you think when someone calls you rich (when you are rich)?

Well I've clicked by now that maybe the easiest way to find tradespeople round here is to walk down what is colloquially called "Millionaires Row" here - given the number of tradies vans I see there - as many are being renovated one by one.

Thinks - would have been useful if that had been the case to start with when I moved here - rather than looking around and thinking "I know an area that is going to be up-and-coming soon when I see it - and I'll pick the 'poorer relation' adjacent area - as that will do the same, ie "up and come" ".

There's never ever not been tradies vans around for some years now......it's defo how to tell the better-off part of the town (ie count vans working there).

My own income - around National Minimum Wage level and single - so just as well I got a house here when I did....ie before it started going "up".

Thank you MaizieD for admitting your error. Going by someone else's explanation, who wasn't directly involved, probably confused the issue.
Doodledog's post was incorrect.

… the easiest way to find tradespeople round here is to walk down what is colloquially called "Millionaires Row" here.

This made me laugh. There being no Millionaire’s Row here, I find tradespeople by accosting men in white vans parked outside B&Q, McDonalds or Tesco. Other DIY chains, food outlets and men are available.

TBH, I thought this was one of those tedious I bought my house for tuppence now it’s worth two million … worked all my life stories.

Richard Murphy on:

Britain’s property addiction: how politics has built a broken market

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvkHfM9tsQg

He’s right.

Allira

Mollygo

You might be rich if you’re one of those who think £195 for a 2.1kg M&S Christmas Beef Wellington is reasonable.
To be fair, it serves 6 and there’s no prep, but you still have to cook it!

They don't send a chef round to cook it for that price? 😲

I did look at Tom Kerridge's Marlow pub menu.
We've booked for 12 of us for Sunday lunch. 😁
Only £175 pp.
The thing is, it's not something you can keep and admire.

Unless you bring it up later😁

Cabbie21

Is it a grin of embarrassment? Or a smirk of satisfaction? Or something else?
That’s what I would like to know.

Wouldn’t we all.

Oreo

Allira

Mollygo

You might be rich if you’re one of those who think £195 for a 2.1kg M&S Christmas Beef Wellington is reasonable.
To be fair, it serves 6 and there’s no prep, but you still have to cook it!

They don't send a chef round to cook it for that price? 😲

I did look at Tom Kerridge's Marlow pub menu.
We've booked for 12 of us for Sunday lunch. 😁
Only £175 pp.
The thing is, it's not something you can keep and admire.

Unless you bring it up later😁

😲

That is quite disgusting 🤭😉😝

Allira!
🤣🤣🤣

Mollygo

Allira!
🤣🤣🤣

It wasn't me, it was Oreo!!

I was thinking that the money could be spent on something more worthwhile.
Honestly!

Wealth comes to us in different ways, it could be money but it could be what we truly value in our lives, people, health, access to beautiful countryside or cities, rich in what we grow, or rich in knowledge, so many ways.

The appearance of being affluent is also sometimes just that!

Talking about wealth to neighbours sounds quite crass to me and not the norm, though there are always people that brag, if it make them feel better then so be it.

Oops! Sorry Allira and thanks Oreo. I still think it was funny!

Cabbie21

Is it a grin of embarrassment? Or a smirk of satisfaction? Or something else?
That’s what I would like to know.

Perhaps The Grin is a rural equivalent to a freemason’s handshake?

In East Finchley, there’s Bishops Avenue and a more depressing road is hard to find. Some of the huge houses look abandoned and it makes for a very unpleasant walk. I guess foreign princes and super rich live there but…. Give me suburbia any time. It’s quite near Kenwood House which is a gem.

ronib

In East Finchley, there’s Bishops Avenue and a more depressing road is hard to find. Some of the huge houses look abandoned and it makes for a very unpleasant walk. I guess foreign princes and super rich live there but…. Give me suburbia any time. It’s quite near Kenwood House which is a gem.

I used to live around the corner! In a not so grand house😂.
40 years ago they were occupied London mansions of the extremely rich. Nowadays they are just owned as investments.

fancythat

GrannyGravy13

Speaking about one’s own money (richness) or others is just not on.

Crumbs,

Looks like our area is unique!

It is talked about just like anything else.

Crumbs,

Seems like not only are you 'rich' but you are naive too!

escaped

Thank you MaizieD for admitting your error. Going by someone else's explanation, who wasn't directly involved, probably confused the issue.
Doodledog's post was incorrect.

I don't think so. But the other thread is there if anyone cares enough to check.

I suppose this is why threads about threads are discouraged.

“Richard Murphy on:

Britain’s property addiction: how politics has built a broken market”

Totally agree incentives have been government policy for decades, far too much invested' which has inflated prices vastly

Allira

Mollygo

Allira!
🤣🤣🤣

It wasn't me, it was Oreo!!

I was thinking that the money could be spent on something more worthwhile.
Honestly!

Snitch!

Delila

Cabbie21

Is it a grin of embarrassment? Or a smirk of satisfaction? Or something else?
That’s what I would like to know.

Perhaps The Grin is a rural equivalent to a freemason’s handshake?

Eh??

Oreo

Allira

Mollygo

Allira!
🤣🤣🤣

It wasn't me, it was Oreo!!

I was thinking that the money could be spent on something more worthwhile.
Honestly!

Snitch!

Sorree!!

Not really.

How odd. I think I know what you're talking about but I'm just not sure because it's written in a very muddled way.

Quite agree this is a strange subject, but it sparked a memory from a few months ago. A friend and I were invited out to lunch by another old friend, over from Canada. We had a great time and when the friend from Canada went off to the loo after paying our bill, I commented that her invitation to us was a really nice thing to have done. My friend said:
'Yes, but she can afford it!'. I was shocked at this sort of throwaway sneer! What on earth does someone's bank account have to do with a kind invitation to lunch?

Betony

Quite agree this is a strange subject, but it sparked a memory from a few months ago. A friend and I were invited out to lunch by another old friend, over from Canada. We had a great time and when the friend from Canada went off to the loo after paying our bill, I commented that her invitation to us was a really nice thing to have done. My friend said:
'Yes, but she can afford it!'. I was shocked at this sort of throwaway sneer! What on earth does someone's bank account have to do with a kind invitation to lunch?

I will admit to getting it wrong a couple of times, paying the bill when it wasnt expected, just because you can doesn’t mean you should.

It’s easy to offend by being too keen to be generous.

If you have food in your fridge . Clean water , a roof over your head , friends or family, good health and access to health care then in my book you are rich indeed .

That is so true sparkle 1234.