Cyclemonkey

Oh well. At least an increasingly aged population will be happy in their £2M family homes.

The MP is Ellie Reeves https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/nov/28/woman-jailed-harassing-rachel-reeves-sister-ellie

@bonaome yes that is what is being proposed for the asset rich and cash poor. Also an mortgage free asset worth £2m is very much real money - you can remortgage, release equity, use it as security for a loan, downsize, out it to work earning money (Airbnb, lodgers etc..) etc.. etc..

That house it almost literally the polar opposite of Art Deco style.

That beacon of socialism and notorious envier of home owners - the USA - has a property tax. Generally an annual charge based on the fair market value of your house.

The average house in London was nothing like £68k in the sixties. I suspect our fictional hard done by ED pensioner probably paid something more like £6k. Also your interest calculations are abit dodgy. Our pensioner did not buy the house for £2m so would not be paying anything like that interest. As for more recent buyers, I doubt many purchasers of £2m houses are doing so with a 95% mortgage. @Ebenezer I agree with CGT on primary residences. There are a few ways to cut this bit the fact remains housing wealth has been massively undertaxed and it is a growing source of intergenerational inequality.

That's ........ an opinion I guess.

What do you all think we younger people have had to do for years if we can't afford the rent or to buy in our area? We move AND we don't get to trouser £2M of unearned housing wealth in the process. I no longer live where I grew up as I could not afford to stay there, same for my partner. Of course if you are unfortunate enough own a £2m house in East Dulwich, the good news is there are plenty of houses and flats that cost considerably less than £2m so someone keen to avoid the £2m houe tax could move and stay in the area.

I mean these people always have the choice to, you know, move.

May be we should hold a Go Fund Me for the poor unfortunate individuals suffering the indignity of being stuck in a £2M "small family home".

Won't someone think of the poor people burdened with a £2M house "through no fault of their own" ..... seriously? This is literally unearned money mainly gained through govenrment policies that has given home ownership preferential treatment for decades but you think it is fairer to rise income tax? Young graduates are already effectively paying a higher marginal rate of income tax due to student loan repayments and can barely afford to rent in London, but it is fairer not to touch the unearned housing wealth of boomers?

There were large amounts of police and a couple of TSG vans at London Bridge station last night at a similar time. Usually that means some sort of Millwall related football clash, but I didn't hang around to find out.

For those of us in Forest Hill this is great news. As well as a better connection to Clapham, a quicker route to Catford is very welcome, as we often use Catford stations a lot for the Thameslink and to go down to Bromley and Beckenham. A stop in Brixton would be welcome. Yes we have the P4. But have you ever used the P4?

Yes please do post a picture so we Forest Hill people can keep an eye out.

Very sad. A well regarded local business, let's hope they can recover. Thankfully it seems no one was hurt. All transport fine in Forest Hill this morning but the air around the station is not good if anyone has breathing issues.

I don't really see the issue. It's taking up a small part of Goose Green. I was able to happily eat my lunch there today witthout the fair impinging on my space or enjoyment. I presume they have chosen that location as it is near the playground, so parents with young children often go there at the weekend. I don't really see the issue. It's taking up a small part of Goose Green. I was able to happily eat my lunch there today witthout the fair impinging on my space or enjoyment. I presume they have chosen that location as it is near the playground, so parents with young children often go there at the weekend.

Not really sure to be honest, It just sounded like incoherent yelling and muttering.

There definitely a guy who matches that description who hangs around London and Dartmouth roads in Forest Hill. He pushed past me very roughly a couple of weeks ago at the crossing by the station and he was shouting and muttering to himself.

I did a really good course in the mansion at Beckenham Place Park last year.

I dunno. "Facts " like you can get to Crystal Palace and Sydenham Woods via Sydenham Hill?

Now you've insulted the 363 bus. 😁

Crystal Palace and Sydenham Woods are both very much worth travelling up Sydenham Hill for.

Ooh I'd LOVE a mini Lidl there. So much more convienent for me than Camberwell or Sydenham.

Community Fibre - £21 per month for 150 mbit/s plus TV. I think a package with voice calls is £5 more but I have not had a fixed landline since 2004 so didn't bother.

Do none of you go abroad. Tourist taxes are really common in continental Europe and do vary a lot city by city. They are collected by the hotels/rental apartments. They are usually a tiny part of your holiday costs. In Narbonne recently we paid €1.30 per person per night. The next town we went to charge 80 cents per person per night. By comparison Cologne is 5% of your accomodation.