ive just had a fish supper

[Marvo]

just noticed youre in south africa, things not getting a bit sketchy there now?

although the houses my south african friends showed me and how much they paid for them does make me wonder why people here pay a quarter of a million for a 2 bed flat

People pay half a million for a 2 bedroom flat around here but that Rands, not pounds.

SA gets a lot of bad press, TBH I feel a lot safer here than I do when I visit the UK.

 

[elsparko]

People pay half a million for a 2 bedroom flat around here but that Rands, not pounds.

SA gets a lot of bad press, TBH I feel a lot safer here than I do when I visit the UK.

arent the ANC leaders openly dancing with machine guns talking about killing the boer?

if we can find a way to export your weather and house prices to scotland id be very appreciative

for a long time i wanted to join the anti poaching units in africa, seems like a good job with good people, i think it was only open to native south africans though

 

[Marvo]

Tha anc have been openly dancing around with machine guns since the 1940's and the racial issues and killing of farmers is very real but where I am it's only something we get to read about in the news, same as you do.

Can't help you with the weather but I would have thought housing was already cheap in the more rural areas like Wales and Scotland.....

 

[elsparko]

Tha anc have been openly dancing around with machine guns since the 1940's and the racial issues and killing of farmers is very real but where I am it's only something we get to read about in the news, same as you do.

Can't help you with the weather but I would have thought housing was already cheap in the more rural areas like Wales and Scotland.....

rural areas yes, i live in the oil capital though so that puts the price up quite a bit, my friend, nicknamed "african" for obvious reasons went back to africa and spent very little sterling pounds on an amazing house with a big garden and pool, the figure i have in my head is £8grand but i could be wrong about that, it was low enough to make me consider moving there regardless of the political climate lol

is the wildlife particularly wild? compared to scotland it will be, worst we get here is a badger, they will try and fight though

 

[telectrix]

is the wildlife particularly wild? compared to scotland it will be, worst we get here is a badger, they will try and fight though

in scotland, for fighting, a badger's nothing compared to a pi$$ed up jock at closing time. .

 

[littlespark]

in scotland, for fighting, a badger's nothing compared to a pi$$ed up jock at closing time. .

You wanna come up here and say that, you scouse ponse


Only kidding.

 

[elsparko]

is the wildlife particularly wild? compared to scotland it will be, worst we get here is a badger, they will try and fight though

in scotland, for fighting, a badger's nothing compared to a pi$$ed up jock at closing time. .

ive run over a dead badger in the road expecting to go right through it, was like hitting a speedbump, badgers do not skip chest day it seems

 

[Andy78]

Well thanks to @Moley I have now discovered Balmoral chicken. I'll be making this badboy again for sure.

 

[littlespark]

What's the green stuff on the right?

 

[Marvo]

.....worst we get here is a badger, they will try and fight though

I believe badgers can be bad----.

 

[Marvo]

...my friend, nicknamed "african" for obvious reasons went back to africa and spent very little sterling pounds on an amazing house with a big garden and pool, the figure i have in my head is £8grand....

Houses in Cape Town are expensive, maybe double what you'd pay for the same house in Joburg.

A very small 2-bed 1-bath starter home is about 1 million Rand around here (about 60 thousands UK Quids), and that would in a Brookside type estate with no pool or maybe communal pool, cardboard type walls and a garden the size of a postage stamp. (Is Brookside still on the TV or am I showing my age?)

A decent 3 bed house on a biggish plot with pool would be about 3-6 million Rand upwards (180 thousand UK Quids). Saying that the suburb I live is is very expensive, you could save 25-30% by picking a cheaper suburb nearby.

 

[elsparko]

Houses in Cape Town are expensive, maybe double what you'd pay for the same house in Joburg.

A very small 2-bed 1-bath starter home is about 1 million Rand around here (about 60 thousands UK Quids), and that would in a Brookside type estate with no pool or maybe communal pool, cardboard type walls and a garden the size of a postage stamp. (Is Brookside still on the TV or am I showing my age?)

A decent 3 bed house on a biggish plot with pool would be about 3-6 million Rand upwards (180 thousand UK Quids). Saying that the suburb I live is is very expensive, you could save 25-30% by picking a cheaper suburb nearby.

well he was nearing the end of his 4 year contract with the army, he was only a lance cpl. so his wages wouldnt have been all that great, even including a few tours of afghan/iraq, the house i remember being shown was a reddish colour (as if that matters LOL) with a pool and a tree in the garden, i remember it being a solitary house though, near a river

Another south african i knew always used to go on about the exchange rate and how he could get a pair of trainers in SA for the price of a happy meal and still have change, has it changed drastically in the last 15 years or so?

and brookside hasnt been on for nearly 20 years i think lol, dunno why it ended

 

[Squid]

just noticed youre in south africa, things not getting a bit sketchy there now?

although the houses my south african friends showed me and how much they paid for them does make me wonder why people here pay a quarter of a million for a 2 bed flat

Lol come down to London £250k will buy you zilch......

 

[elsparko]

Lol come down to London £250k will buy you zilch......

thats because you have crammed the population of my country into a city

less resources = high price

 

[Squid]

Joburg is full of bone heads though........ and Vallies