I did better
...but not by much.

We bought our first house in 92, at the bottom of the market. Ex-council, but a nice area. Unfortunately, as the market rose during the 90s, the area went down. Eventually we were living with a hammer and a bucket of sand by the front door, there had been 2 murders and 7 GBHs within 200 yards in a year, and so we found another ex-council, fairly shitty, but solid and in a village where there were precisely 3 criminals.

My Dad asked me on the day of the move how much we'd made on the sale.

"Five, Dad".

"What, five grand? That's not a lot in seven years".

"No. Five pounds".

1992 = £29,995. 1999 = £30,000
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