Is it so wrong to get attached to your home? If it has happened to you why aren't you angry? We're going the way that nobody under 40 is ever going to be able to buy a home in the SE. So we're expecting everyone under 40 and everyone after them to be 'happy' with the status quo of renting? Of being kicked out on your arse with 2 months notice? Of paying more than 40% of your salary on rent with nothing to stop it going up and up? (Which, puts you technically into poverty I might add). Everyone renting should be furious about the way we're treated in this country.
It's not wrong to get attached to your home, but I don't know many people in London who consider a rented flat as their
home. I suppose it's a difference in attitudes, but I wouldn't consider it valuable to emotionally invest in something that could easily and quickly be taken away from me.
As to your other question concerning why I w\sn't angry at being relieved of my temporary abode; I was certainly a bit miffed at the time, but I didn't really see the point in getting angry. I don't expect that, simply because I live in a capital city in a developed country, that everything has to be proffered up on a plate for me and for my liking. My stance was that another individual owned the property and therefore could do whatever he liked - within the legal framework - and that I had no entitlement to the property. As such, I certainly didn't want to place too much importance on living in rented accommodation.
I always regarded renting as a very temporary thing, and whilst it certainly did limit how much I emotionally invested in a
home, it also spurred me on to getting on the property ladder myself. I saw renting as
****ing into the wind, and that buying a property would no only create a genuien
home for me, but I also saw it as an investment. I think a lot of my friends who have always rented have started to come round to this idea (we're all around 29-31 yrs old) and they've all been desperately trying to buy.
At the same time I think that young individuals looking to buy in London - and whom aren't the recipient of inheritance or a gift from parents - need to show a willingness and drive in order to purchase, as well as understanding the necessary risks involved; saving deposits, viewing
lots of properties, putting in extra hours at work/to earn. For example, two of my girlfriend's friends have had a great start to their property ownership - they saved fastidiously throughout their 20's, scraping together £20,000 (£10,000 each), and bought a run down place in Leyton last year for £200k (with only a 10% deposit they were comfortable in assuming a higher monthly mortgage payment % as the downside to them getting a foot in the door). They spent £5k on renovating it themselves and sold the place within 12 months for a £100k profit. From now on in, assuming they invest sensibly in property, they should on an upward trajectory for the rest of their lives. This last paragraph wasn't aimed at you Scam, just simply pointing out that getting a decent foothold on the property ladder is entirely achievable, but it takes hard work and sacrifices. Obviously, everyone is in different positions but that means that you can't always have things live up to your own expectations.