Working from home a lot means that I naturally watch a lot of Homes Under The Hammer. The premise is always - without fail - buy something cheap at auction... fiddle around with some pipes and electrics... hoover the [new] carpet... sell for almost double the price.
Capitalism on point.
Now, apropos of nothing, I've recently been looking at how much it takes to buy a house / flat / small garage in London... and it is rather expensive. Way beyond my means at any rate.
But that got me thinking. What if I - like the HUTH model - gradually up-cycle and up-sell smaller things... could I eventually get to an affordable property in London? How long would it take? How far could I get?
So, I've started the ball rolling. First step on the property ladder starts with a paper plane set from the fine people at Guinness World Records. The perfect way to introduce thick, black, alcoholic liquid into your child's life from an early age.
See my posting on Ebay here!
In all honesty, the story of the one red paperclip has inspired me. Although, instead of the enthusiasm of followers, well-wishers and friends, I'm completely relying on pure, cold-hard supply-and-demand economics.I'm not sure if this is funny or misjudged... but I'll find out soon enough!
Saturday 14 November 2015
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