Our old bungalow
By Jimbo45
@Ineeddentures (36636)
March 19, 2026 10:00pm CST
Well looking through some old photos and I found this
It's a photo of our old house
This pic must have been around 1999 when we bought it because of the car
2 bedrooms, huge garden, 3 acre field, private drive and outbuildings
Cost me £100k, no mortgage, just bought it
When we left to come here in 2016 we sold it for £212k
Today it's on the market again at £292k
I reckon it's a bargain, green belt, one of Scotland's most desirable post codes
Asked Yvonne if I should buy it again
She said no,
Still no luck with the hunt for our new bungalow,
May have to spend a bit more than I thought
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@LadyDuck (503361)
• Italy
20 Mar
@Ineeddentures - Safe country with houses of great value. Our houses last for centuries.
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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20 Mar
@LadyDuck
The old builds from hundreds of years ago will still be around long after today's kit houses have fallen down
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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20 Mar
Scotland and Switzerland
2 beautiful countries
That's why people invest in housing in them
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@2ndchances24 (12310)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
20 Mar
I remember our 3 acre place in Fla sure do miss that place
If I had the chance to buy it I would in a heart beat but I don't so
I just sit here thinking about the good ole days we had.
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@2ndchances24 (12310)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
20 Mar
@Ineeddentures I can't argue with you there.
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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20 Mar
Aye
The good old days Indeed
Can't go back sadly but can make new good new day memories where we are or where we will be
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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20 Mar
@2ndchances24
New memories.
Won't be able to remember them for long most likely so I better make them fun
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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20 Mar
I know
I'm hoping that if we move from this one we won't have to sell it and we can rent it out and have a bit more income
Rents have increased a lot here because of the lack of social housing
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@DianneN (254948)
• United States
20 Mar
@Ineeddentures A holiday home sounds perfect to me.
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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20 Mar
Our current home is lovely Dianne
I think it will be that we keep the home we are in
And we will buy a holiday home on the Highlands.
That makes more sense I think
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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20 Mar
@DianneN
I suggested doing that in 2023
We looked at 2 holiday homes on the same park Yvonne wants to buy one one now lol
Why we didn't do it then I have no idea,
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@lovebuglena (52364)
• Staten Island, New York
20 Mar
Must have been a cozy place. Do you own or rent your current one?
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@lovebuglena (52364)
• Staten Island, New York
20 Mar
@Ineeddentures wow! You must have a good source of income from all of them, no?
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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20 Mar
@lovebuglena
We are comfortable
Got even more comfortable when I turned 65
Infact we have more money now to spend than we ever did
We have no debt.
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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20 Mar
Own
Own 3 flats now
And the way it's looking we will own a holiday home as well
Yvonne wants one on a park we go and holiday at ironically enough
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@porwest (113145)
• United States
11 Jun
@Ineeddentures I read in the post you were looking for a new place. Did you ever find one?
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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11 Jun
@porwest
Found a couple
Things move slowly here.
One wanted us to wait until they found somewhere new
Another changed their mind about selling
We can wait.
It's got to be the right place
If we stayed here I would be ok with it
This is a good apartment , huge garden, a courtyard, place for my bikes, my man cave, good neighbours,
Actually to find somewhere as good might not be easy
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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11 Jun
Not enough lol
But hey, it is what it is and it have us a really good nest egg
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@GardenGerty (169676)
• United States
20 Mar
Half the fun is in the search, I would say. Seems the old bungalow is appreciating nicely.
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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20 Mar
Too old for searching Heather
Especially as Yvonne can't make her mind up about anything
Now it's a holiday home and we stay here!?
@snowy22315 (209643)
• United States
21 Mar
That is a very nice home. I thought you were poor..
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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21 Mar
Yvonne says I have been telling people I am poor on Mylot for 2 decades and she says I must stop.
I was so poor I could retire 12 years early.
I am a poor poor man
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@RasmaSandra (98454)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Mar
I wish you luck in finding a bungalow you like,
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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20 Mar
This afternoon
We could have been having a look at one
Yvonne wanted to go to the shops.
And then go for a run on the bike
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@JudyEv (383298)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Mar
@Ineeddentures That's good to hear.
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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20 Mar
It was my dream house.
Many happy years there.
It served it's purpose and made us a lot of money
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@Deepizzaguy (122659)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
20 Mar
Nice looking home that you shared on this post.
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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20 Mar
Thanks George
I found a lot more photos I will post about
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@Deepizzaguy (122659)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
20 Mar
@Ineeddentures You are welcome.
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@LindaOHio (223476)
• United States
21 Mar
What a lovely house...and with 3 acres! That's unheard of in Scotland and England.
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@LindaOHio (223476)
• United States
22 Mar
@Ineeddentures I thought that land was at a premium in Scotland and England and only those with big bucks had a large lot.
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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22 Mar
@LindaOHio
I had big bucks lol
I've got even bigger bucks now
Loads of people buy a plot of land and build on it
Land is still quite cheap.
£15k per acre
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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21 Mar
Hardly.
My dad who was just along the road had abkut the same amount of ground
3 acres isn't that much Linda
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@Shivram59 (50569)
• India
20 Mar
It's a beautiful, spacious house. But why is Yvonne unwilling to buy it again??
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@Shivram59 (50569)
• India
21 Mar
@Ineeddentures Okay. Is the house you are living in now yours??
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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21 Mar
@Shivram59
Yes
And we own another two flats as well
And I think, well Yvonne thinks we will buy a holiday home and just stay here
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@Collins123 (78)
• Abuja, Nigeria
20 Mar
When you look back to the price when you were still living there it makes me laugh,cause year differs and time flies,and besides the house is beatiful.
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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20 Mar
It looks like Yvonne
I took the picture
So it must have been Yvonne
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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20 Mar
Yes indeed
Not so cute in winter.
10 years ago I was too old to be digging out snow.
So we came down here before the winter
Nice mild winters here with very little snow.
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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20 Mar
It really was a nice house Raquel
But it was a bit much in the winter
We got snowed in a lot
@Ineeddentures (36636)
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20 Mar
We might not move.
Wife now says maybe if we just purchase a holiday home on a nice park we could stay where we are for the winters, and use the holiday home in spring and summer and autumn
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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20 Mar
Yes it is.
It won't be as beautiful now though
It's been modernised a bit
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@Ineeddentures (36636)
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20 Mar
It would kill you on the winter
The drove from the main road although only 100 yards long, got blocked with snow several times every year.
It had to be dug out a lot,
Even getting to the outbuilding would see us wading through 6 ft high snow drifts
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@Jehanne (2192)
• Philippines
20 Mar
@Ineeddentures oh! I change my mind. 
glad I didn't know about it sooner. Lol!
Now, I get it why Yvonne refuse when you said to buy it again.
glad I didn't know about it sooner. Lol!
Now, I get it why Yvonne refuse when you said to buy it again.1 person likes this
