Everybodys got property nowadays
The other week responsibility hit me in the face and I went to a local residents meeting.
Distressingly, what I remember most about the meeting was the pervasive use of the word ‘property’ – everyone was talking about their properties, other people’s properties and the planned properties on the site near the station.
What ever happened to good old words like ‘house’ or ‘flat’?
In his autobiography, Barry Humphries complains that his mother insisted that he didn’t use the word ‘house’ – nice people live in homes, not houses, she decreed.
Now, thanks to the insidious influence of reality real estate TV, nice people live in properties.
Tags: property
November 26th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
Property? Ha! I agree entirely. Having just moved into a flat, I keep getting congratulated on being ‘on the property ladder’, getting asked how it feels to be a home-owner.
‘Much the same as I felt six months ago’ I reply. I’m already getting asked when I’m buying up the other three quarter share…………
It’s nice to have a house, but I don’t think it makes you any more important.
November 26th, 2007 at 11:37 pm
The real benefit of being a home owner is that you are free to bang nails into the wall whereever you bloody well like. And fortunately there are still loads of shows on telly telling us exactly how to do this so as to make the maximum profit.