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HarkHarktheDogsdoBark · 30/04/2026 22:41

WhereHasMyPlanetGone · 30/04/2026 22:39

I don’t believe I have.

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The money people earn
is not related in any real way
to the value of what they do
in many cases
bye

WhereHasMyPlanetGone · 30/04/2026 22:39

HarkHarktheDogsdoBark · 30/04/2026 22:38

You have misread my posts

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I don’t believe I have.

HarkHarktheDogsdoBark · 30/04/2026 22:38

WhereHasMyPlanetGone · 30/04/2026 22:38

Then why the disparagement towards ‘new money’? Do you believe working for a living to be ‘dishonourable’?

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You have misread my posts

WhereHasMyPlanetGone · 30/04/2026 22:38

HarkHarktheDogsdoBark · 30/04/2026 22:37

I am talking about honour, because disparagement of new money or inheritance sometimes comes from value judgments about activity and reward.

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Then why the disparagement towards ‘new money’? Do you believe working for a living to be ‘dishonourable’?

HarkHarktheDogsdoBark · 30/04/2026 22:37

WhereHasMyPlanetGone · 30/04/2026 22:32

Who was talking about honour? I don’t think any form of wealth is inherently ‘honourable’. The point was merely about the disparagement towards ‘new money’. Why?

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I am talking about honour, because disparagement of new money or inheritance sometimes comes from value judgments about activity and reward.

SlumChum · 30/04/2026 22:36

The fact it is detached, has four bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and has a garden office puts it firmly in nice middle class house for me. Most of the place is also decorated tastefully but as you said that's not really important in your decision.

BlackCatThinking · 30/04/2026 22:35

bozzabollix · 30/04/2026 22:26

This. What a bizarre thread. Can’t we just live in what we like and not be judged?

My house, built by an architect in 1967, described as ‘frankly bizarre’ by a firmly middle class acquaintance when bought by us ten years ago would have you all scratching your heads.

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Now I want to see your house!! I’m sure it quite lovely.

5128gap · 30/04/2026 22:34

Zov · 30/04/2026 22:25

LOL.

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Whats amused you?

BlackCatThinking · 30/04/2026 22:34

A new build would never be my first choice but this seems like a lovely example. Four bedrooms, 3 receptions, parking for 3 cars (plus a double garage). Bedrooms aren’t the biggest but they seem well designed. the garden isn’t huge but it’s well
balanced with the house. Can’t tell
how overlooked it is from the back but there are worse examples for sure, overlooked from all sides. Mumsnet must have some sort of filter for the wealthy; this is a big house and a pipe dream for many. It’s a substantial size property and hence it is classed as band F.

WhereHasMyPlanetGone · 30/04/2026 22:34

Hotpants123 · 30/04/2026 22:26

What i find tacky and classless is random people on the internet taking about someone's home making disparaging comments.

Agreed. Poor manners.

LBFseBrom · 30/04/2026 22:33

Very shallow. Do you want people to categorise you, class-wise? Just be yourself.

If you need a house of that size, it's very nice, more than adequate.

It's also unbelievably cheap, you can't buy a three bed semi around my way for that price.

Fatsnowflake · 30/04/2026 22:33

Is this a clever marketing ploy? Mumsnet are obsessed with class so it’s a perfect way to get your target audience looking at the listing.

WhereHasMyPlanetGone · 30/04/2026 22:32

HarkHarktheDogsdoBark · 30/04/2026 22:27

I am not sure, but I do not think working is necessarily more honourable than inheriting. Especially if the paid work makes the world more unequal, polluted, or narcissistic.

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Who was talking about honour? I don’t think any form of wealth is inherently ‘honourable’. The point was merely about the disparagement towards ‘new money’. Why?

Allseeingallknowing · 30/04/2026 22:32

On another thread a poster wanted to know whether she should accept a house with a downstairs loo and no garden, and on here there are horrible,snobby comments on a house which most could only dream of!

Justusethebloodyphone · 30/04/2026 22:31

WildGarden · 30/04/2026 22:26

Apologies.

We have a three piece suite in our front room. With a dumpty obviously, we're not animals.

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well of course a front room has a 3 piece suite (and the long one is called a settee 😂)

WonderingWanda · 30/04/2026 22:31

I don't think class can be defined by house size or income.

That house is the sort of house someone on a very good middle income might be able to afford but that could be someone working class who is doing well for themselves financially.

It is bland and boring, devoid of personality and looks like the show home to me....none of that indicates class either.

HarkHarktheDogsdoBark · 30/04/2026 22:31

£625k is astonishingly good value!

Allseeingallknowing · 30/04/2026 22:29

ToffeeCrabApple · 30/04/2026 22:20

Nice middle class home but it's a cramped plot. All that money on decor for a small garden, its a bit fur coat no keks

Not ever wants a large garden. This one is nice enough and big enough for most.

HarkHarktheDogsdoBark · 30/04/2026 22:29

WildGarden · 30/04/2026 22:28

Are you referring to the scales on the sideboard in photo 5?

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No, I was talking to the posters who were trying to defend new money as better than inheritance. Both can be problematic.

The house has a lot of potential and would be fun to change and has enough space to live in and experiment with changing it at the same time.

IckyIck · 30/04/2026 22:29

WhereHasMyPlanetGone · 30/04/2026 22:26

What is an acceptable way to make money, in your opinion?

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Only Fans

WildGarden · 30/04/2026 22:28

HarkHarktheDogsdoBark · 30/04/2026 22:24

Bankers? Marketing execs? Life coaches?
Money is made very strangely nowadays.

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Are you referring to the scales on the sideboard in photo 5?

HarkHarktheDogsdoBark · 30/04/2026 22:27

WhereHasMyPlanetGone · 30/04/2026 22:26

What is an acceptable way to make money, in your opinion?

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I am not sure, but I do not think working is necessarily more honourable than inheriting. Especially if the paid work makes the world more unequal, polluted, or narcissistic.

Allseeingallknowing · 30/04/2026 22:27

suki1964 · 30/04/2026 22:23

Houses say nothing about you

This is the same size as mine. just 4 miles up the road, only we dont have gates

https://www.propertypal.com/kilbarchan-house-140-moycraig-road-ballymoney/1036503

Im very much working class, as is DH,

It’s lovely

LooneyLiberalSpaceWaster · 30/04/2026 22:27

Nice on the outside, naff on the inside.

Justusethebloodyphone · 30/04/2026 22:27

Funnys · 30/04/2026 22:18

nooo, front room has a sofa, a lounge has a settee

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Noooooo a lounge has a couch 😁