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Friend nasty about more than one home?

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Gooooesj · 18/01/2021 09:09

My family owns a few homes, including the one they live in. Some are buy to let’s and others holiday homes, sometimes rented in peak season. My close friend has stayed regularly in one of these for holidays. My parents aren’t lavish with money and don’t spend on extravagant things. They have an old car etc

I’ve recently bought my own buy to let and have my own mortgaged home. My friend knows about this as our mutual friend did the conveyancing. She’s since told me that she ‘didn’t think I was like my family’ and that she ‘thought I had better values.’ This was said in text with a winking emoji but I’m hurt by it. I don’t have loads of money and the buy to let isn’t anything lavish, I just thought it would be a good investment. My family have done this and it works for them. I’m now wondering if all this time she’s actually had an issue with this despite staying in one of the holiday homes and apparently liking my family... I don’t know what to make of it and sort of want to bring it up with her?! Would you leave it? I almost feel she’s been false with me all this time if she had such strong views. I’ve known her over two decades.

OP posts:
AvoidingNextdoorNeighbour · 18/01/2021 18:55

Ooh I hate people who own buy to let homes! It's just like all those people buying Ferraris! I mean, I can't afford a Ferrari so they shouldn't get one either!

Good for you being able to invest in your future. Housing may be a human necessity but so is food and we don't see anyone having a pop at Greengrocers or butchers profiting from our basic needs.

OP your friend is rude. And a damned hypocrite.

peaceanddove · 18/01/2021 19:25

@YouBoughtMeAWall

How many homes do you and your family hoard?
Hoard? Really? Are you serious?
YouBoughtMeAWall · 18/01/2021 19:27

100%

billy1966 · 18/01/2021 19:38

OP,
This woman is both jealous and extremely rude.
She is not your friend.

Very rude to accept hospitality and then take a pop at your family.

Why would you allow her to make a disparaging remark about your family?
Very disloyal of you.

A mutual friend who did conveyancing work for you, told her your business!
Extremely unprofessional.

Cam2020 · 18/01/2021 19:41

Oh dear, is that a touch of jealously? You surprise me, I thought you had better values!

GabsAlot · 18/01/2021 20:29

shes a bit of a hypocrite if shes used one of the homes for a free holiday-
but holiday homes plural im sure your parnts dont need them all

dingoesatemybaby · 18/01/2021 23:30

@icedgem85

Meh... she's got a point. No respect for landlords at all. It's disgusting to use housing as investment. It should be illegal, it causes poverty and makes children homeless and that's not even being hyperbolic. It's legal though, so I don't hate anyone who does it, just see them as machiavellian and wouldn't trust them very much.
We used to have a BTL property. We let it to a single parent with a small child on housing benefit and were paid rent directly from the council. This woman and her child had been living in a box room in her parents house for 3 years prior to moving in as they couldn't get a council property.

We must be truly disgusting letting her our house Hmm

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