South East London isn't entirely convenient for Mrs T's work though

Entertain me, what can you get for around £400k in South East London?

where does Mrs T work? Is it on a London train line, you could try St Albans? 400 wouldn't get you much, mind.

A flat in Aragon Tower

Is the St Neots house on that new estate out near the road from the A1?

She works in Milton Keynes, but not that near the train station. She drives to work, hence the 30 minute MK radius.

Nah, it's this one:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for ... miumA=true

Need to actually go and see it though, to check out parking/garage situation and the local area.

We did have a few shortlisted that were close to the A1, but they were too close in the end, so we binned them.

Wow. Just wow.

Welcome to the South East!

4 bed semi or end of terrace for 400k in St Albans, it looks like.

You could probably buy one side of a street for that in Bradford.

Look at this place then!

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for ... 92565.html

Delightful! £400k gets a very nice detatched 5 bed round by me, though not as nice as the one Trooper posted which surprised me a little.

Yeah, that's the estate I thought (the A428 is the road off the A1).

It's not a bad-looking estate, but again, St Neots is a bit, um, drab. It's got a cinema now though, at least.

No this one!
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/s6p/29568081

2.5 hours to London!

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/s6p/31497600

Or here, but you're bordering on a shitty area of Bradford.

You can have my house for £400k. I'll even leave you some games in there if you want?

For £400k you can get a nice three-storey 4 bedroom detached in NG5: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for ... 26850.html

Or if you can stretch your budget to £440k you could have a five-bed bungalow with an acre of land: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for ... 84059.html

NG5 isn't particularly cheap for Nottingham either. 2 hours into London driving or 1.75 hours on the train.

Ah, I thought you meant the estate near the river in Little Paxton, which is very close to the A1.

Yeah, not much in St Neots, but it has a pub, and we drive for everything else though anyway. Bedford and Cambridge are both 20 minutes away. Great commute from that place though for me, not so good for Mrs T.

Worth a look, but it's not top of the list.

Bit optimistic. I'd say 3 hours plus, as you're a good 50 mins up the M1 from here.

Train from Shipley leaving at 0636 arrives kings cross at 0859. And 7 mimute drive to station.

Yes, just realised you may have been talking about the train. It's sub-two hours from Notts.

I am in Long Eaton Valentine's weekend. I will let you know my availability. If the cat causes me problems in the house I am in I will invite myself over

Sorry, I am in Manchester watching Stewart Lee, because romance.

No worries I can let myself in. Leave the keys under the bin or summat.

Thinking about it, that seems more fun. I shall see you there

Amusing.

http://thetechportal.in/2015/01/18/liza ... -database/

The recent DDOS attackers have had their DDOS tool hacked which has exposed the details of the people who bought it

Hmmm.... Do I really need 4 bedrooms?

#summary33268290">http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for ... ry33268290

Depends how many children you're having.

Put a campbed in the conservatory.

If we have two, then where do I put the games room? And the study? And the library? And the wine cellar?

Speaking of wine cellars, this looks good, if I had any appetite for taking on a possible money pit...
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for ... 37761.html

That is lovely

Have fun keeping it warm!

"There is scope for updating"

No shit!

Wouldn't cost 60k to do that, surely?

It is indeed. Lot of cash for 3 bed though, but it shouldn't lose money if we had to move in a few years time to a bigger place. I think. Maybe.

You think? I can easily see that swallowing £100k. It's a big house, with lots of possible issues, and being sold at auction with a guide price of £300k.
There is something serious wrong with it, I expect.

Regardless, I don't have either £60k or £100k to throw at it either way!

And it could do a few more years if not. It doesn't seem to be a terrible place to have to stay in for slightly longer than expected.

http://steamleft.com/

Will show you how long it would take to complete your Steam backlog

http://steamleft.com/span/76561197990529276

It would take you...
2214 continuous hours
92 days,6 hours,48 minutes
of gameplay to complete your Steam library
IN THIS TIME YOU COULD...
Watch every episode of the Pokemon anime series 7 times

It's my 3 month sabbatical in a couple of years, perfect fit...

Zaphod, do you ever finish games?!

A mere 3,080 for me.

I do , but i also buy them again on other platforms (there are a lot of games in my steam list which i've played / completed on the 360 but i bought them for cheap on the PC in case i ever want to play them again).

So although thats correct for whats on the list there is stuff on there like Dead Rising that i finished on the 360 multiple times but bought so i could still have it when my 360 is no longer around

DavPaz
It would take you...
747 continuous hours
31 days,3 hours,47 minutes
of gameplay to complete your Steam library
IN THIS TIME YOU COULD...
Watch the entire Futurama series 14 times

Long but worth a read

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/01/anot ... ir-hacked/

Basically the "Lizard squad" who claim to have been the ones who brought down PSN and XBL over the holidays have had their database hacked - it had names / contact info for those who requested their services in plain text :-)

It's gone down £20k. I'll wait a few more weeks and buy it when it reaches a fiver....

Where are you looking in Bedford?

Anywhere within a 3 mile radius of the train station really.

So Page 3 has been scrapped. Clearly, my 33 year boycott of the publication has been a success.

So they're going straight from pages 2 to 4 now?

And they're replacing topless women with ladies in bikinis - hardly a win, unless you're offended by nipples.

Also, Page 3 isn't the worst thing about the Sun.