*my dad "well we bought a (3 bedroom, south London) house in 1978 for 18k with a loan from Ken Livingstone and it's now worth £800k. Have you considered buying?"
*me, just hearing nothing but the blood pumping in my head at what feels like a thousand miles per hour

"Of course, I was only earning £1800 a year as a truck mechanic. I remember Hackney council were selling abandoned houses for £1 each back then"

Nah, too many siblings and my parents were never high earners or got gold plated pensions and will need to sell it and live off the proceeds https://twitter.com/anrilefebvre/status/1381258163891154947