Home Ownership Dreamer Mugs

Keep Out! Private - Unsocial Housing

"I can't believe how great my life is now: We used to live in an apartment, but now, I have my own garden..."

"Enough with how great the public schools are. Just tell us – is there a Trader Joe’s nearby?"

'You shouldn't have taken that personal pension.' 'You shouldn't have taken that endowment mortgage.' 'When do you get your free tv license?' Job's comforters, today.

The Day Dreamer.

'We're quite confident this lull won't last long.'

"Today on Escape to the Country Emily & Oliver are looking for that special little property in the Cotswolds. So what exactly's going to tick all their boxes?"

'We do have a property in your price range, but we need a time machine to go back and visit it!'

'I see a carefree lifestyle by a quiet lake. No, wait, my mistake - looks like I called up the real estate section.'

'Do you have anything right on the beach, but not so near the water?'

"Good morning - I'm from your bank. We'd like our house back please!"

"This place has a water view if you're looking at the mortgage."

Implausible Retirement Housing Options

Turtle Home

'Now that you have a job, Tom, Dad and I are turning your room into a condo!'

"Whatever you do, keep up with your mortgage payments."

"Occupant, apartment 5C: Congratulations—you may already have won the all-electric Colonial split-level house of your dreams...."

Don't laugh, my house is paid for.

"Admittedly, it is a bit of a 'fixer upper'."

'If you don't want a lot of column upkeep, this probably isn't a good real estate market for you.'

The Rudges' peaceful home

"Your dream of a house with a white picket fence is still feasible, at least for the picket fence."

"To be honest, we were thinking of something like a Cape Cod."

A Bubble of Countryside.

'Is there anything we can do to repay you other than to repay you?'

"Want to put the house on the market so we clean it?"

'Oh, it's perfect, George! And it has termites, too!'

How Will You Spend Your Extra $5 an Hour?

"It's got a great view!"

'He's building a yacht in his basement.'

The housing market begins to deflate.

Americans More Optimistic

"It sucks being reincarnated as a snail, but at least I've finally achieved home ownership."

"Five more minutes, I was dreaming our apartment was rent-controlled."

TRUMP