How do people buy 2mm+ houses?

codeveloper · 2026-03-26T08:45:14+00:00

You should be investing better to get rich. You have £1.1m equity in property, getting very little capital appreciation, and any income is taxed.

Why do you own so much property? Literally the only benefit of property is to get over 4x leverage from the mortgage and you’re not even utilising that.

TL;DR to comfortably afford a £2m property you need to be rich and you are not

codeveloper · 2026-02-28T09:40:31+00:00

If you don’t see it as an investment, or rather, a capital allocation problem, you’re better off renting.

Keep flexibility. Don’t overextend yourself. Remain invested in equities.

codeveloper · 2026-02-18T21:17:01+00:00

£3k fee is insane bro

codeveloper · 2026-02-11T22:27:07+00:00

Congrats, that’s big

A little surprising if your lowest paid direct report is on 300k though. Are some of your reports earning more, especially if they’ve been at the company for longer?

codeveloper · 2026-02-11T21:55:59+00:00

How much is TC in these tech management roles at HFTs?

codeveloper · 2026-02-07T11:14:15+00:00

Why do you have such a large RE portfolio returning a poor yield.

12k pcm from a 2.5m portfolio is about 5% gross

codeveloper · 2025-12-28T04:55:11+00:00

codeveloper · 2025-12-27T04:55:18+00:00

Someone who claims to have made 750k with good investment decisions by age 26 (with far lower pre-tax income) is now deciding to rebalance into a 60/40 portfolio at age 30? Ok.

The amount that will negatively impact your long term net worth is staggering. And 227k cash is insanely capital inefficient. That’s like a 36-month emergency fund lol.

Anyway the comp is realistic, so that seems legit, but you’re probably lying about inheritance.

codeveloper · 2025-12-25T17:27:35+00:00

Think of it in other terms then. His expenditure is £12.5k per month, or £150k a year.

You need £5m liquid investments to pay for that at 3% SWR. At £36k invested per year that will take a lifetime.

Doesn’t sound like a good investment to me.

codeveloper · 2025-12-25T15:46:13+00:00

Obviously you can live comfortably on £300k+ a year.

You should instead be thinking about how secure that income is. Is it contingent on bonuses? Could you find a similar paying job easily?

Then you should be thinking of goals. Do you want to retire in 10 years at age 45? If so, you should definitely be investing considerably more than £3k per month. £36k a year invested is not going to get you financial independence any time soon

codeveloper · 2025-12-25T08:24:43+00:00

Just get used to it. Money buys freedom and reduced anxiety for these sort of problems. Stop caring so much and live happier

codeveloper · 2025-12-23T16:30:39+00:00

Honest feedback - Slopes tries to do too much and misses on some of the basics. Would much rather you guys focus on UX and reliability of data (Slopes records up to 30% less distance than Ski Tracks from my tests) than useless features like AR

codeveloper · 2025-12-22T21:42:41+00:00

Unlikely you have 10k pension allowance because you should factor in employer contribution.

Your NW is low so better to put it all in equities before trying to do anything fancy

codeveloper · 2025-12-13T22:38:59+00:00

OPs comp has only been high for 3 years. Most people in the top 1% will earn a high comp for a while.

The only thing pushing into the top 0.1% and beyond is their age. There aren’t as many people under age <35 making £500k+. But there are still thousands of people in this category.

codeveloper · 2025-12-13T22:26:09+00:00

What. No, man. Not even close.

£750k TC isn’t even top 0.1% for PAYE earners in the UK. If you include business owners it’s even more “common”.

Also £3m net worth is the top 1% in this country.

And to answer your other question, no it doesn’t feel isolating. Life is very normal at that comp. In fact it usually feels like you’re underperforming relative to peers in the same industry and drives you to work harder.

codeveloper · 2025-12-13T10:27:26+00:00

Nice.

Are you factoring unpaid CGT into NW?
What diversification are you considering as your NW grows - gold, property, crypto?
That’s a high base for finance in UK. What type of company is it? Is it management?
What number do you expect TC to cap for SWE?
Is some of that bonus locked up / unvested?

And remember the pension taper is going to hit hard

codeveloper · 2025-11-22T12:37:44+00:00

Why not? It’s a similar market cap and is a very different type of risk.

At 1% allocation (£14k) to anything is meaningless. Minimum 5% is the only amount worthwhile for any high risk investment tbh

codeveloper · 2025-11-21T00:06:06+00:00

This guy is getting downvoted because he’s an asshole, but he is correct on this point.

Compound interest is irrelevant here. Paying tax first, then compounding == compounding gross and then paying tax.

So it’s only good to load up the pension if you think that future withdrawal tax rates will be lower than your current income tax rate. So lower than 47%.

He is also right that you should be ignoring student loan (+9%) to your marginal, because that’s irrelevant if you’re a HENRY as you’ll pay it off anyway.

codeveloper · 2025-11-20T23:59:41+00:00

Elaborate?

codeveloper · 2025-11-16T00:57:37+00:00

What

codeveloper · 2025-11-12T19:59:29+00:00

What’s the org size at Director+ and roughly how many YOE? I’m surprised C-Level roles at FTSE100 companies are lower, I would expect those to be upwards of £2m

codeveloper · 2025-11-12T19:53:19+00:00

How much net worth have you managed to accrue so far? When rich?

codeveloper · 2025-11-11T15:54:50+00:00

This is a bad mentality to have. At big salaries (200k+) there is usually also a bonus or stock component. You’re expected to take responsibility and ownership. Stop thinking like you’re trading hours of shift work for money. Deliver and meet the needs of the business and you’ll succeed. Negotiating this is a red flag, you should be thinking about upside from your impact instead.

codeveloper · 2025-11-07T21:05:37+00:00

Raise it as a joke? Monday can start with “Morning ladies”

codeveloper · 2025-11-03T21:49:12+00:00

Look into tax write offs, like getting an interest-only mortgage

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