Sorry, that should have been a dollar sign! just over £900, around $1700. ----- Original Message ----- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 5:37 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Didn't I tell you so? I keep having to go to the pound/dollar converter. According to that, 1600 pounds is $2,000 and some odd -- that can't be right? Julie Krueger ignorant ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: Didn't I tell you so? Date: 7/1/06 2:03:28 P.M. Central Daylight Time From: judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent on: Rents hereabouts are say £1600/1700 per month for a small "4" (i.e. 3) bedroomed house in a side street; that's partly because of the student market in Cardiff, Roath borders on the university quarter. But the mortgage payment for a house like that could be a lot less