Good on you and I am not surprised. I am living in a 4 bed terraced house with huge garden and am paying a rent that would probably only get me a garage in Sussex. I even get a discount because we cut the grass! Things will continue to get more expensive up here though once lots more people do...
Anyone borrowing 750k to buy a house will also be driving around in a top end car as will their spouse. They can get rid of them for a start to save some money. Perhaps their poor children might have to catch the bus to school for a while or, god forbid, walk. If they're not at boarding school...
It is supposed to be a "treat", as are all takeaways. Too many people use them almost as a necessity. When my wife worked at a nursery school in Consett for a while, she could not believe the number of people who would pick their kids/grandkids up and take them to McDonalds or similar for tea...