I bought my first flat (got a mortgage on my first flat - £34.5k) in the mid nineties, I moved once, and now have no mortgage and a house worth £250k. If I had

I bought my first flat (got a mortgage on my first flat - £34.5k) in the mid nineties, I moved once, and now have no mortgage and a house worth £250k. If I had rented, I doubt I would now have savings to that amount. Also I'm kind of a saddo who likes being able to change my home to how I like it. People who rent often seem embittered by the experience, and angry that houses are too expensive to buy.