Show us your real estate pawn (vol 2)
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S11Steve said:
GT03ROB said:
easytiger123 said:
Mr Trophy said:
Money object - would you buy it?!
No. It's more like a hotel than a home. Impressive but not really liveable to my eye.By way of a bit of social commentary: To build and run the great country houses and estates generally required a small number of people to become obscenely rich, probably by exploiting large numbers of other people (black ones and poor ones for example). Such activities are frowned upon in the UK now, so if you were born here in modest circumstances the chances of amassing enough wealth to buy a country estate and run it are vanishingly small.
Happily, however, there are still plenty of very rich people who come from countries where exploiting people is still okay, and they have managed to amass huge wealth through nefarious means. So they can afford to own and run these places.
13m said:
I have contemplated this many times. I used to want a huge country pile with acreage, but have grown to realise that actually I don't for the reasons you mention.
By way of a bit of social commentary: To build and run the great country houses and estates generally required a small number of people to become obscenely rich, probably by exploiting large numbers of other people (black ones and poor ones for example). Such activities are frowned upon in the UK now, so if you were born here in modest circumstances the chances of amassing enough wealth to buy a country estate and run it are vanishingly small.
Happily, however, there are still plenty of very rich people who come from countries where exploiting people is still okay, and they have managed to amass huge wealth through nefarious means. So they can afford to own and run these places.
That's a very Industrial Age view. Anyone internet savvy can make obscene amounts of money in the Information Age! By way of a bit of social commentary: To build and run the great country houses and estates generally required a small number of people to become obscenely rich, probably by exploiting large numbers of other people (black ones and poor ones for example). Such activities are frowned upon in the UK now, so if you were born here in modest circumstances the chances of amassing enough wealth to buy a country estate and run it are vanishingly small.
Happily, however, there are still plenty of very rich people who come from countries where exploiting people is still okay, and they have managed to amass huge wealth through nefarious means. So they can afford to own and run these places.
TheLordJohn said:
13m said:
I have contemplated this many times. I used to want a huge country pile with acreage, but have grown to realise that actually I don't for the reasons you mention.
By way of a bit of social commentary: To build and run the great country houses and estates generally required a small number of people to become obscenely rich, probably by exploiting large numbers of other people (black ones and poor ones for example). Such activities are frowned upon in the UK now, so if you were born here in modest circumstances the chances of amassing enough wealth to buy a country estate and run it are vanishingly small.
Happily, however, there are still plenty of very rich people who come from countries where exploiting people is still okay, and they have managed to amass huge wealth through nefarious means. So they can afford to own and run these places.
That's a very Industrial Age view. Anyone internet savvy can make obscene amounts of money in the Information Age! By way of a bit of social commentary: To build and run the great country houses and estates generally required a small number of people to become obscenely rich, probably by exploiting large numbers of other people (black ones and poor ones for example). Such activities are frowned upon in the UK now, so if you were born here in modest circumstances the chances of amassing enough wealth to buy a country estate and run it are vanishingly small.
Happily, however, there are still plenty of very rich people who come from countries where exploiting people is still okay, and they have managed to amass huge wealth through nefarious means. So they can afford to own and run these places.
13m said:
I have contemplated this many times. I used to want a huge country pile with acreage, but have grown to realise that actually I don't for the reasons you mention.
By way of a bit of social commentary: To build and run the great country houses and estates generally required a small number of people to become obscenely rich, probably by exploiting large numbers of other people (black ones and poor ones for example). Such activities are frowned upon in the UK now, so if you were born here in modest circumstances the chances of amassing enough wealth to buy a country estate and run it are vanishingly small.
I think there are plenty of people from this country who could afford to runs something like that, but I think most people would find it a bit uncomfortable to have full time staff in their home. I know quite a few people have cleaners and gardeners but nowhere near what it is like in many other places where even the middle classes would have a few live in staff. I would probably get bored if I had people around doing everything around the house, or they would get bored when I was on my yacht.By way of a bit of social commentary: To build and run the great country houses and estates generally required a small number of people to become obscenely rich, probably by exploiting large numbers of other people (black ones and poor ones for example). Such activities are frowned upon in the UK now, so if you were born here in modest circumstances the chances of amassing enough wealth to buy a country estate and run it are vanishingly small.
S11Steve said:
I recall reading somewhere recently what it is like to live in a Stately home. It seems that buying it is the cheapest and easiest part of ownership, and it has to run like a business with employees and a constant stream of outgoings on repairs etc. AS much as the idea of being "lord of the manor" has a degree of appeal, the crushingly expensive reality for me would far outweigh the status factor.
There was a PH thread on this a while ago - I can't remember the title but someone asked what the running costs of these types of places actually are and there were quite a few replies from people with first hand experience (although AFAIK nobody asked for custard).It was depressing reading
Having said that, as I said to SWMBO the other day, I would rather my obituary read "he died in his 18-bedroom stately home, which had fallen into disrepair" than "he died in his 3-bedroom Barratt home, which he kept in very good order".
Got a lot of time for this thread. However, it is purely aspirational (read never going to happen) for 99% of the properties included.
Should we have (an) offshoot thread(s) for accessible pawn at lower price points say 250k, 500k, 750k, 1m etc?
There must be some amazing places to live on these fair islands without the need to be an oligarch.
I hope so, anyway.
Just thinking.
Should we have (an) offshoot thread(s) for accessible pawn at lower price points say 250k, 500k, 750k, 1m etc?
There must be some amazing places to live on these fair islands without the need to be an oligarch.
I hope so, anyway.
Just thinking.
ferrisbueller said:
Got a lot of time for this thread. However, it is purely aspirational (read never going to happen) for 99% of the properties included.
Should we have (an) offshoot thread(s) for accessible pawn at lower price points say 250k, 500k, 750k, 1m etc?
There must be some amazing places to live on these fair islands without the need to be an oligarch.
I hope so, anyway.
Just thinking.
Make it happen Ferris. Should we have (an) offshoot thread(s) for accessible pawn at lower price points say 250k, 500k, 750k, 1m etc?
There must be some amazing places to live on these fair islands without the need to be an oligarch.
I hope so, anyway.
Just thinking.
SilverSpur said:
ferrisbueller said:
Got a lot of time for this thread. However, it is purely aspirational (read never going to happen) for 99% of the properties included.
Should we have (an) offshoot thread(s) for accessible pawn at lower price points say 250k, 500k, 750k, 1m etc?
There must be some amazing places to live on these fair islands without the need to be an oligarch.
I hope so, anyway.
Just thinking.
Make it happen Ferris. Should we have (an) offshoot thread(s) for accessible pawn at lower price points say 250k, 500k, 750k, 1m etc?
There must be some amazing places to live on these fair islands without the need to be an oligarch.
I hope so, anyway.
Just thinking.
I always think that if I was spending x amount of millions on a home I'd have quite a number of cars so would need garaging to go with them, so as nice as a lot of these homes are I tend to discount them on the fact they generally seem to have inadequate garage facilities for what I imagine my needs would be. I know I could always have something built but still.
Anyway, this is my current favourite. Mainly because of its location and the surrounding roads on your doorstep, EVO triangle being one (three), but also because of picture 15
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Anyway, this is my current favourite. Mainly because of its location and the surrounding roads on your doorstep, EVO triangle being one (three), but also because of picture 15
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
RoadRunner220 said:
I always think that if I was spending x amount of millions on a home I'd have quite a number of cars so would need garaging to go with them, so as nice as a lot of these homes are I tend to discount them on the fact they generally seem to have inadequate garage facilities for what I imagine my needs would be. I know I could always have something built but still.
Anyway, this is my current favourite. Mainly because of its location and the surrounding roads on your doorstep, EVO triangle being one (three), but also because of picture 15
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Christ, no. Anyway, this is my current favourite. Mainly because of its location and the surrounding roads on your doorstep, EVO triangle being one (three), but also because of picture 15
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
That has been done by someone that simply doesn't get it.
SilverSpur said:
Yep, i'd be happy with that.chilistrucker said:
SilverSpur said:
Yep, i'd be happy with that.disappears off to check value of house & work out how many more years I need to stay in Kuwait for.
https://www.onthemarket.com/details/2689707/
Lovely looking house on a wonderful road. The interior is a bit chintzy in places for me, but doesn't need much beyond redecorating...and the thick end of £18 ish million to buy the thing!
Lovely looking house on a wonderful road. The interior is a bit chintzy in places for me, but doesn't need much beyond redecorating...and the thick end of £18 ish million to buy the thing!
easytiger123 said:
https://www.onthemarket.com/details/2689707/
Lovely looking house on a wonderful road. The interior is a bit chintzy in places for me, but doesn't need much beyond redecorating...and the thick end of £18 ish million to buy the thing!
Its nice but I just cant see £18M in it.Lovely looking house on a wonderful road. The interior is a bit chintzy in places for me, but doesn't need much beyond redecorating...and the thick end of £18 ish million to buy the thing!
SilverSpur said:
That'll do! chilistrucker said:
SilverSpur said:
Yep, i'd be happy with that.Lanwades Hall, Norfolk - £2,500,000 - http://www.jackson-stops.co.uk/cgi-bin/properties/...
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