Show us your local real estate prawn

[jdw1234]

chris7676 said:

jdw1234 said:

I have a relatively small 4,000sqft period place (oldest bit 1740) and can definitely see the appeal of low maintenance and running costs. Its only on 1 acre and even that is a pain in the bum so a smaller plot might e attractive to many (a lot of the gardens only look small as the house is 8,000sqft or something).

Since when is 4000sqft small?

Relative to a 6,000-8,000 Surrey new build. Point is, although my house is significantly smaller, I reckon my gas bill is much, much higher.

Apologies though, it does make me sound like a tt if read out of context.

:-)

[jdw1234]

anonymous said:

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Give me a chance! I haven't done an extension like you yet ;-)

[Cheib]

jdw1234 said:

chris7676 said:

jdw1234 said:

I have a relatively small 4,000sqft period place (oldest bit 1740) and can definitely see the appeal of low maintenance and running costs. Its only on 1 acre and even that is a pain in the bum so a smaller plot might e attractive to many (a lot of the gardens only look small as the house is 8,000sqft or something).

Since when is 4000sqft small?

Relative to a 6,000-8,000 Surrey new build. Point is, although my house is significantly smaller, I reckon my gas bill is much, much higher.

Apologies though, it does make me sound like a tt if read out of context.

:-)

You can probably heat two 8,000ft properties brand new well built/insulated properties for the price of one 18th Century one!

We've got period sash windows in our living room...I may as well be burning £20 notes.

[z4chris99]

we have a 300-800 year old rectory and have pretty much given up on heating.too expensive. just lite the fires and wrap up warm

[traxx]

anonymous said:

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Go down the road to the next village and the new builds are a bit bigger

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/new-homes-for-sale/find...

[Davey S2]

traxx said:

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I'm in the village down the road where the new builds are a bit bigger

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/new-homes-for-sale/find...

Pwned!

[Jonathan27]

I know that it’s nothing compared to many of the houses on here, but for £450,000 I can’t imagine that you could find more for your money and still commute to London daily (I do this commute)

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

[anonymous-user]

traxx said:

anonymous said:

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Go down the road to the next village and the new builds are a bit bigger

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/new-homes-for-sale/find...

And I'm a little further South

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/new-homes-for-sale/find...

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anonymous said:

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You could almost add on that for some reason Cobham feels like it has become "the place" in the UK for South Afrian families to live

[DKL]

Indeed. Very nice, maybe when its weathered a little it will be better still but I'd consider it if I lived there and could afford it!

[BalhamBadger]

Jonathan27 said:

I know that it’s nothing compared to many of the houses on here, but for £450,000 I can’t imagine that you could find more for your money and still commute to London daily (I do this commute)

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

That's nice - what's the catch?!

[Jobbo]

BalhamBadger said:

Jonathan27 said:

I know that it’s nothing compared to many of the houses on here, but for £450,000 I can’t imagine that you could find more for your money and still commute to London daily (I do this commute)

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

That's nice - what's the catch?!

Chatteris, clearly - there's virtually nothing on the market over £500k in Chatteris so it's not priced particularly low for the market.

How do you commute to London from there? The town doesn't appear to have a station so do you drive to Huntingdon? Peterborough?

[FourWheelDrift]

BalhamBadger said:

That's nice - what's the catch?!

always be wary when the photo of the front of a house fits the house in the frame and nothing else.

[theironduke]

FourWheelDrift said:

BalhamBadger said:

That's nice - what's the catch?!

always be wary when the photo of the front of a house fits the house in the frame and nothing else.

I thought this. Also a great example of the total proportion fail of these nasty modern mock Georgian things. Nasty.

[GoneBananas]

theironduke said:

I thought this. Also a great example of the total proportion fail of these nasty modern mock Georgian things. Nasty.

^^^ it doesn't quite work for me, I like the brick arches over the windows and stone sills, but the victorian style window frames and contemporary door facade look wrong. Inside it feels like a catalogue for B&Q... ( I am a snob though)

[BalhamBadger]

FourWheelDrift said:

always be wary when the photo of the front of a house fits the house in the frame and nothing else.

Ha yes I thought the same ("does it have a flat roof?") but another angle show the proportions are fine:



Transport links excepted it looks tremendous value. Might not fit the standard of other prawn on the thread but I would love to live there. Man cave above the double garage too!

[Wills2]

anonymous said:

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Looks very nice to me, come on Tonks if it's so "screwfix" let's have some pics of your high end mansion.

[Jonathan27]

Jobbo said:

BalhamBadger said:

Jonathan27 said:

I know that it’s nothing compared to many of the houses on here, but for £450,000 I can’t imagine that you could find more for your money and still commute to London daily (I do this commute)

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

That's nice - what's the catch?!

Chatteris, clearly - there's virtually nothing on the market over £500k in Chatteris so it's not priced particularly low for the market.

How do you commute to London from there? The town doesn't appear to have a station so do you drive to Huntingdon? Peterborough?

Drive to Ely and then train to kings cross. I live about 5 miles from there and have done the commute for about 7 years now.

[MR Kirbyz]

Megaflow said:

Wow...

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

In a pretty decent area too, nice pub in Greatford.

[Pesty]

MR Kirbyz said:

Megaflow said:

Wow...

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

In a pretty decent area too, nice pub in Greatford.

Yeah like that new favourite

No river though