Show us your local real estate prawn

Sunday 27th October 2013

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...

All the pictures look stretched/out of proportion, or is it just me?

Cheib

23,335 posts

176 months

Monday 28th October 2013

DHE said:

Jonathan27 said:

All the pictures look stretched/out of proportion, or is it just me?

They do...especially the pitch of the roof in the last few photos. The joys of using wide angle lenses...they also make ceiling heights look even worse.

Pro photographers have access to lenses called tilt shift lenses which are hideously expensive for dealing with that. Here's a 5 min vid which shows how they work which you might find interesting....or might not!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HRYlJUwzYA

mattnunn

14,041 posts

162 months

Monday 28th October 2013

Cheib said:

mattnunn said:

Burnham said:

mattnunn said:

The house is pretty much a blank canvass and nothing special but the location is a stunning and very quiet part of the world, if you like to keep yourself to yourself you couldn't many more places in England like this.

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

Its special enough for me, I like the layout, and the barn could be fun. Its very North though.

It's a genuinely very beautiful and quiet area, they say the Trough of Bowland was where Tolkien took his inspiration for middle earth from.

You'll need a Land Rover for the winter but. Beggers my belief why anyone retired or not tied to a job would want to live anywhere else (assuming they had the money).

It is stunning but for that money you can get a stunning house in say Suffolk, Cambridgeshire or North Essex (the nice bit of Essex ) away from the property hot spots where the weather is just much,much better.

This place is the same price

http://www.primelocation.com/for-sale/details/1727...

And it has 60% of the rainfall according to the Met Office. Sure you don't have The Lake District, Moors etc on your doorstep but if you're retired and want to go to the Theatre in London it's an hour away or you can jump in your car and be on a ferry to Europe in 45 mins...or your half an hour from Stanstead airport etc.

I well like I said, if you like to keep yourself to yourself... I don't consider theater trips and bobbing to the continent via stanstead either of those, but you may be surprised to note we have theaters and the big metal birds up north as well. With the exception of maybe Northumberland and the Brecons, Bowland is proper sparse country, it's not big but even in August you could walk for a day and see very few people, if any. That's got to be worth £1million of anyone's money.

42,655 posts

257 months

Monday 28th October 2013

Prefer the first one although I'm not a fan of Preston smile

Two questions Fast internet ? how far is the local?

JJ 170

269 posts

218 months

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

Wednesday 30th October 2013

I like this smile

sooperscoop

408 posts

164 months

Wednesday 30th October 2013

anonymous said:

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I do a weekly Rightmove area search from the M6 east to Yorkshire, from the A59 to the A65. Very little every comes up in my poverty ridden price range. I love the area.

Otter Smacker

6,524 posts

195 months

Thursday 31st October 2013

Far from local to me, but this looks to be placed in some breath-taking scenery - Not sure on the yellow but lovely house and grounds too imo:

3 bedroom detached house in Austria - Lofer, for £683,285
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/overseas-property/prope...

42,655 posts

257 months

Thursday 31st October 2013

Oh yes.

I've stayed quite a bit near there in a few villages. I could sit and look at scenery like that all day.

R666

183 posts

227 months

Thursday 31st October 2013

42,655 posts

257 months

Thursday 31st October 2013

Ooh this house I have always liked. Just down the road from me. Only problem is it's on a busy road.

It's called number 1 Yorkshire . Apparently that's something special according to my mrs

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

Otter Smacker

6,524 posts

195 months

Thursday 31st October 2013

Pesty said:

Oh yes.

I've stayed quite a bit near there in a few villages. I could sit and look at scenery like that all day.

Could imagine.

Used to frequently go abroad with my old man when he worked as a continental coach driver for Wally Arnold - Pretty much went everywhere around Europe but only ever managed to see as far as the bordor of Austria.

I'm considering next year that I may book atleast a weeks holiday there - Would love to see Salzburg and some of the surrounding areas yes

42,655 posts

257 months

Thursday 31st October 2013

All the villages along the Tyrol are fabulous. I stayed in kramsack and Swartz [spelling]

Austria, Switzerland and Northern Spain are my favourite places.

Blown2CV

29,071 posts

204 months

Friday 1st November 2013

R666 said:

details?

Pixel-Snapper

5,321 posts

193 months

Friday 1st November 2013

Pesty said:

Cracking VFM from the pictures.

stemll

4,124 posts

201 months

Friday 1st November 2013

Pixel-Snapper said:

Pesty said:

Cracking VFM from the pictures.

Why is the oven (and a sink) in the dining room?

RichB

51,797 posts

285 months

Friday 1st November 2013

stemll said:

Pixel-Snapper said:

Pesty said:

Ooh this house I have always liked. Just down the road from me. Only problem is it's on a busy road. It's called number 1 Yorkshire . Apparently that's something special according to my mrs http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

Cracking VFM from the pictures.

Why is the oven (and a sink) in the dining room?

And realistically the garage is only a single but could be a decent tandem if you removed a couple of walls.

Voldemort

6,221 posts

279 months