Show us your real estate pawn (vol 2)

[p1stonhead]

AstonZagato said:

easytiger123 said:

not prawn as such, but certainly a candidate for the strangest pictures ever to market a £15.5 million quid house...

http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/18604904?...

The madness that is London property in one advert

Basically just site cost. Someone will try to demolish and build a mansion for say £7-8m on it and flog it for £25m.

[FourWheelDrift]

p1stonhead said:

AstonZagato said:

easytiger123 said:

not prawn as such, but certainly a candidate for the strangest pictures ever to market a £15.5 million quid house...

http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/18604904?...

The madness that is London property in one advert

Basically just site cost. Someone will try to demolish and build a mansion for say £7-8m on it and flog it for £25m.

Hippies or squatters growing weed in the swimming pool, property guarded by a life size plastic horse.

Yep, that's St John's Wood.

[Blackpuddin]

Renovation said:

Justayellowbadge said:

This is pretty. 750 acres, a couple of lochs, an island, several houses, some cottages, walled gardens, lots of outbuildings, a pier and plenty of water frontage. Main house isn't palatial, but nicely manageable once updated. Cracking lifestyle move.

http://search.struttandparker.com/property-for-sal...

Pics taken on the one sunny day of the year.

You might be surprised. We used to have a timeshare at Melfort, it's on the Gulf Stream. i've been there in February and it's been T-shirt weather. Lovely estate and location and a bargain really though you would probs spend the rest of your life maintaining it.

[Blown2CV]

easytiger123 said:

not prawn as such, but certainly a candidate for the strangest pictures ever to market a £15.5 million quid house...

http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/18604904?...

so presumably you have to not only evict the squatters, but deal with the mega st pit they've turned the place into...

[z4RRSchris]

it's resi, no squatters legally anymore.

it's not worth £15m unless you are an owner occupier who is happy funding a build.

no profit in that for a developer

[z4RRSchris]

you would do all that work for £3m profit! fk that.

I reckon it's worth £20/22m done. and 10m build&fees so works with my owner purchaser assumption.

you'll get some idiot developer who thinks its 3 and a half a foot and £35m

[z4RRSchris]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

your build costs are light and you would have to dress the fker.

no planning no cheap debt. you would be playing with a lot of your own cash

it will sell at £15m to some idiot

[mattyn1]

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

[mattyn1]

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

[Justayellowbadge]

mattyn1 said:

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

Like it. Lot of weekend place for the money.

Edited by Justayellowbadge on Tuesday 5th May 22:52

[Pesty]

mattyn1 said:

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

Awesome. Shame about the single garage.

[Cheib]

z4RRSchris said:

anonymous said:

[redacted]

your build costs are light and you would have to dress the fker.

no planning no cheap debt. you would be playing with a lot of your own cash

it will sell at £15m to some idiot

There's another derelict house further up Avenue Road on the corner of Elsworthy Road....been empty for at least ten years. It's a weird road Avenue Road....has a few amabassadors, some ludicrously OTT houses (it had two 20,000 sq ft which a developer were trying to flog for $100mil a couple of years ago) and derelict houses.

[jdw1234]

The one on the corner you are on about is subject to a legal battle.

There is one on the other side where the car has been left so long it has sunk into the drive.

There are some gorgeous houses on the elsworthy estate though.

[Impasse]

This is not too far from me and appeals to my need to potter around in the modest grounds but without a ridiculously large building to maintain.

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

[AmitG]

Cheib said:

There's another derelict house further up Avenue Road on the corner of Elsworthy Road....been empty for at least ten years. It's a weird road Avenue Road....has a few amabassadors, some ludicrously OTT houses (it had two 20,000 sq ft which a developer were trying to flog for $100mil a couple of years ago) and derelict houses.

Years ago I was going out with someone whose family was very wealthy. They had a house there (one of many). As you say it's a funny sort of place. A few VIP/ambassador types, a few eccentrics who have lived there for decades, quite a few empty/derelict. No consistent architectural style or feeling of identity. I remember thinking that there was nothing that made the street into any kind of community. There was nothing that bound the residents together; according to my GF at the time most of them wouldn't even recognise each other.

[Bluebarge]

Justayellowbadge said:

mattyn1 said:

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

Like it. Lot of weekend place for the money.

Edited by Justayellowbadge on Tuesday 5th May 22:52

Looks fantastic, but I expect it's bloody freezing in winter.

[Thankyou4calling]

I really enjoy this thread, it's interesting seeing others perspective on what's desirable.

It does strike me that an awful lot of the houses posted are seriously overpriced as they seem to sit on the market for ages.

It's easy to read the papers and assume your house value has increased in line with the Daily mail headline which is often London and Home Counties focused but it appears not all are enjoying these rises.

The house near Beverley for example, are there really many (any) people with that kind of money looking to spend it there?

[KJR]

6 bedroom detached house.
Ashley House, Freelands Road, Ratho, Midlothian

£2,250,000



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

That's a big kitchen/diner.

[Bluebarge]

KJR said:

6 bedroom detached house.
Ashley House, Freelands Road, Ratho, Midlothian

£2,250,000



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

That's a big kitchen/diner.

Looks lovely. Is it me or is there a lot of (comparatively) inexpensive large houses/estates coming up for sale in Scotland at the minute - is it the SNP effect? If I had that big lottery win the one thing that would put me off buying a big spread in Scotland would be the thought of President Sturgeon slapping a big wealth tax on anyone who doesn't drink Buckie, to make up for the disappointing oil revenues.

[NomduJour]

Thankyou4calling said:

The house near Beverley for example, are there really many (any) people with that kind of money looking to spend it there?

£4.9m for something with no land might be pushing it a bit far, but there is money around there.