Show us your real estate pawn (vol 2)

[easytiger123]

pidsy said:

just up the hill from me:

http://www.hamptons.co.uk/buy/property/5-bedroom-d...

a development of 8 or ten of these houses. on a small bit of land that was owned by a farmer who wouldn't sell for years.

not sure if this listing shows the view over london they have. i honestly dont think there is a better view of the city than from that piece of land.

(i think the houses themselves are horrible though)

£3.195 mil for a new build on what looks like the set of Brookside in the middle of a field in Stanmore!! It would need a view of the interior of the Playboy mansion to justify that price tag. ETA, not that there's anything wrong with Stanmore...just not at those kind of prices

Edited by easytiger123 on Wednesday 17th June 12:29

[GreatGranny]

Spend many a family holiday in this part of Wales and this would be the perfect holiday home for the family :-)

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

[beeej]

Du1point8 said:

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

This one on Burton Hill has been on and off the market for about two years I think? Don't understand why - could be because alongside the main road so maybe the windows shake when artics drive by (complete speculation). Quite like it nonetheless. A good friend lives very very close by.

A plus about living this side of Malmes is that Waitrose is just over the roundabout!

[Doofus]

Thankyou4calling said:

I really like that. At 8000 plus sq. ft it's a lot of house for the money.

I wonder who lives in a house like that as the car collection is pretty spectacular, 2 Testarossas, a beautiful Corvette, E Type, Rolls Royce, what looks like an old police Rover, a Ford GT and lots more, that is one hell of a collection.

How much will it sell for?

He's a retired chap, who I think has always been involved in classic cars. He has, at some point, owned an Ayrton Senna Lotus, and a Michael Schumacher Ferrari.

House was up for £2.4m last summer.

[pidsy]

easytiger123 said:

pidsy said:

just up the hill from me:

http://www.hamptons.co.uk/buy/property/5-bedroom-d...

a development of 8 or ten of these houses. on a small bit of land that was owned by a farmer who wouldn't sell for years.

not sure if this listing shows the view over london they have. i honestly dont think there is a better view of the city than from that piece of land.

(i think the houses themselves are horrible though)

£3.195 mil for a new build on what looks like the set of Brookside in the middle of a field in Stanmore!! It would need a view of the interior of the Playboy mansion to justify that price tag. ETA, not that there's anything wrong with Stanmore...just not at those kind of prices

Edited by easytiger123 on Wednesday 17th June 12:29

theres a whole lot more in stanmore that make those prices seem tame.

http://www.barratthomes.co.uk/new-homes/middlesex/...GOOGLENational&WT.srch=1&srchpterm=bentley+priory+stanmore&srchengine=GOOGLE&srchmatch=e&gsrc=S&gclid=CNmRi9XnlsYCFarJtAod1iUCog&dclid=CL7wkdXnlsYCFQ5hwgodLN0AgA

this is the old battle of britain command centre redevelopment. what theyve built on there is criminal.

[Davey S2]

GreatGranny said:

Spend many a family holiday in this part of Wales and this would be the perfect holiday home for the family :-)

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

Nice but the interior needs a lot of updating.

[samdale]

Just having a browse round my area.

This is fairly smart
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/s6p/34922946

Although if that's not impressive enough there's always this

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/s6p/49901989

[krallicious]

samdale said:

Just having a browse round my area.

This is fairly smart
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/s6p/34922946

Although if that's not impressive enough there's always this

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/s6p/49901989

I do love Norfolk. The first one is not too far from my parent's house and I think it has been for sale for quite a while.

The second one is lovely but for 5 mil I would want more than 4.6 acres.

[BigBen]

krallicious said:

I do love Norfolk. The first one is not too far from my parent's house and I think it has been for sale for quite a while.

The second one is lovely but for 5 mil I would want more than 4.6 acres.

I like that the estate agent helpfully points out that the Queen sometimes lives in Norfolk.

[krallicious]

Does seem quite odd. They might as well have said that half of Chelsea decamp to North Norfolk in the summer too.

[Croutons]

beeej said:

Du1point8 said:

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

This one on Burton Hill has been on and off the market for about two years I think? Don't understand why - could be because alongside the main road so maybe the windows shake when artics drive by (complete speculation). Quite like it nonetheless. A good friend lives very very close by.

A plus about living this side of Malmes is that Waitrose is just over the roundabout!

Garden is limited to the front only (from memory) right next to the road, plus the old school (I think it was) adjacent (also on the main road) is being turned in to flats. Also yet more infill between the old people's flats over the road and further away from the roundabout... In all, the specific locality is a building site for the forseeable and the garden is st for kids.

ETA, when I saw it around 18 months ago it was £975k iirc. "value" is not something you get much of in the area given limited choice/ high demand in Malm itself (& surrounds, I mean WTF is the one in Sherston doing at 860?!?!?) but you can only see a Dyson high up affording it if locally based, and its just far enough away from the office to be a bit of a pain to walk to (/lazy).

But apart from that..!

Edited by Croutons on Wednesday 17th June 21:29

[RichB]

Croutons said:

Garden is limited to the front only (from memory) <clip> the garden is st for kids.

Humm... looks ok to me?

[Thankyou4calling]

Doofus said:

He's a retired chap, who I think has always been involved in classic cars. He has, at some point, owned an Ayrton Senna Lotus, and a Michael Schumacher Ferrari.

House was up for £2.4m last summer.

Thanks.

I really like it.

[iluvmercs]

samdale said:

Just having a browse round my area.

This is fairly smart
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/s6p/34922946

Although if that's not impressive enough there's always this

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/s6p/49901989

The first house has been trying to sell since 2010. Sold in '08 for around £2.5 million to a property rental company (exclusive retreats type company) and has been on and off the market since two years after.

It started at just under £4 million, dropped to £2.9, fell back to "offers over" £2.5 by 2012. It then disappeared later in that year. I guess they were waiting until after the election to relist it.
Stunning house, but much of the work they mention was done by the 2008 sellers, IIRC.
It's been mentioned in this thread when previously listed.
An absolutely stunning house and property. It would make an ideal "get away from everything and everyone" type place.

The second house up near Fakenham sold for close to its £2.75 million asking price in July 2014, yes last July!
It's being sold by an international property company who clearly don't know the local market.
I think they are just chancing it at that price to see if an international wants a place close to Kate, William and baby George.
But then if someone is willing to pay, then why not.
The house itself is unbelievably beautiful. A friend lives in a house right behind it. Even at a minor glimpse, it is awe inspiring! Having that said, it's not very PH friendly with only a couple of garages, and for the money you can buy a small estate in some parts of Norfolk.

Darren

Edited by iluvmercs on Thursday 18th June 01:24

[Davey S2]

iluvmercs said:

samdale said:

Just having a browse round my area.

This is fairly smart
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/s6p/34922946

Although if that's not impressive enough there's always this

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/s6p/49901989

The second house up near Fakenham sold for close to its £2.75 million asking price in July 2014, yes last July!
It's being sold by an international property company who clearly don't know the local market.
I think they are just chancing it at that price to see if an international wants a place close to Kate, William and baby George.
But then if someone is willing to pay, then why not.
The house itself is unbelievably beautiful. A friend lives in a house right behind it. Even at a minor glimpse, it is awe inspiring! Having that said, it's not very PH friendly with only a couple of garages, and for the money you can buy a small estate in some parts of Norfolk.

Darren

Edited by iluvmercs on Thursday 18th June 01:24

The lack of internal pics is always a cause for concern with places this old.

[iluvmercs]

Davey S2 said:

iluvmercs said:

samdale said:

Just having a browse round my area.

This is fairly smart
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/s6p/34922946

Although if that's not impressive enough there's always this

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/s6p/49901989

The second house up near Fakenham sold for close to its £2.75 million asking price in July 2014, yes last July!
It's being sold by an international property company who clearly don't know the local market.
I think they are just chancing it at that price to see if an international wants a place close to Kate, William and baby George.
But then if someone is willing to pay, then why not.
The house itself is unbelievably beautiful. A friend lives in a house right behind it. Even at a minor glimpse, it is awe inspiring! Having that said, it's not very PH friendly with only a couple of garages, and for the money you can buy a small estate in some parts of Norfolk.

Darren

Edited by iluvmercs on Thursday 18th June 01:24

The lack of internal pics is always a cause for concern with places this old.

Very good point! Especially a concern when there are lovely, detailed interior photos but they have missed the kitchen and bathroom.

This is the old information from Savills who sold it last year. Their information contains a few interior photos: Barsham Manor Savills

Darren

[Doofus]

Thankyou4calling said:

Thanks.

I really like it.

Yeah, me too

[tali1]

Thankyou4calling said:

Zippee said:

Wife and I have this as our lottery win house (also happens to be right next door to our favourite pub) - http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

2nd link is the same house but has pics of the garage and owners current toys - http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

I really like that. At 8000 plus sq. ft it's a lot of house for the money.

I wonder who lives in a house like that as the car collection is pretty spectacular, 2 Testarossas, a beautiful Corvette, E Type, Rolls Royce, what looks like an old police Rover, a Ford GT and lots more, that is one hell of a collection.

How much will it sell for?

I just noticed that it's been on the market well over a year so somebody might get a bargain.

Edited by Thankyou4calling on Tuesday 16th June 19:01

Edited by Thankyou4calling on Tuesday 16th June 19:29

Who knows ???
tali1 knows !!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/period...

[jdw1234]

This is proper...

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

[FlashmanChop]

I rather like this one - looks superb in my view.

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

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3129803/Co...