Show us your real estate pawn (vol 2)

[AmitG]

FourWheelDrift said:

russ_a said:

Same price as a terraced house in London....



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

It's been for sale for 7 years.

Parts of it are uncomfortably modern. There will be a good reason why it's been on the market for 7 years with no takers. Grade 1 listing means that you cannot so much as fart in it without permission from English Heritage. And you'd probably get a better return on your money by converting it into £50 notes and chucking them into a bonfire.

But by God, what a beautiful piece of architecture. Picture 3 alone - reproduced above - makes it IMHO worth the price of admission. Imagine being out on the moors during a cold, dark winter's day and coming home to that view...

I'd have that.

[wiffmaster]

russ_a said:

Same price as a terraced house in London....



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

Picture 17.

How does somebody get to own a house like that without knowing the difference between you're / your?

[FourWheelDrift]

AmitG said:

Parts of it are uncomfortably modern. There will be a good reason why it's been on the market for 7 years with no takers. Grade 1 listing means that you cannot so much as fart in it without permission from English Heritage. And you'd probably get a better return on your money by converting it into £50 notes and chucking them into a bonfire.

But by God, what a beautiful piece of architecture. Picture 3 alone - reproduced above - makes it IMHO worth the price of admission. Imagine being out on the moors during a cold, dark winter's day and coming home to that view...

I'd have that.

Even with the curse?

From 2009 - http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/mansion-for-sa...

[FourWheelDrift]

Nothing special from the outside but the interior is, er. Special. - http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

The Sistine Chapel ceiling, photos 2 & 14 and the scary Wicker Man style god face in the bathroom, photo 8.

[AmitG]

FourWheelDrift said:

AmitG said:

Parts of it are uncomfortably modern. There will be a good reason why it's been on the market for 7 years with no takers. Grade 1 listing means that you cannot so much as fart in it without permission from English Heritage. And you'd probably get a better return on your money by converting it into £50 notes and chucking them into a bonfire.

But by God, what a beautiful piece of architecture. Picture 3 alone - reproduced above - makes it IMHO worth the price of admission. Imagine being out on the moors during a cold, dark winter's day and coming home to that view...

I'd have that.

Even with the curse?

From 2009 - http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/mansion-for-sa...

I've got the Scooby Doo theme tune stuck in my head now.

[NomduJour]

They've toned down the interiors massively since it first went on the market.

[anonymous-user]

russ_a said:

Same price as a terraced house in London....



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

Just round the corner from me, cycle past it a few times per week on various sides of the estate.

Reduced from £6m over the time it's been for sale. Obviously needs very deep pockets to do it justice.

Couple of housekeepers live there, but it is showing signs of not benefitting from proper care. E.g gatehouses are a bit scruffy, plenty of trees that should be ornamental need dealing with, grass could do with a cut, windows a wash.

Also the road offering easiest access to A64 regularly floods and that adds a fair few minutes onto road journies to civilisation.

That said, it is a beautiful building in a glorious setting.

[Renovation]

wiffmaster said:

russ_a said:

Same price as a terraced house in London....



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

Picture 17.

How does somebody get to own a house like that without knowing the difference between you're / your?

Doesn't really look like a footballer's house.

[Spice_Weasel]

ncbbmw said:

mattyn1 said:

Topical being in Stratford. Lovely spot by the river. Next to the Golf Course. Knock a few walls down and make it one house.

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

The street view of it is gopping though. Needs new gates and a better wall!

Living nearby I can tell you its a very busy road, bus route and lots of people walking by, if you lived there you'd likely keep the wall, however your right it looks fugly.

Its not quiet on the riverside either, only 500 yards from the River Boats for hire, lots of motor boats and rowers up and down all day. Nice house though, I'd be willing to swap with my modest terrace, I'd like to live nearer to the town

I'd agree with this. I've hired a boat and chugged past this house. The garden is very overlooked from the river.

[RichB]

Spice_Weasel said:

ncbbmw said:

mattyn1 said:

Topical being in Stratford. Lovely spot by the river. Next to the Golf Course. Knock a few walls down and make it one house.

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

The street view of it is gopping though. Needs new gates and a better wall!

Living nearby I can tell you its a very busy road, bus route and lots of people walking by, if you lived there you'd likely keep the wall, however your right it looks fugly.

Its not quiet on the riverside either, only 500 yards from the River Boats for hire, lots of motor boats and rowers up and down all day. Nice house though, I'd be willing to swap with my modest terrace, I'd like to live nearer to the town

I'd agree with this. I've hired a boat and chugged past this house. The garden is very overlooked from the river.

It would help if the garden had something in it, anything is better than just grass! The house is horrible from the outside and the garden is equally lacking in any character. One could create some privacy with a lot of planting but the graceful weeping willows dripping down to the Avon will take 25 years to mature.

[mattyn1]

Not bad for a Tuesday ....

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

[Sheets Tabuer]

mattyn1 said:

Not bad for a Tuesday ....

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

Stunning house but I couldn't sleep with the window open, I'd be up peeing all night.

[nej606k]

How about this one folks?

https://www.onthemarket.com/details/2657649/

[h0b0]

Bit close to the train tracks."The famous Cambrian Coastal Railway runs through a cutting to the North of the house. There is a regular two carriage train which runs from Shrewsbury to Pwhelli, stopping at nearby Aberdovey, along with the occasional steam train on high days and holidays. Two small sections of
land beyond the garden are presently rented by the current owner from British Rail."

[Bluedot]

h0b0 said:

Bit close to the train tracks."The famous Cambrian Coastal Railway runs through a cutting to the North of the house. There is a regular two carriage train which runs from Shrewsbury to Pwhelli, stopping at nearby Aberdovey, along with the occasional steam train on high days and holidays. Two small sections of
land beyond the garden are presently rented by the current owner from British Rail."

I'd love a house with the occasional steam train running passed

[berlintaxi]

Bluedot said:

h0b0 said:

Bit close to the train tracks."The famous Cambrian Coastal Railway runs through a cutting to the North of the house. There is a regular two carriage train which runs from Shrewsbury to Pwhelli, stopping at nearby Aberdovey, along with the occasional steam train on high days and holidays. Two small sections of
land beyond the garden are presently rented by the current owner from British Rail."

I'd love a house with the occasional steam train running passed

Stayed in one near Aviemore over Christmas where the steam train ran past the end of the garden, made my day every time it went past, simple pleasures.

[Du1point8]

in case someone wants to see it.

http://www.struttandparker.com/application/files/7...

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

[TartanPaint]

Credit due to the agent. Best presented schedule and photos I've seen for a long time!

[berlintaxi]

Can't decide on this one, however the fact that is near Bacup is enough to rule it out.

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

[Justayellowbadge]

berlintaxi said:

Can't decide on this one, however the fact that is near Bacup is enough to rule it out.

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

Wow.

It's like some evil lunatic threw a metric fk ton of cash at a perfectly reasonable building, and every note was a taste destroying vampire of hate. And they fed well.