Show us your real estate pawn (vol 2)

[iluvmercs]

gibbon said:

Thank you very much, it may be worth a view. Though im not familiar with the exact pricing of the area, it looks relatively expensive compared to other local properties, but you never know what can be achieved with some haggling.

Thanks again.

No worries, happy to help.
I'm no estate agent, but FWIW, the barn behind has twice the land and is approximately the same sq ft (albeit split between main barn and annex). It was originally priced at £995k in 2013/14, but we were informed offers around £950k would secure it. It didn't sell, but then reappeared a year later for £1 million, then upped again for £1.1m after a few further upgrades. To my knowledge, it still didn't sell.

Darren

Edited by iluvmercs on Wednesday 8th February 15:28

[iluvmercs]

The Moose said:

Most certainly is not a quaint Norfolk village

Not a bad Chinese restaurant there though - can't remember the name for the life of me right now - the one upstairs...

I confess I don't know it either. I've only ever eaten Chinese from Great China, but I don't believe they have an eat-in restaurant.

Darren

[anonymous-user]

sidicks said:

Has this one been posted yet?

http://www.knightfrank.co.uk/properties/residentia...

What's the verdict on how much the house would cost to a) build and b) furnish, once you've acquired the land?!

Anything from about £2m upwards would be my guess and possibly £3m upwards,

[sidicks]

garyhun said:

sidicks said:

Has this one been posted yet?

http://www.knightfrank.co.uk/properties/residentia...

What's the verdict on how much the house would cost to a) build and b) furnish, once you've acquired the land?!

Anything from about £2m upwards would be my guess and possibly £3m upwards,

Dammit! Was hoping for £1,500 - £2,000 per square metre...

[anonymous-user]

sidicks said:

garyhun said:

sidicks said:

Has this one been posted yet?

http://www.knightfrank.co.uk/properties/residentia...

What's the verdict on how much the house would cost to a) build and b) furnish, once you've acquired the land?!

Anything from about £2m upwards would be my guess and possibly £3m upwards,

Dammit! Was hoping for £1,500 - £2,000 per square metre...

840 sq metres at £2000 is roughly £1.7m so it's in that ballpark if you try not to go too over the top with materials and finishes. You could easily spend another £1m on upscale kitchen, bathrooms, tech, landscaping etc,

[sidicks]

garyhun said:

840 sq metres at £2000 is roughly £1.7m so it's in that ballpark if you try not to go too over the top with materials and finishes. You could easily spend another £1m on upscale kitchen, bathrooms, tech, landscaping etc,

I assume there's an existing building on the land at the moment, so you'd also need to consider demolition costs?!

[The Moose]

iluvmercs said:

The Moose said:

Most certainly is not a quaint Norfolk village

Not a bad Chinese restaurant there though - can't remember the name for the life of me right now - the one upstairs...

I confess I don't know it either. I've only ever eaten Chinese from Great China, but I don't believe they have an eat-in restaurant.

Darren

Just had to look it up - Beijing Diner

[iluvmercs]

The Moose said:

Just had to look it up - Beijing Diner

I may now have to give it a go

Darren

[Pesty]

sidicks said:

louiebaby said:

No idea on the costs, but I do quite like the floorplan / layout of that. I'd prefer it in a bit more of a farmhouse style, rather than the footballer modern interior shown in the renders.

Having the enclosed courtyard for the cars is a nice touch too, although I'd put the gym in the basement with the pool, along with a sauna. I'd have to lose the pool table and bar to do it, but I'm OK with that.

Agreed - I wouldn't want the sauna / steam room, so would revise the basement area to incorporate the gym. I wouldn't want to lose the pool room though, so would probably use the room over the garage for that (or alternatively use that for the cinema room and then re-use the proposed cinema room in the basement for the pool room).

louiebaby said:

I don't know when I'd use all the top floor bedrooms either, but I suppose the wife could have a sewing room, and the kids a play room, and a bit for storage.

Likewise. Apart from the kids bit!

Edited by sidicks on Wednesday 8th February 14:30

love that. I'd turn the games room into a mud room. So I could hose the dogs off ditch dirty boots etc straight from the courtyard,
Perfect

[ooid]

sidicks said:

Dammit! Was hoping for £1,500 - £2,000 per square metre...

With a very conservative approach to finishes both interior and outside (not going cheap but keeping it modern but not too fussy) + reducing some of the volumes I think it's possible. Needs a very dictator architect and legit contractors though!

[ooid]

To drop an interesting piece here from North London



http://www.themodernhouse.com/sales-list/otts-yard...

[p1stonhead]

ooid said:

To drop an interesting piece here from North London



http://www.themodernhouse.com/sales-list/otts-yard...

Not my taste at all but I like that design oddly. But I couldnt live being so overlooked all the time.

Not too insane of a price IMO considering the London factor.

Edited by p1stonhead on Thursday 9th February 09:11

[kowalski655]

The only windows they have seem to look onto a brick wall....1.3 million to stare at a wall,no thanks

[sidicks]

ooid said:

With a very conservative approach to finishes both interior and outside (not going cheap but keeping it modern but not too fussy) + reducing some of the volumes I think it's possible. Needs a very dictator architect and legit contractors though!

Yep, but I think it might end up much less of a dream house if you don't do it 'properly'!

Regardless, I'm still quite a few £ short, unless the lottery numbers come up this week!

[anonymous-user]

Apologies if this has been posted before.

Would gladly leave Australia for this!

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

[Vroom101]

Is the housing market suffering from classic-car-itis or something? Some prices just seem ridiculous - if a house didn't sell for a million a year ago, why on earth do people think it will sell for 10% more a year later?

The house behind me went up for sale recently. Four bed detached in Essex for £320k. Sold, but then fell through for whatever reason. When it went back on the market it was five grand more expensive! Are these people ill in the head?

[Vroom101]

iluvmercs said:

10 minutes from me, and it is a gorgeous place in a lovely location.
The property has been for sale for some time, too, originally priced at £1.25 million back last spring.
For the price, it's a shame it over looks the barn conversion behind.

That said, the interior design of the house is spot on and the exterior landscaping equally pleasing.
There is also plenty of room for PH-worthy garaging

Darren

So is this Google Maps view out of date then?



It looks as if the barn was originally part of the property and the house owner (or developer) has split the plot in two, converted the barn and sold it off. Such a shame, as together that would have been pretty much my ideal home (if I could afford it ). That barn would've made a fantastic garage

[p1doc]

anonymous said:

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that is nasty and totally deluded price

[FourWheelDrift]

p1doc said:

anonymous said:

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that is nasty and totally deluded price

Looking on google maps and the size of the garden/tennis court they have I am thinking they are selling at that price to catch a developer for the building plot.

[Davey S2]

p1doc said:

anonymous said:

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that is nasty and totally deluded price

Seems to me they are basing it on the plot and levelling the existing monstrosity and potentially building 2 new houses on there.