Show us your real estate pawn (Vol 5)

[Sway]

minimoog said:

nordboy said:

Yep, like that a lot. I'm trying to work out what's horribly wrong with it. It's going on my lotto win list I think, which seems to be getting longer whilst the lotto win stays about the same - 0.

I really like it too. I think the only issue (£2M aside) is do I really want two substantial holiday cottages alongside the main house, because if I don't they're just going to sit there doing nothing.

It's perfect. Absolutely top drawer, very little that could be better from my perspective.

Larger one can house mum and crash pad for younger sisters, smaller one for guests.

[nordboy]

phil_cardiff said:

This would do me nicely. I love the location, though they've done well to photograph it on a sunny day!

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/146473922

Lovely location, lovely house, I'd happily retire there, Mrs NB, not so much )

[Watcher of the skies]

DodgyGeezer said:

wisbech said:

dxg said:

Here's the listing: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/li...

Looks like it's listed for the form and the interior panelling - and the view!

There'd be quite a lot of scope for internal upgrading within those constraints.

Interesting that it was only listed a couple of years ago.

Would be a shame to lose the wallpaper and other interior decoration though. You could then film retro 70's porn

That's an impressive bush.

[Bonefish Blues]

In the Guardian today. A little still to do but lovely, & original.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/138481220#/...

[phil_cardiff]

nordboy said:

phil_cardiff said:

This would do me nicely. I love the location, though they've done well to photograph it on a sunny day!

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/146473922

Lovely location, lovely house, I'd happily retire there, Mrs NB, not so much )

Yes I think I'd struggle to make a living up there but if I didn't need to work it would be great.

[Mr Penguin]

Just a shame it is on the market now and not in two years' time or I would be driving up to look at it in person.

[DKL]

h0b0 said:

Rectory Hill, Sampford Courtenay, Okehampton, EX20 - £2,000,00

You do get good vfm in that part of the world, it's almost a village!
Very nice and I can't see the catch, would certainly do and you could stretch the budget to get it using the rental from the cottages as collateral.

[Shnozz]

Rather liked this.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/146616104

[CountyAFC]

£5.5M. I'm not seeing it.

[lauda]

CountyAFC said:

£5.5M. I'm not seeing it.

Me neither. I don’t know much about the area but the nearest big town is Bradford and that doesn’t scream £5m+ to me.

It doesn’t even come with that much land.

[Shnozz]

lauda said:

Me neither. I don’t know much about the area but the nearest big town is Bradford and that doesn’t scream £5m+ to me.

It doesn’t even come with that much land.

Aside from the fact it comes under Bradford for tax purposes, it’s a Leeds postcode.

Area wise it’s pretty picture perfect and Ilkley regularly gets the award for best place to live in the U.K.

I was there yesterday and it’s idyllic, bar for the slightly cliquey and snobby nature of the residents.

[The Don of Croy]

Watcher of the skies said:

DodgyGeezer said:

wisbech said:

dxg said:

Here's the listing: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/li...

Looks like it's listed for the form and the interior panelling - and the view!

There'd be quite a lot of scope for internal upgrading within those constraints.

Interesting that it was only listed a couple of years ago.

Would be a shame to lose the wallpaper and other interior decoration though. You could then film retro 70's porn

Bring. Back. The. Bush.

That said, the property has (what looks like) original mill finish aluminium window frames (not thermally broken) and an avocado suite. Noice!

That's an impressive bush.

[Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area]

The Ilkley property is fabulous in every way, and I’d be very happy to live in that location. Ilkley itself is great and the area is very picturesque.

[TheJimi]

lauda said:

CountyAFC said:

£5.5M. I'm not seeing it.

Me neither. I don’t know much about the area but the nearest big town is Bradford and that doesn’t scream £5m+ to me.

It doesn’t even come with that much land.

3.4 acres would be more than enough for me. 1-2 would be perfect.

I agree though, I don't see £5m there - and it's nothing to do with the amount of land. I do think it's a cracking place though!

[oddman]

TheJimi said:

lauda said:

CountyAFC said:

£5.5M. I'm not seeing it.

Me neither. I don’t know much about the area but the nearest big town is Bradford and that doesn’t scream £5m+ to me.

It doesn’t even come with that much land.

3.4 acres would be more than enough for me. 1-2 would be perfect.

I agree though, I don't see £5m there - and it's nothing to do with the amount of land. I do think it's a cracking place though!

I don't see £5m either but it's a bit of a specialist market Ilkley. To describe it as Leeds or Bradford is a misunderstanding. The money swishing round there, it's almost an outpost of the South East. I'd expect this to sell to a local who knows what they like. It's on the right side of the valley and in a great location. It's big and solid without being one of the complex Victorian piles which dominate the Moor side of the town and have tended to become nursing homes or split up. It might be one of the very few properties of this quality that comes up in years.

Only takes two thumb behind their braces Yorkshiremen to start competing.....

[Bonefish Blues]

I don't like the exterior aesthetic of the millstone(?)

[okgo]

Bonefish Blues said:

I don't like the exterior aesthetic of the millstone(?)

Like a less pleasing version of Cotswold Stone.

Nice gaff, it’s £2m more than the next most expensive thing which is going some.

[CountyAFC]

£2M worth of curtains.

[classicaholic]

okgo said:

Like a less pleasing version of Cotswold Stone.

Nice gaff, it’s £2m more than the next most expensive thing which is going some.

Maybe its someone like Trump - If he advertises it at 5mil then he's worth 5mil!

[EmBe]

If you're successful and you work in Leeds or Bradford but you don't want to live in Leeds or Bradford, Ilkley is where you go. It has a train station so getting into either city is a reasonable commute and isn't far from the airport.

Reckon it'll hang around at that price though, nice as it and Ilkley are.