Real Estate nightmares

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Boz123

74 posts

90 months

Monday 6th April 2020
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markjmd said:
Boz123 said:
Is this listed under nightmares solely because they didn't think to put in a lift?
Plan says 'space for a lift' not an actual lift.....!


Trustmeimadoctor

12,794 posts

157 months

Monday 6th April 2020
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p4cks

6,954 posts

201 months

Monday 6th April 2020
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irocfan said:
maybe not a nightmare per se - but 450 for a flat in a converted flat doesn't really work for me...

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/54095102...
That interior design couldn't be any more Essex if it tried

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

198 months

Monday 6th April 2020
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p4cks said:
irocfan said:
maybe not a nightmare per se - but 450 for a flat in a converted flat doesn't really work for me...

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/54095102...
That interior design couldn't be any more Essex if it tried
I think this thread needs to be titled "houses I want to get snotty about".

Shermanator

550 posts

77 months

Tuesday 7th April 2020
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This is semi-local to me:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...

Not a nightmare per-se however it does have a few irregularities, Picture 15 shows a great view of the local oil refinery and picture 18 shows some sort of room within a room, a sauna to be exact... Oh, and of course the driveway which goes straight onto a corner on a hill. Nevermind the random raised section in the garden, which isn't big enough at the top to put furniture to use as a raised deck. It's just stairs, a platform and then stairs again...

As I said, not a nightmare, nor is it pawn and doesn't constitute a thread if it's own.

Edited by Shermanator on Tuesday 7th April 10:24

Trustmeimadoctor

12,794 posts

157 months

Tuesday 7th April 2020
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looks like a sauna to me since its got a heater in there in the next pic 19

HM-2

12,467 posts

171 months

Tuesday 7th April 2020
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I think that is a sauna.

Oil refinery view aside and some odd detailing, I quite like that.

Shermanator

550 posts

77 months

Tuesday 7th April 2020
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Trustmeimadoctor said:
looks like a sauna to me since its got a heater in there in the next pic 19
Yeah, how I messed that I don't know! Edited the original!

ElectricSoup

8,202 posts

153 months

Tuesday 7th April 2020
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Comes with its own church, apparently. silly

dxg

8,343 posts

262 months

Thursday 9th April 2020
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Round my way (East Midlands), I'm noticing a lot of generic, 3 bed rabbit hutches coming onto the market. Terrace, so-called town-house or semi, built within the last decade and none with any interior photos.

Are the BTL landlords running for the hills?

dazwalsh

6,098 posts

143 months

Thursday 9th April 2020
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dxg said:
Round my way (East Midlands), I'm noticing a lot of generic, 3 bed rabbit hutches coming onto the market. Terrace, so-called town-house or semi, built within the last decade and none with any interior photos.

Are the BTL landlords running for the hills?
Wouldn't surprise me, a decade of being portrayed as greedy and evil and all the tax and legislation, thrown at us. I'm extremely fed up with it all too, however now is probably the worst time to sell anything.

Doofus

26,427 posts

175 months

Thursday 9th April 2020
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dazwalsh said:
dxg said:
Round my way (East Midlands), I'm noticing a lot of generic, 3 bed rabbit hutches coming onto the market. Terrace, so-called town-house or semi, built within the last decade and none with any interior photos.

Are the BTL landlords running for the hills?
Wouldn't surprise me, a decade of being portrayed as greedy and evil and all the tax and legislation, thrown at us. I'm extremely fed up with it all too, however now is probably the worst time to sell anything.
If you're over-leveraged, and your tenants have stopped paying, you may have no choice.

dxg

8,343 posts

262 months

Friday 10th April 2020
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Douglas Arfempty

623 posts

188 months

Saturday 18th April 2020
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Thankyou4calling

10,644 posts

175 months

Saturday 18th April 2020
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I wonder what the estate agent ACTUALLY THINKS when they go round to view and value?

I mean realistically that’s had nothing meaningful spent on it since Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran we’re rivals. It’s a massive plot and a house that’s got virtually no redeeming features.

I know on paper it sounds like £2 million but is it even half that to sell in this climate?

Shnozz

27,631 posts

273 months

Saturday 18th April 2020
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Thankyou4calling said:
I wonder what the estate agent ACTUALLY THINKS when they go round to view and value?

I mean realistically that’s had nothing meaningful spent on it since Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran we’re rivals. It’s a massive plot and a house that’s got virtually no redeeming features.

I know on paper it sounds like £2 million but is it even half that to sell in this climate?
I agree for the most part - horrendous in so many ways, but then you stumble across the odd nice feature which is almost a surprise. The rear of the house covered in greenery at least looks better than that awful front that is very rural Travel Lodge. The grounds are very pleasant. As for the rest, I'll pass.

Rostfritt

3,098 posts

153 months

Saturday 18th April 2020
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Thankyou4calling said:
I wonder what the estate agent ACTUALLY THINKS when they go round to view and value?

I mean realistically that’s had nothing meaningful spent on it since Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran we’re rivals. It’s a massive plot and a house that’s got virtually no redeeming features.

I know on paper it sounds like £2 million but is it even half that to sell in this climate?
It does seem a bit of a guessing game trying to value places like this. There is very little to compare them to as there are so many factors in each one. Quite often the new owner might spend a ridiculous amount on it once they buy it, I mean someone could pretty much knock down a million pound house to put what they want on it. They can also take years to sell, it's not like trying to sell a 3 bed semi near a good school, you have to wait for anyone remotely interested in putting an offer in to come along.

Escort3500

11,977 posts

147 months

Saturday 18th April 2020
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It was listed in the seventies before it was extended. I’m surprised it hasn’t been de-listed by Historic England in one of their periodic reviews. Truly dreadful.

CAPP0

19,676 posts

205 months

Saturday 18th April 2020
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irocfan said:
maybe not a nightmare per se - but 450 for a flat in a converted pub doesn't really work for me...

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/54095102...


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£450k for a 2-bed conversion in BILLERICAY???

I'm a similar distance outside the M25 but in Kent and around here that buys you a 4 bed detached in a decent area with garden, drive and garage.

thenortherner

1,502 posts

165 months

Sunday 19th April 2020
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https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...

Aside from the bizarre roof style, it's the living room that gets me most.

I can't work out whether the dog dick red carpet was already down when they moved in, and for some reason chose not to replace it, instead buying furniture and other hideous accessories they thought would be inkeeping.

Or perhaps it was all a conscious effort.
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