Real Estate nightmares (Vol 2)

Real Estate nightmares (Vol 2)

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Scrump

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22,963 posts

166 months

Monday 22nd November 2021
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dudleybloke

20,489 posts

194 months

Monday 22nd November 2021
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https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/116675345#/...



That care home would end up as a weed grow if it was around here, been quite a few busted over the last year or so.

gobuddygo

1,425 posts

193 months

Monday 22nd November 2021
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This is around the corner from me, it used to be (years ago) a Chinese takeaway, it looks like they have bought the other houses in the row so a very strange layout, for auction it will go for a hell of a lot more than the guide price.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/113251247#/...


Hoofy

77,523 posts

290 months

Monday 22nd November 2021
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"It's way off-pitch, surely, even for a Lincolnshire hotel?"

What's this mean? smile

Bonefish Blues

29,526 posts

231 months

Monday 22nd November 2021
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Hoofy said:
"It's way off-pitch, surely, even for a Lincolnshire hotel?"

What's this mean? smile
I used to come across hotels seemingly randomly positioned across the county when I was working there.

Hoofy

77,523 posts

290 months

Monday 22nd November 2021
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Bonefish Blues said:
Hoofy said:
"It's way off-pitch, surely, even for a Lincolnshire hotel?"

What's this mean? smile
I used to come across hotels seemingly randomly positioned across the county when I was working there.
Oh, so the location isn't great?

scottyp123

3,881 posts

64 months

Monday 22nd November 2021
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dudleybloke said:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/116675345#/...



That care home would end up as a weed grow if it was around here, been quite a few busted over the last year or so.
Shorpe, we've worked on a few buildings like that in places like Scarborough Blackpool Bridlington etc, firms are buying properties up like that left right and centre to turn them into doss houses. That place will either end up full of smack heads, ex-jail birds or a full on looney bin. £1000+ per week per resident guaranteed straight from the government.

Dicky88

49 posts

138 months

Monday 22nd November 2021
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I regularly walk through the park this house overlooks . It’s been for sale for few years, can’t imagine why it’s struggling to sell.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/61238802

Hoofy

77,523 posts

290 months

Monday 22nd November 2021
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scottyp123 said:
dudleybloke said:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/116675345#/...



That care home would end up as a weed grow if it was around here, been quite a few busted over the last year or so.
Shorpe, we've worked on a few buildings like that in places like Scarborough Blackpool Bridlington etc, firms are buying properties up like that left right and centre to turn them into doss houses. That place will either end up full of smack heads, ex-jail birds or a full on looney bin. £1000+ per week per resident guaranteed straight from the government.
What happens when they get a bit bored and put a hole in the doors or walls?

scottyp123

3,881 posts

64 months

Monday 22nd November 2021
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Hoofy said:
scottyp123 said:
dudleybloke said:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/116675345#/...



That care home would end up as a weed grow if it was around here, been quite a few busted over the last year or so.
Shorpe, we've worked on a few buildings like that in places like Scarborough Blackpool Bridlington etc, firms are buying properties up like that left right and centre to turn them into doss houses. That place will either end up full of smack heads, ex-jail birds or a full on looney bin. £1000+ per week per resident guaranteed straight from the government.
What happens when they get a bit bored and put a hole in the doors or walls?
£2K for a door, £500 for a lock, that sort of thing, week after week. Some are pretty sketchy, we were doing an electrical test on one building that still had the residents in, some were ok and actually had jobs but others most certainly didn't. I had to sneak into a secure padded room to get a couple of readings whilst the (big) bloke was asleep on the couch, I never knew I could be lighter on my feet than a ballerina when I wanted to be.

Hoofy

77,523 posts

290 months

Monday 22nd November 2021
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scottyp123 said:
Hoofy said:
scottyp123 said:
dudleybloke said:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/116675345#/...



That care home would end up as a weed grow if it was around here, been quite a few busted over the last year or so.
Shorpe, we've worked on a few buildings like that in places like Scarborough Blackpool Bridlington etc, firms are buying properties up like that left right and centre to turn them into doss houses. That place will either end up full of smack heads, ex-jail birds or a full on looney bin. £1000+ per week per resident guaranteed straight from the government.
What happens when they get a bit bored and put a hole in the doors or walls?
£2K for a door, £500 for a lock, that sort of thing, week after week. Some are pretty sketchy, we were doing an electrical test on one building that still had the residents in, some were ok and actually had jobs but others most certainly didn't. I had to sneak into a secure padded room to get a couple of readings whilst the (big) bloke was asleep on the couch, I never knew I could be lighter on my feet than a ballerina when I wanted to be.
biggrin

So it paid to have people smash the place up, then?

Dark85

683 posts

156 months

Tuesday 23rd November 2021
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Dicky88 said:
I regularly walk through the park this house overlooks . It’s been for sale for few years, can’t imagine why it’s struggling to sell.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/61238802
The rest of the house would look very different but I would love to have a home cinema set up in that vein paperbag

cmvtec

2,188 posts

89 months

Tuesday 23rd November 2021
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Dicky88 said:
I regularly walk through the park this house overlooks . It’s been for sale for few years, can’t imagine why it’s struggling to sell.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/61238802
This is the idea house for a pornographer.

PistonRings

274 posts

66 months

Tuesday 23rd November 2021
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https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/60246784...

No kerb appeal, odd layout, shared driveway, undeclared garage conversion, cage in the garden, by a farmers access to their field...

Bonefish Blues

29,526 posts

231 months

Tuesday 23rd November 2021
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The house that the ugly stick kept hitting

Big Pants

513 posts

149 months

Tuesday 23rd November 2021
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dudleybloke said:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/116675345#/...



That care home would end up as a weed grow if it was around here, been quite a few busted over the last year or so.
How does a professional estate agent justify using a potato for a camera?

FourWheelDrift

89,679 posts

292 months

Tuesday 23rd November 2021
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Is that concrete trying to look like wood?

Bonefish Blues

29,526 posts

231 months

Tuesday 23rd November 2021
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Back on the theme of Abersoch, overpricing of the week or what (notwithstanding the orange people)? Picture 4 is stretching the truth of its non-seafront location somewhat...


https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/114545228#/...

abzmike

9,336 posts

114 months

Tuesday 23rd November 2021
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cmvtec said:
Dicky88 said:
I regularly walk through the park this house overlooks . It’s been for sale for few years, can’t imagine why it’s struggling to sell.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/61238802
This is the idea house for a pornographer.
It's like a location for one of those late night Channel 5 documentaries.

bungz

1,961 posts

128 months

Tuesday 23rd November 2021
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abzmike said:
cmvtec said:
Dicky88 said:
I regularly walk through the park this house overlooks . It’s been for sale for few years, can’t imagine why it’s struggling to sell.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/61238802
This is the idea house for a pornographer.
It's like a location for one of those late night Channel 5 documentaries.
That lounge would light up like a murder scene with a UV light.