London 1930s semi renovation
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Lovely house!
We're moving and seem to have developed a vince vouyer habbit for rightmove. That coupled to some internet sleuthing...
I'd sack your estate agent as the pics really dont show off the house. You've taken better pics in this thread. Especially given your asking price!
Good luck with the sale. The property in your other thread will be amazing if you can secure it. Christ knows how much you'd have to spend to get it to the standard of your current one? £400k?
We're moving and seem to have developed a vince vouyer habbit for rightmove. That coupled to some internet sleuthing...
I'd sack your estate agent as the pics really dont show off the house. You've taken better pics in this thread. Especially given your asking price!
Good luck with the sale. The property in your other thread will be amazing if you can secure it. Christ knows how much you'd have to spend to get it to the standard of your current one? £400k?
boxster9 said:
That's a stunning floor. We were thinking of putting herringbone engineered flooring downstairs but the chevron pattern gives a modern twist.
Could you post a link for the supplier?
Thanks
Thanks! Here you go. Look for French or Chevron pattern parquet. I recommend these guys - great product, easy to fit and very good service. Could you post a link for the supplier?
Thanks
https://www.floormonster.co.uk/engineered-wood/eng...
They also do a whitewashed version (link below) if you would like to be even more contemporary/Scandinavian in your design influences. I'd get samples of both and consider them.
https://www.floormonster.co.uk/engineered-wood/eng...
Edited by Harry Flashman on Saturday 17th June 09:18
RockyBalboa said:
Simply lovely!
What made you go for in-built versus a Range Cooker?
Functionality - I looked at ranges but they simply don't have the features of the best single ovens. The Siemens in the pictures is a steam/microwave/electric fan combination oven that can roast and brown a chicken to perfection in 20 minutes using all three cooking methods. Ranges all pack conventional fan assisted ovens only. What made you go for in-built versus a Range Cooker?
This approach also allowed me to fit two full sized hobs with one gas, one induction. I love the versatility. Range would have had to be gas or induction.
As you can probably tell, I love to cook. I designed the kitchen to be a joy to make food in!
HairyMaclary said:
Good luck with the sale. The property in your other thread will be amazing if you can secure it. Christ knows how much you'd have to spend to get it to the standard of your current one? £400k?
Thanks! Every EA we saw valued it at over £1.3m, most at 1.35+. We have put it on at £1.25m which a) hamstrings our competition (another of the houses in the street is on sale forthesameprice as she too wants our target - but her house is 900 square feet smaller, not as nice a location nor refurbished to our standard) and b) should garner a lot of interest.On a per square foot basis, I think our house may be one of the cheapest in the postcode, and I hope buyers are smart enough to see this as the bargain it is, even in this depressed market.
It is ONLY for sale if we get an offer accepted on the house we want. If we don't, it comes off the market immediately even if we get offers over asking. We love our road, and our home!
I reckon £300k should renovate our target to the standard of ours. It's a wreck! But a very special building.
terrydacktal said:
So is it up for sale or not?
It is - seller of the house we want will only accept our offer if we have a chain free offer on ours. Hence using the same estate agent: they are incentivised by two sets of commission to find us a suitable buyer asap.We have 5 viewings today, apparently, two of them second viewings. Glad I am out of the house - am too emotionally attached to it, which as others have said, you should not be.
PH question. Would parking a nice car on the drive make buyers more likely to want the house, or less? Vantage is in mothballs due to my leg injury, but could be polished up and plonked on the driveway to help make a sale...
Harry Flashman said:
Thanks! Every EA we saw valued it at over £1.3m, most at 1.35+. We have put it on at £1.25m which a) hamstrings our competition (another of the houses in the street is on sale forthesameprice as she too wants our target - but her house is 900 square feet smaller, not as nice a location nor refurbished to our standard) and b) should garner a lot of interest.
On a per square foot basis, I think our house may be one of the cheapest in the postcode, and I hope buyers are smart enough to see this as the bargain it is, even in this depressed market.
It is ONLY for sale if we get an offer accepted on the house we want. If we don't, it comes off the market immediately even if we get offers over asking. We love our road, and our home!
I reckon £300k should renovate our target to the standard of ours. It's a wreck! But a very special building.
Good luck On a per square foot basis, I think our house may be one of the cheapest in the postcode, and I hope buyers are smart enough to see this as the bargain it is, even in this depressed market.
It is ONLY for sale if we get an offer accepted on the house we want. If we don't, it comes off the market immediately even if we get offers over asking. We love our road, and our home!
I reckon £300k should renovate our target to the standard of ours. It's a wreck! But a very special building.
sounds like you've got your sensible head on regarding selling (although to me, a provincial boy who last visited a Streatham bike breakers 40 yrs ago still sounds like an awful lot of money)Re the slow market, I'm thinking that's a SE thing, nothing desirable and sensibly priced stays on the market here for more than a month.
Edited by PositronicRay on Saturday 17th June 16:00
So it is time to show some results on this thread (I have a new one - as we moved, ridiculously, before finishing the painting and decorating in this place!).
It is rare that you get to take pics of your newly renovated house all emptied of stuff, as normally you live there. These really bring into focus how much there was left to do - it needs colour, desperately. Looked like a show home once the movers and cleaners had been.
First house Lady F and I owned together, so will always have good memories.
Views around the ground floor.
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It is rare that you get to take pics of your newly renovated house all emptied of stuff, as normally you live there. These really bring into focus how much there was left to do - it needs colour, desperately. Looked like a show home once the movers and cleaners had been.
First house Lady F and I owned together, so will always have good memories.
Views around the ground floor.
DSC_0956 by baconrashers, on FlickrDSC_0957 by baconrashers, on FlickrDSC_0952 by baconrashers, on FlickrEdited by Harry Flashman on Sunday 24th September 19:37
Kitchen - some before and after shots, taken from similar viewpoints:
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The orange tiles in this one were a regrettable choice, and would have been changed had we stayed. They were meant to be a pale mustarc yellow, they were wrong, and we should have sent them back.
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Untitled by baconrashers, on FlickrDSC_0979 by baconrashers, on FlickrDSC_0981 by baconrashers, on FlickrThe orange tiles in this one were a regrettable choice, and would have been changed had we stayed. They were meant to be a pale mustarc yellow, they were wrong, and we should have sent them back.
Untitled by baconrashers, on FlickrDSC_0985 by baconrashers, on FlickrDSC_0984 by baconrashers, on FlickrLoft bedroom, dressing room and shower room:
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View from the bath - no exactly rolling countryside, but not awful for London!
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Untitled by baconrashers, on FlickrDSC_0946 by baconrashers, on FlickrDSC_0945 by baconrashers, on FlickrDSC_0995 by baconrashers, on FlickrView from the bath - no exactly rolling countryside, but not awful for London!
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Loft shower
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Untitled by baconrashers, on FlickrDSC_0947 by baconrashers, on Flickr93 loft shower by baconrashers, on FlickrStaircases. Neutral grey carpet done for sale. I was going to have a funky runner winding all the way from the ground floor to the loft!
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