Real Estate nightmares

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Trustmeimadoctor

12,525 posts

154 months

Wednesday 19th February 2020
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it would be better if it was clean and tidy

BobSaunders

3,027 posts

154 months

Wednesday 19th February 2020
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tleefox said:
I posted this on this thread previously, probably a couple of years ago.

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

It’s changed agents and had a price drop of circa £100k (IIRC) but the horrific interior decor remains.
The room with all the baby paraphernalia, and a causal barbell with 60kg on it. (picture 9).

CO2000

3,177 posts

208 months

Wednesday 19th February 2020
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Trustmeimadoctor said:
it would be better if it was clean and tidy
I think they have "tidied it" for the photos eek

anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 19th February 2020
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cossy400 said:
We viewed a place similar (perhaps a bit worse) when we were looking, old boy in his own and had died, every room full of stuff. It was a lovely house but would have been a full strip back and several skips to clear the lot

It was the smell that got us though, it got into your nostrels and stayed there, we then noticed that the 3 piece suite was missing an armchair near the fire and there was a patch of carpet where you could see the chair had obviously been

It quickly became apparent the old boy had died in his chair, they'd removed the chair and marketed the place, i'll never forget that smell yuck

Plate spinner

17,649 posts

199 months

Wednesday 19th February 2020
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tleefox said:
I posted this on this thread previously, probably a couple of years ago.

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

It’s changed agents and had a price drop of circa £100k (IIRC) but the horrific interior decor remains.
These are the sort of houses I buy, I like ‘em hehe

Do your maths on the clearance / refurb and offer accordingly. Everyone’s a bit insulted by the offer... fair enough. Just sit and wait. There’s not much competition as 9/10 people cba sorting it out. After the initial outrage of your offer has settled and no other offers have come in... you start negotiations from your offer number rather than the agents asking price. I love a nice house that’s poorly poorly presented / marketed by its lazy / feckless vendors.

NumBMW

789 posts

128 months

Wednesday 19th February 2020
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Bullet-Proof_Biscuit said:
I really like the matchbox radiators, and the expanse of tarmac, oh and the not concealed circuit breaker box, and what's with the roof proportions? Looks like a small fat kit wearing a comically sized sombrero..
I like the 2 bathrooms where you open the door too much and the shower screens shatter

7w7

551 posts

120 months

Wednesday 19th February 2020
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http://www.rightmove.co.uk/s6p/75484462

This is hideous, and somehow looks cramped on the inside.



Location is bad as well.

Escort3500

11,829 posts

144 months

Thursday 20th February 2020
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7w7 said:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/s6p/75484462

This is hideous, and somehow looks cramped on the inside.



Location is bad as well.
The interior’s particularly bad. What’s with the fencing in the dining room? silly

ro250

2,734 posts

56 months

Thursday 20th February 2020
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Escort3500 said:
The interior’s particularly bad. What’s with the fencing in the dining room? silly
And in 2 of the bedrooms there is a sofa at the end of the bed.

irocfan

40,153 posts

189 months

Thursday 20th February 2020
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TBF I've seen a lot worse - I suspect they've tried to go for an art-decco/modern mash-up and fallen rather short but easy enough to resolve

Octoposse

2,152 posts

184 months

Thursday 20th February 2020
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Plate spinner said:
I love a nice house that’s poorly poorly presented / marketed by its lazy / feckless vendors.
That's how we bought our dreamhouse last July. Didn't realise it then - thought it was all 'market conditions' at the time.

But after we'd moved in, and realised it had a fabulous 'Youth Hostel' type front door . . . the sellers and agent brought people in / out through a dingy conservatory, and realised the rooms weren't a little small . . . they were just full of huge 1970s furniture, etc, we realised we weren't actually compromising as much as we thought.

Huge plot, albeit long and thin, great location, double garage with power . . . not getting the presentation right must have cost them at least 10% off the price . . . and made it affordable for us.


Edited by Octoposse on Thursday 20th February 21:07

nikaiyo2

4,672 posts

194 months

Thursday 20th February 2020
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tleefox said:
I posted this on this thread previously, probably a couple of years ago.

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

It’s changed agents and had a price drop of circa £100k (IIRC) but the horrific interior decor remains.
What kind of jazz cabbage makes mosaic kitchen tiles make sense?


Laurel Green

30,770 posts

231 months

Thursday 20th February 2020
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Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Thursday 20th February 2020
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Laurel Green said:
Fit for the birds.

Laurel Green

30,770 posts

231 months

Thursday 20th February 2020
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Doofus said:
Fit for the birds.
I thought so. biggrin

FourWheelDrift

Original Poster:

88,381 posts

283 months

Thursday 20th February 2020
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Anything could be in there, treasure, antiques or Lord Lucan's body. Or lots of dead mice. Worth a £1 punt to find out.

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Thursday 20th February 2020
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FourWheelDrift said:
Anything could be in there, treasure, antiques or Lord Lucan's body. Or lots of dead mice. Worth a £1 punt to find out.
Or you could have borrowed a ladder and had a look in the window.

That way, you'd still have a quid for some chips.

Laurel Green

30,770 posts

231 months

Thursday 20th February 2020
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I thought it strange that one of the adjoining owners wasn't interested in bidding for it.

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Thursday 20th February 2020
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Laurel Green said:
I thought it strange that one of the adjoining owners wasn't interested in bidding for it.
It's pretty obvious that it 'belongs' to one of the neighbours. Same brickwork, same window...


Laurel Green

30,770 posts

231 months

Thursday 20th February 2020
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Doofus said:
It's pretty obvious that it 'belongs' to one of the neighbours. Same brickwork, same window...
I'd say it probably did at one time, although it must have adjoined both sides at one time as it has doors on both sides (bricked up). The council has/had owned it since 1966.

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