Real Estate nightmares
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PositronicRay said:
Rh14n said:
This transformation of an ordinary 1970s house not far from us is hilarious/horrendous!
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...
Not sure about bedrooms 1 and 3, or the bar. https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...
Rh14n said:
This transformation of an ordinary 1970s house not far from us is hilarious/horrendous!
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...
Re-post from some time ago, but worth it to remind us just how bad it is. Surprised that it hasn’t sold https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...
Escort3500 said:
Rh14n said:
This transformation of an ordinary 1970s house not far from us is hilarious/horrendous!
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...
Re-post from some time ago, but worth it to remind us just how bad it is. Surprised that it hasn’t sold https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...
ro250 said:
Laurel Green said:
I don't get this at all. It's a room you cannot access unless, presumably you knock through from either side. So who would want it other than who is attached to it? It has no value to anyone else, only liability, as once you own it you're responsible for it. The BBC story is rubbish on info!https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8028789/F...
The guy who does own the next door building says he made the local council an offer of £250 to buy it, but they decided to send it to auction instead. He comes over as a little bit bitter about it!
Also seems that whoever did buy it at the auction for £1, will have £1000 of fees to pay? I'm not sure how the fees amount to quite that much?
I expect the new owner will now try to sell it to the insurance guy next door for £2000 or something, which is why he is Captain Bitter now.
Anyway the Sun does have a picture of the inside, probably someone stuck up a camera on a stick, it's just an empty room with what looks like a steel roof support across it. Probably it was only ever a fake room designed to make the building look nicer / wider from the outside.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11013105/tiny-flat-w...
FourWheelDrift said:
Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:
FourWheelDrift said:
Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:
'The property is tucked away behind the adjoining house on Hill Lane and benefits from its own courtyard garden' suggests that that may be the main facia of the house?
Yes, it's the white walled placed in the centre here - https://www.google.com/maps/@50.9121916,-1.4165945...hold CTRL and right mouse button to rotate around.
irocfan said:
A splash of paint here and there and that will look lovely. 
Will be the plot size and area that is commanding such price, me thinks.
CAPP0 said:
cherie171 said:
You need to enable the 'global' view on the satellite view
How d'you do that?Fermit was correct - there isn't a front - you're buying the back of a semi - so even more of a nightmare than I originally thought.
RC1807 said:
It's near Soton central station, so good for student lets, but you wouldn't want to live there....at all!
I've changed now from a radius search to a map - I don't know the area, but need to be walking distance from the station, I'm refining down the target areas to Bedford Place, bottom of high street and (at a push) ocean village.Carbon Sasquatch said:
RC1807 said:
It's near Soton central station, so good for student lets, but you wouldn't want to live there....at all!
I've changed now from a radius search to a map - I don't know the area, but need to be walking distance from the station, I'm refining down the target areas to Bedford Place, bottom of high street and (at a push) ocean village.
tty shaped plot! anonymous said:
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You can build it deeper, you might be able to build it taller if you were able to dig down. You can't build it much wider though. You'd end up with a property with an average front elevation, with poor views (no views) that would be described as 'deceptively spacious' and the chance to chit-chat with both neighbours over the garden fences. I'm not sure I'd be wanting to spend upwards of £1.25M to realise that. anonymous said:
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Look at the density of development in the vicinity. Plenty of properties utilise the full width of the plot and the character of the area is of sizeable houses on generous plots, so I’d maintain there’s lots of scope for a much bigger rebuild, albeit an expensive one. 
cayman-black said:
irocfan said:
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