Real Estate nightmares

[thetapeworm]

malaccamax said:

These are odd. Three of them, in a terrace, two for sale, from £1.25m, and clearly the result of some very restrictive planning agreement to convert the barn.
Well specced, but in the top rooms it would be like living in the rafters of your local Homebase. https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/108318935#/
You're also on one of those play farms, which would be great if you've got small kids

Edit: actually all three for sale

They remind me of the sort of thing you see on the Channel 4 show "Four in Bed" when some wealthy London type has decided to up sticks, buy a vineyard and then stick some fancy cloned B&B things (3 nights minimum stay, no cooked breakfast) on there to add further income.

Generally the folk from the £30 a night B&B in Blackpool give them low marks and find a hair on the toilet.

[Doofus]

thetapeworm said:

malaccamax said:

These are odd. Three of them, in a terrace, two for sale, from £1.25m, and clearly the result of some very restrictive planning agreement to convert the barn.
Well specced, but in the top rooms it would be like living in the rafters of your local Homebase. https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/108318935#/
You're also on one of those play farms, which would be great if you've got small kids

Edit: actually all three for sale

They remind me of the sort of thing you see on the Channel 4 show "Four in Bed" when some wealthy London type has decided to up sticks, buy a vineyard and then stick some fancy cloned B&B things (3 nights minimum stay, no cooked breakfast) on there to add further income.

Generally the folk from the £30 a night B&B in Blackpool give them low marks and find a hair on the toilet.

I was going to point out there are at least two windowless rooms, but then I noticed the dining room has a window looking onto the bog. How funny will that be at dinner parties when everyone who goes for a pee leaves the toilet door open when they come back to the table?

[DaveyBoyWonder]

malaccamax said:

These are odd. Three of them, in a terrace, two for sale, from £1.25m, and clearly the result of some very restrictive planning agreement to convert the barn.
Well specced, but in the top rooms it would be like living in the rafters of your local Homebase. https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/108318935#/
You're also on one of those play farms, which would be great if you've got small kids

Edit: actually all three for sale

Edited by malaccamax on Tuesday 15th June 10:38

Was thinking they actually looked ok but then saw the rooms in the roof. Weirdly looking on google maps satellite images, you can see them being built so they're not an old barn thats been repurposed into houses, they've actually been built like that on purpose. Imagine trying to get some kip in those bedrooms if its hammering down outside... £1.2m for a metal shed with a nice kitchen. Mad...

[Condi]

DaveyBoyWonder said:

Was thinking they actually looked ok but then saw the rooms in the roof. Weirdly looking on google maps satellite images, you can see them being built so they're not an old barn thats been repurposed into houses, they've actually been built like that on purpose. Imagine trying to get some kip in those bedrooms if its hammering down outside... £1.2m for a metal shed with a nice kitchen. Mad...

They're a class Q conversion, so have been a metal barn in the past. Not your Victorian brick stables, more likely a 1960's cowshed.

There are loads going up at the moment, you don't need to apply for full planning so every farmer and his wife are converting their old barns into houses, selling them off and building a new shed elsewhere on the farm. House is worth £500k, new shed £60/80k.

[malaccamax]

Condi said:

They're a class Q conversion, so have been a metal barn in the past. Not your Victorian brick stables, more likely a 1960's cowshed.

There are loads going up at the moment, you don't need to apply for full planning so every farmer and his wife are converting their old barns into houses, selling them off and building a new shed elsewhere on the farm. House is worth £500k, new shed £60/80k.

Interesting. The only hope I can see for these particularly three is for holiday lets. Build a communal pool, give families run of the play farm. Not terrible (that part of Bucks is lovely). HS2 must be pretty close though

[PhilboSE]

Condi said:

They're a class Q conversion, so have been a metal barn in the past. Not your Victorian brick stables, more likely a 1960's cowshed.

There are loads going up at the moment, you don't need to apply for full planning so every farmer and his wife are converting their old barns into houses, selling them off and building a new shed elsewhere on the farm. House is worth £500k, new shed £60/80k.

And can the farmer rinse and repeat on the new shed?

[NickCQ]

PhilboSE said:

And can the farmer rinse and repeat on the new shed?

Broadly speaking you have to wait ten years from construction for any shed built after 2013 (when the Class Q category was introduced)

[Condi]

PhilboSE said:

And can the farmer rinse and repeat on the new shed?

No, not exactly. As Nick says there is a period where it has to be used for agricultural purposes before you can convert it.

But then, yes, over a extended timeframe you could convert that, build new shed etc...

[ambuletz]

I feel as though the photos in this article are somewhat relevant to this thread.

Why would someone brick up so many windows on their property? Why haven't more people removed the bricks to bring back windows?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-57349499

[Trustmeimadoctor]

The window tax was interesting period but some really need them restoring

[ElectricSoup]

ambuletz said:

I feel as though the photos in this article are somewhat relevant to this thread.

Why would someone brick up so many windows on their property? Why haven't more people removed the bricks to bring back windows?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-57349499

Dunno but that's a lovely SAAB 900 in those pics.

[cmvtec]

ElectricSoup said:

Dunno but that's a lovely SAAB 900 in those pics.

I thought that.

[DodgyGeezer]

is pink the new grey....

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/109003958#/

[Trustmeimadoctor]

I hope not as I like some pinks

[Bonefish Blues]

What's with the pink slicks in the toilet pans?

[CharlesdeGaulle]

DodgyGeezer said:

is pink the new grey....

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/109003958#/

I bloody hate beds made up like that. All those stupid pillows just end up on the floor.

[McLarenarama]

DodgyGeezer said:

is pink the new grey....

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/109003958#/

Strangely I actually like it. Obviously not every room and every item for my own taste. But it is rather fun to see the door handles, garage door everything colour coordinated. I am so tired of seeing grey and black. Only fault I see if the location of the TV. No I would not live there, but if I was a friend/visitor I would enjoy the place.

[Escort3500]

DodgyGeezer said:

is pink the new grey....

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/109003958#/

Hilariously awful. It must be great watching visitors’ reactions when they’re looking round the place. It’s actually made me like grey interiors.

[Pit Pony]

DodgyGeezer said:

is pink the new grey....

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/109003958#/

This should be a criminal offencevon 2 counts.
The size of the garage. The original developer wants a slap for being tight with space.
And converting.it into a room when the house has plenty of rooms already.

[Hugo Stiglitz]

SweptVolume said:

Barn conversions are so passé. Now it's all about living in a silo:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/80182674#/m...

Not too bad inside inside (flat cow aside), but still...

ETA: the floor plan looks like the view a toilet bowl gets when a man sits down:

Edited by SweptVolume on Wednesday 12th May 10:54

That's awesome. Love the interior too.