Show us your real estate pawn (vol 3)

[Bonefish Blues]

Doofus said:

Gameface said:

What's the story behind the last two posts regarding pregnancy?

Bonefish Blues got my wife pregnant while I was putting up his conservatory.

He told her he was Kevin Mcloud.

It's a sore point...

Indeed. Pair of jeans and a slightly-too-tight jacket under a puffa and she was putty in my hands, as are they all are for the Great Inseminator himself.

Edited by Bonefish Blues on Wednesday 23 January 19:47

[CPWilliams]

Escort3500 said:

dmsims said:

CPWilliams said:

For anyone who knows Bristol, this has the potential to be pretty special:

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/commercial-property-fo...

Noisy in the "garden"

And overlooking a muddy estuary at low tide.

Don't forget the muddy river at high tide!

[Doofus]

Bonefish Blues said:

Indeed. Pair of jeans and a slightly-too-tight jacket under a puffa and she was putty in my hands, as are they all are for the Great Inseminator himself.

Edited by Bonefish Blues on Wednesday 23 January 19:47

Baldy.

[CPWilliams]

DonkeyApple said:

As it’s a ‘Grand Designs’ building plot then the obvious play is to let some mug age themselves ten years and bankrupt themselves building it and then pick it at the receivers auction for next to nothing.

The retaining wall for the terrace directly south of this actually did bankrupt the industrialist-turned-builder, but that was in 1780:

Edited by CPWilliams on Wednesday 23 January 20:06

[S1KRR]

Butter Face said:

Very very odd to get rid of the pool!

Last owners had a smattering of decent cars parked outside across the last few years, Ferrari, Maserati etc. Nice looking place from the road.

Echoing the comments above, Pools are a ball ache to maintain. Especially when you can get a monthly of £30 odd quid at almost any council leisure centre

And, on a personal note, as someone that has been known to swim a lot. Little 10-15M pools like you get in gardens are no fun if you are doing 3-6Km distance training.

[Shuvi McTupya]

S1KRR said:

Echoing the comments above, Pools are a ball ache to maintain. Especially when you can get a monthly of £30 odd quid at almost any council leisure centre

My Dad has a small pool at his place in Portugal and he would agree. he feels obligated to maintain it, especially when he has visitors. He has lived there with his wife for six years and she has never been in it. he has used it half a dozen times, tops. Its a constant source of hassle dealing with the pumps and filters and the bloody pine needles but he rents the house so he cant just fill it in.

[easytiger123]

CPWilliams said:

DonkeyApple said:

As it’s a ‘Grand Designs’ building plot then the obvious play is to let some mug age themselves ten years and bankrupt themselves building it and then pick it at the receivers auction for next to nothing.

The retaining wall for the terrace directly south of this actually did bankrupt the industrialist-turned-builder, but that was in 1780:

Edited by CPWilliams on Wednesday 23 January 20:06

Having spent 5 years of my life running across that fking bridge on the way from school to the playing fields and back again 3 times a week (the coaches were too heavy to cross unless they were empty), I'd pay good money to never have to look at it again.

[Digga]

Escort3500 said:

Digga said:

Escort3500 said:

m3sye said:

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/photos/5...

Nice, but the interior is dreadful.

A bit fking mental isn't it? Those chairs in the lounge win.

It’s like an old folks’ home

Yes, you can almost smell over-boiled vegetables and piss as you look at some of the interior pics.

[E24man]

Digga said:

Escort3500 said:

Digga said:

Escort3500 said:

m3sye said:

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/photos/5...

Nice, but the interior is dreadful.

A bit fking mental isn't it? Those chairs in the lounge win.

It’s like an old folks’ home

Yes, you can almost smell over-boiled vegetables and piss as you look at some of the interior pics.

I hate to say this but that is absolutely typical of middle-aged old Yorkshire money in that area; I lived and worked throughout that area for 10 years.

[spreadsheet monkey]

Escort3500 said:

m3sye said:

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/photos/5...

Nice, but the interior is dreadful.

I've noticed you're very critical on these threads.

What kind of property do you like?

[JF87]

There are plenty of bits of Ramsgate you wouldn't want to look down on, but this roof terrace sympathetically edits them out.

Also a nice balcony on the first floor. Pleasing mash-up of architectural history inside & out, and has just taken a £50K drop to £900K.

Tiny patio garden, questionable bathroom tiling and only a single lock-up garage round the back. But on the whole I really like it. Five floors of fun!





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

[FourWheelDrift]

JF87 said:

There are plenty of bits of Ramsgate you wouldn't want to look down on, but this roof terrace sympathetically edits them out.

Also a nice balcony on the first floor. Pleasing mash-up of architectural history inside & out, and has just taken a £50K drop to £900K.

Tiny patio garden, questionable bathroom tiling and only a single lock-up garage round the back. But on the whole I really like it. Five floors of fun!

Not sure I'd like the view out of the side window from the living room of the naturist neighbour - https://goo.gl/maps/4btLajTxdu32

[JF87]

[Varelco]

JF87 said:

There are plenty of bits of Ramsgate you wouldn't want to look down on, but this roof terrace sympathetically edits them out.

Also a nice balcony on the first floor. Pleasing mash-up of architectural history inside & out, and has just taken a £50K drop to £900K.

Tiny patio garden, questionable bathroom tiling and only a single lock-up garage round the back. But on the whole I really like it. Five floors of fun!

Wow, that is lovely. Not something I'd expect to see in Ramsgate, my memory of the place is blocks of flat and tracksuit bottoms.

[anonymous-user]

Its very nice, Ramsgate though, I'd expect that to be a LOT less

[Bonefish Blues]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Wait 6 months, maybe?

[JF87]

It was up at £950k with no takers for yonks, so might well come down more.

The nice bits of Ramsgate are now filling up with DFLs, which has probably got vendors over-excited.

[RC1807]

JF87 said:

It was up at £950k with no takers for yonks, so might well come down more.

The nice bits of Ramsgate are now filling up with DFLs, which has probably got vendors over-excited.

Kitchen and bathroom tilign aside, I rather like that!
I'm not knowledgeable enough to know if the interior fittings match the period of the house, e.g. banister / balustrade on the stairs / landing looks rather "Macintosh" to me, firepaces / mouldings look to be an older style (?) but overall, it's 8/10

[Mark Benson]

E24man said:

Digga said:

Escort3500 said:

Digga said:

Escort3500 said:

m3sye said:

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/photos/5...

Nice, but the interior is dreadful.

A bit fking mental isn't it? Those chairs in the lounge win.

It’s like an old folks’ home

Yes, you can almost smell over-boiled vegetables and piss as you look at some of the interior pics.

I hate to say this but that is absolutely typical of middle-aged old Yorkshire money in that area; I lived and worked throughout that area for 10 years.

I still do, and it is.

Though it's beginning to change, not always for the better though (some awful 'renovations' have been visited on a few of the houses round here recently when all they needed was paint and carpets).

[Ace-T]

RC1807 said:

Kitchen and bathroom tilign aside, I rather like that!
I'm not knowledgeable enough to know if the interior fittings match the period of the house, e.g. banister / balustrade on the stairs / landing looks rather "Macintosh" to me, firepaces / mouldings look to be an older style (?) but overall, it's 8/10

Looks Edwardian to me. But that was a bit of a mash up of an era anyway. Lovely place.