Show us your real estate pawn (vol 3)

[bob-lad]

mattyn1 said:

Right - decor style normally runs through the house... normally.

here we have a bit of a mash-up. Not my idea of porn but I am sure it is someone's.... (all gets a bit surreal at pic #4)

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

But if you wanted an interesting bit of history, maybe this suits.....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5860739/Sc...

First one, everything after the first picture is gash.

the second one is superb. Shame about the Daily Fail link.

[bob-lad]

JPJPJP said:

These renovations / new builds in York have been in progress for some time.

They look well done

147 Newington Place, Mount Vale, York, YO24
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

Are you the developer?

They're horrendous. Totally destroyed the character of the property and to top it off, there's a modern minuscule back "garden".

Grim.

[Gameface]

Horrendous?

Grim?

It might not be to your taste but don't exaggerate.

[anonymous-user]

No, not the developer, just a local

Massive improvement on what was there before imo. The market will decide I suppose. Looks like the money is needed from the first batch to fund the next phase

[AstonZagato]

mattyn1 said:

But if you wanted an interesting bit of history, maybe this suits.....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5860739/Sc...

Oohh. I know someone who goes out with the daughter of the chap that owns that (#TenuousLink)

[mattyn1]

https://www.engelvoelkers.com/en-es/property/uniqu...

Have a guess which pic made me titter like a adolescent child?

[Zonergem]

silentbrown said:

https://www.onthemarket.com/details/5106618/

This just on today, not so far from us. Obviously in need of a serious freshen up internally, and the running costs could be pretty challenging.

We could block up the cellar and top floor and still rattle around in it.

By serious freshen-up do you mean "replace the blue carpet in the dining room and the wallpaper in the master bedroom"? Other than that I could live in that very happily just as it is.

[Zonergem]

JPJPJP said:

These renovations / new builds in York have been in progress for some time.

They look well done

147 Newington Place, Mount Vale, York, YO24
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

I am actively in the market in York at around this price range.

400k over-priced would be my take.

[bob-lad]

Gameface said:

Horrendous?

Grim?

It might not be to your taste but don't exaggerate.

Ok, Vile. Is that better?

[p1stonhead]

Gameface said:

Horrendous?

Grim?

It might not be to your taste but don't exaggerate.

He isnt. They are bloody horrible.

[Escort3500]

p1stonhead said:

Gameface said:

Horrendous?

Grim?

It might not be to your taste but don't exaggerate.

He isnt. They are bloody horrible.

For pushing £1.5m it is horrendous and grim.

[PositronicRay]

AstonZagato said:

mattyn1 said:

But if you wanted an interesting bit of history, maybe this suits.....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5860739/Sc...

Oohh. I know someone who goes out with the daughter of the chap that owns that (#TenuousLink)

It's fantastic but wouldn't make me more gregarious.

[Gameface]

I'm not defending it particularly. I think it's overpriced, and exactly not real estate pawn. But horrendous, vile and grim is overstating things IMO.

Some on here are in need of a reality check.

Millions of people in this country would be over the moon with it.

You must all be multi millionaires/property developers/interior designers/aesthetes/social commentators.

I'd love to see your houses.

[Doofus]

mattyn1 said:

https://www.engelvoelkers.com/en-es/property/uniqu...

Have a guess which pic made me titter like a adolescent child?

Umm. The 3rd one, no, the 6th one. No, the 11th one.

I have no clue. What's funny?

[Gameface]

Doofus said:

mattyn1 said:

https://www.engelvoelkers.com/en-es/property/uniqu...

Have a guess which pic made me titter like a adolescent child?

Umm. The 3rd one, no, the 6th one. No, the 11th one.

I have no clue. What's funny?

The only thing it could possibly be is the cactus, but if that's the case, it's not something I'd admit to on a public forum.

[DonkeyApple]

akirk said:

louiebaby said:

numtumfutunch said:

As a complete boaty novice what would one need to get from here to the Thames barrier and back safely without outside help, what kind of licence would this need and how much time would it take to acquire?

Cheers

My understanding (which may be flawed) is that you don't NEED very much. You can hire narrow boats and gin palaces for week long holidays with only a few basic instructions. We had a very long narrowboat for a week with an hour of tutorial from the owner, and had no real worries travelling at about 3 mph...

If you're planning on messing about down near the Thames Barrier, or anywhere downstream of about Putney, there is no speed restriction, and a lot more of the bigger commercial stuff about. You might need some qualifications for that, but you'd certainly want some. Definitely.

You'd not want to be commuting from Taplow to Canary Wharf on a boat though, it'd take a wee while.

If a complete boaty novice - I would suggest that a car would be better
As others have said - the bit of river further upstream is not a huge issue - but you would not want to mess around on the tidal parts of the Thames without experience - there are a lot of commercial boats / strong tides / etc. I am an experienced sea based powerboater / sailor type thingy and I would be cautious on that stretch of the Thames...

upper Thames - a child of 10 could manage, middle Thames - no issue for beginners with some common sense - Lower Thames - avoid!

If someone has very little experience of handling boats on water then I’m not sure I see the logic that trading to handle a car on the Thames is going to be easier.

I was out on the lower Thames as a child in a dory. In terms of the traffic I would think that someone with conventional levels of common sense would have no issues at all. What takes time to learn and is probably the real challenge is the combination of wind and tides on that stretch and how you manoeuvre a boat under what are sometimes pretty strong conditions.

[Jobbo]

Zonergem said:

silentbrown said:

https://www.onthemarket.com/details/5106618/

This just on today, not so far from us. Obviously in need of a serious freshen up internally, and the running costs could be pretty challenging.

We could block up the cellar and top floor and still rattle around in it.

By serious freshen-up do you mean "replace the blue carpet in the dining room and the wallpaper in the master bedroom"? Other than that I could live in that very happily just as it is.

Absolutely- I love that and wouldn’t change much at all.

[silentbrown]

DonkeyApple said:

If someone has very little experience of handling boats on water then I’m not sure I see the logic that trading to handle a car on the Thames is going to be easier.

I still remember seeing one of these in action on the Thames when I was a kid!

[TartanPaint]

mattyn1 said:

https://www.engelvoelkers.com/en-es/property/uniqu...

Have a guess which pic made me titter like a adolescent child?

Not that one... not that one.... not that one..... pfffffffff

[snobetter]

TartanPaint said:

mattyn1 said:

https://www.engelvoelkers.com/en-es/property/uniqu...

Have a guess which pic made me titter like a adolescent child?

Not that one... not that one.... not that one..... pfffffffff

Jacuzzi view hole?