Show us your real estate pawn (vol 3)
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Doofus said:
cossy400 said:
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we had this??
it's alot of grey.
nice garages though
Yes. Another footballist, in a really swe had this??
it's alot of grey.
nice garages though
t location. Unless you work at a football club in Birmingham, that is.DKL said:
I always quite liked Fillongley, good access to the M42/M6, countryside is nice, Cov and Brum close by. House is grim mind.
Why is living close to two motorways good? It suggests that you'd rather be wherever those motorways take you to. Cov isn't a great city to be close to, and Fillongley isn't really very close to Birmingham.Sure, for commuting, it's 'close', but for living, it's 'too far from all of them'. No pub, no shop, no village. You do have a nice fast road at the bottom of the drive, but it doesn't go anywhere...
DKL said:
Doofus said:
cossy400 said:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...
we had this??
it's alot of grey.
nice garages though
Yes. Another footballist, in a really swe had this??
it's alot of grey.
nice garages though
t location. Unless you work at a football club in Birmingham, that is.https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...
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tty and dont work)Du1point8 said:
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Geoff Boycott’s place. Boston Spa’s a nice town, but for that sort of money I’d want a more spacious setting and a nicer interior. (would upload an image but PH uploaded is s
tty and dont work)Du1point8 said:
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Look back on thread a couple of months. It's very nicely done, I remember thinking.(would upload an image but PH uploaded is s
tty and dont work)Doofus said:
DKL said:
I always quite liked Fillongley, good access to the M42/M6, countryside is nice, Cov and Brum close by. House is grim mind.
Why is living close to two motorways good? It suggests that you'd rather be wherever those motorways take you to. Cov isn't a great city to be close to, and Fillongley isn't really very close to Birmingham.Sure, for commuting, it's 'close', but for living, it's 'too far from all of them'. No pub, no shop, no village. You do have a nice fast road at the bottom of the drive, but it doesn't go anywhere...
I'd have thought the whole point living in the country is that you don't want to live where the motorways take you, you just want the speedy access. The M6 is a bit prominent but you get used to it.
Last time I looked there is a pub and a school which does give some community. Probably driving through tonight I'll have a look!
I dare say you'd find "nicer" villages locally if you looked but on balance it's ok
Pesty said:
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DKL said:
Its about 8 miles from Cov centre and I doubt its much further to Brum. The surrounding villages are nice, Meriden/Berkswell etc. Loads of school mates came from this far out although granted this was a few decades ago.
I'd have thought the whole point living in the country is that you don't want to live where the motorways take you, you just want the speedy access. The M6 is a bit prominent but you get used to it.
Last time I looked there is a pub and a school which does give some community. Probably driving through tonight I'll have a look!
I dare say you'd find "nicer" villages locally if you looked but on balance it's ok
I may have been a little harsh last night I'd have thought the whole point living in the country is that you don't want to live where the motorways take you, you just want the speedy access. The M6 is a bit prominent but you get used to it.
Last time I looked there is a pub and a school which does give some community. Probably driving through tonight I'll have a look!
I dare say you'd find "nicer" villages locally if you looked but on balance it's ok
But...Fillongley village is on a busy road, and this particular house is over a mile from the village. The last time I went to the pub there (The Manor Hotel?) it was horrible, but thst was probably ten years ago.
I agree that there are some nice villages around, such as Meriden and Berkswell; so why not live there instead?
If the house we're talking about was nice, I could perhaps be persuaded that the location was ok, but it's not nice, it's nasty, and the location won't sell it to me.
Doofus said:
DKL said:
Its about 8 miles from Cov centre and I doubt its much further to Brum. The surrounding villages are nice, Meriden/Berkswell etc. Loads of school mates came from this far out although granted this was a few decades ago.
I'd have thought the whole point living in the country is that you don't want to live where the motorways take you, you just want the speedy access. The M6 is a bit prominent but you get used to it.
Last time I looked there is a pub and a school which does give some community. Probably driving through tonight I'll have a look!
I dare say you'd find "nicer" villages locally if you looked but on balance it's ok
I may have been a little harsh last night I'd have thought the whole point living in the country is that you don't want to live where the motorways take you, you just want the speedy access. The M6 is a bit prominent but you get used to it.
Last time I looked there is a pub and a school which does give some community. Probably driving through tonight I'll have a look!
I dare say you'd find "nicer" villages locally if you looked but on balance it's ok
But...Fillongley village is on a busy road, and this particular house is over a mile from the village. The last time I went to the pub there (The Manor Hotel?) it was horrible, but thst was probably ten years ago.
I agree that there are some nice villages around, such as Meriden and Berkswell; so why not live there instead?
If the house we're talking about was nice, I could perhaps be persuaded that the location was ok, but it's not nice, it's nasty, and the location won't sell it to me.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...
Stunning location but less sure about the property itself. Has potential though....
TheGreatSoprendo said:
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Stunning location but less sure about the property itself. Has potential though....
PositronicRay said:
TheGreatSoprendo said:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prop...
Stunning location but less sure about the property itself. Has potential though....
Nice location, but you’d have to get used to day trippers gawping at the front of the house I suspect. There looks to be a high level path of some sort in the woods that flank the grounds too.
It was built in 1822 but any historical character It may have had has been eradicated, probably when it was converted to a hotel. It still looks very like one inside too; you’d have to undertake a thorough programme of improvement to make it homely.
Not for me I’m afraid.
It was built in 1822 but any historical character It may have had has been eradicated, probably when it was converted to a hotel. It still looks very like one inside too; you’d have to undertake a thorough programme of improvement to make it homely.
Not for me I’m afraid.
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