Show us your real estate pawn (Vol 4)

Show us your real estate pawn (Vol 4)

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deckster

9,630 posts

255 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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LaurasOtherHalf said:
We used to call them “light blue Sp***er-mobiles”, well, those light blue three wheeler ones anyways.
Yep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invacar. Haven't seen one on the road for probably 30 years or more.

Doofus

25,810 posts

173 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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deckster said:
Yep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invacar. Haven't seen one on the road for probably 30 years or more.
There's a good reason for that.

ChevronB19

5,778 posts

163 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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Doofus

25,810 posts

173 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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ChevronB19 said:
Yes, we know.

ChevronB19

5,778 posts

163 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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Doofus said:
ChevronB19 said:
Yes, we know.
Oops, sorry!

Doofus

25,810 posts

173 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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ChevronB19 said:
Oops, sorry!
wink

PhilboSE

4,352 posts

226 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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S1KRR said:
12 Acres a stones throw from Epsom race course?

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/85170988#/

6 Beds
£2.999M

Needs some serious modernisation work, but that stable complex could hold a hell of a car collection wink
Only worth £3M to a unicorn buyer who needs the horsey stuff. As a location and a house it has very little to offer.

Being near Epsom race course doesn't really add much to the value, it doesn't hold many races throughout the year and the Derby has become a magnet unless you can wangle a ticket into a corporate box in the Queens Stand.

abzmike

8,370 posts

106 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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Apologies is shared previously, but how many period features would sir like for just £1M...

https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbedsce...


Doofus

25,810 posts

173 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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abzmike said:
Apologies is shared previously, but how many period features would sir like for just £1M...

https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbedsce...
I was just thinking that not much would persuade me to want to live in Scotland except maybe this house.

Then I Google Earthed it....

deckster

9,630 posts

255 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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Doofus said:
I was just thinking that not much would persuade me to want to live in Scotland except maybe this house.

Then I Google Earthed it....
To be fair, although the Streetview images are as you say pretty uninviting they were taken 11 years ago and the blurb does say the house has had a full restoration. I can't imagine that somebody who has taken the effort to get the interior looking as good as it does would have left the outside in that state. It's still hard for somebody used to southern prices to quite comprehend what a million quid will get you elsewhere in the country.

Doofus

25,810 posts

173 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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deckster said:
Doofus said:
I was just thinking that not much would persuade me to want to live in Scotland except maybe this house.

Then I Google Earthed it....
To be fair, although the Streetview images are as you say pretty uninviting they were taken 11 years ago and the blurb does say the house has had a full restoration. I can't imagine that somebody who has taken the effort to get the interior looking as good as it does would have left the outside in that state. It's still hard for somebody used to southern prices to quite comprehend what a million quid will get you elsewhere in the country.
It wasn't the streetview I was bothered about; rather that the EA makes the place look like it's on the side of a loch, and it's actually pretty-well smack in the middle of a small town..

Bonefish Blues

26,678 posts

223 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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I think it's more that there's been a fair amount of development in the intervening 4 centuries wink

Doofus

25,810 posts

173 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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Bonefish Blues said:
I think it's more that there's been a fair amount of development in the intervening 4 centuries wink
What, since the agent took the photos? smile

Bonefish Blues

26,678 posts

223 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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Doofus said:
Bonefish Blues said:
I think it's more that there's been a fair amount of development in the intervening 4 centuries wink
What, since the agent took the photos? smile
I think they used painters bitd hehe

deckster

9,630 posts

255 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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Doofus said:
deckster said:
Doofus said:
I was just thinking that not much would persuade me to want to live in Scotland except maybe this house.

Then I Google Earthed it....
To be fair, although the Streetview images are as you say pretty uninviting they were taken 11 years ago and the blurb does say the house has had a full restoration. I can't imagine that somebody who has taken the effort to get the interior looking as good as it does would have left the outside in that state. It's still hard for somebody used to southern prices to quite comprehend what a million quid will get you elsewhere in the country.
It wasn't the streetview I was bothered about; rather that the EA makes the place look like it's on the side of a loch, and it's actually pretty-well smack in the middle of a small town..
Struggling to see how you come to that conclusion. There's not a spot of water in any of the photos, the description doesn't mention the word "loch", and even says "located...close to the heart of this historic East Lothian village".


Doofus

25,810 posts

173 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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Do you always interpret everything so literally?

The photos make the house look like it stands on its own. I imagined the loch.


Edited to redact unnecessarily grumpy response.

Edited by Doofus on Saturday 24th October 16:02

DocJock

8,357 posts

240 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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deckster said:
Doofus said:
deckster said:
Doofus said:
I was just thinking that not much would persuade me to want to live in Scotland except maybe this house.

Then I Google Earthed it....
To be fair, although the Streetview images are as you say pretty uninviting they were taken 11 years ago and the blurb does say the house has had a full restoration. I can't imagine that somebody who has taken the effort to get the interior looking as good as it does would have left the outside in that state. It's still hard for somebody used to southern prices to quite comprehend what a million quid will get you elsewhere in the country.
It wasn't the streetview I was bothered about; rather that the EA makes the place look like it's on the side of a loch, and it's actually pretty-well smack in the middle of a small town..
Struggling to see how you come to that conclusion. There's not a spot of water in any of the photos, the description doesn't mention the word "loch", and even says "located...close to the heart of this historic East Lothian village".
The only thing you need to know is that it's Prestonpans. Run away. Run away as fast as you can.

Edited by DocJock on Sunday 25th October 06:08

Evoluzione

10,345 posts

243 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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Meanwhile over in France:
https://www.boutiqueduparticulier.immo/annonce-imm...

£273k buys a heck of a lot, I can't undertand the 'estimate of notary fees: approx. € 22,300' though?

Doofus

25,810 posts

173 months

Saturday 24th October 2020
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Evoluzione said:
Meanwhile over in France:
https://www.boutiqueduparticulier.immo/annonce-imm...

£273k buys a heck of a lot, I can't undertand the 'estimate of notary fees: approx. € 22,300' though?
Notaires fees are usually 10-15% in France.

mattyn1

5,755 posts

155 months

Sunday 25th October 2020
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This has caught my eye today. Close to being perfect for me .... traditional and character building with lots of modernisation in side. Land, pool, garaging, etc. Oh and near a pub!

When scanning though I discounted this as I thought pebble dash.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/97721531#/
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