Show us your real estate pawn (Vol 4)

[Sway]

I've got a lot of yearning for this one...

https://www.knightfrank.co.uk/properties/residenti...

[Wonderman]

Sway said:

I've got a lot of yearning for this one...

https://www.knightfrank.co.uk/properties/residenti...

Those photos make it seem overlooked on all sides is that why "only" £1.5m guide price?

[Sway]

Wonderman said:

Those photos make it seem overlooked on all sides is that why "only" £1.5m guide price?

Satellite View seems to show some overlooking, but not what I'd consider a problem! Lots of large, very mature shrubs and trees.

May well be why it 'seems cheap' - for me (living fewer than 20 miles from it), I'd really not be put off but know others are more finicky when it comes to spending a mil and a half!

[NickCQ]

Wonderman said:

Sway said:

I've got a lot of yearning for this one...

https://www.knightfrank.co.uk/properties/residenti...

Those photos make it seem overlooked on all sides is that why "only" £1.5m guide price?

It doesn't seem especially cheap for 0.5 acres / 2,500 sqft. For roughly the same price you can get more garden and more house within walking distance of Haslemere station which, unlike Witley, has fast trains. You would have to really want to live in a 17th century property - clearly the current owners don't as they have basically moved out of the old house and into the modern annexe!

[Riley Blue]

I think this is only the second time I've posted in this thread. What's the verdict?

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

(You're all going to tell me you've already had it, aren't you...)

[Doofus]

Riley Blue said:

I think this is only the second time I've posted in this thread. What's the verdict?

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

(You're all going to tell me you've already had it, aren't you...)

It's a Huf, so a hard no from me.

[Bonefish Blues]

Been on the market for a year or so and on the thread last year.

[Tango13]

I think this qualifies...

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/108161855#/

[DodgyGeezer]

Doofus said:

Riley Blue said:

I think this is only the second time I've posted in this thread. What's the verdict?

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

(You're all going to tell me you've already had it, aren't you...)

It's a Huf, so a hard no from me.

I like Hufs - not keen on being that close to a cliff though

[kingBadger]

Riley Blue said:

I think this is only the second time I've posted in this thread. What's the verdict?

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

(You're all going to tell me you've already had it, aren't you...)

A definite yes from me! Much better than these old codgers houses that people keep posting.

[Bonefish Blues]

I still don't understand why you'd design the backdrop to your infinity pool to be your neighbours' gardens.

[How u doing]

Bonefish Blues said:

I still don't understand why you'd design the backdrop to your infinity pool to be your neighbours' gardens.

Narcissists.

[stongle]

Judging by the mismatched styling and decor, I don't think the owners put a whole lot of thought into the place. Sure furniture can be changed and the out of place Aga removed form the kitchen but it all seems a bit thrown together.

[TheJimi]

Bonefish Blues said:

I still don't understand why you'd design the backdrop to your infinity pool to be your neighbours' gardens.

Is it?

The photo was taken at standing height, or thereabouts. I suspect your perspective once you're actually IN the pool, would be different.

Edited by TheJimi on Tuesday 15th June 08:33

[Bonefish Blues]

Isn't what you do in an infinity to fold your arms on the infinity end and gaze out? Just turn it by 90 degrees and you'd have the entire Welsh Ocean

[Doofus]

stongle said:

Judging by the mismatched styling and decor, I don't think the owners put a whole lot of thought into the place. Sure furniture can be changed and the out of place Aga removed form the kitchen but it all seems a bit thrown together.

This is one of the things I don't like about Hufs. People end up putting curtains in them for practicality, but they never look right.

I had a friend with a Hif a number of years ago, and it just wasn't a practical house for a family to live in. Open plan is over rated, IMO, and glass walls aren't really walls.

[louiebaby]

Riley Blue said:

I think this is only the second time I've posted in this thread. What's the verdict?

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

(You're all going to tell me you've already had it, aren't you...)

You can see the lifeboat station they did on Grand Designs from the garden, so that's cool!

[Dan_1981]

Think it's been posted before as remember the discussion about the rather large drop down the cliff on one side.

I really like the house, the way it's been decorated/ dressed / furnished whatever does absolutely nothing for it though.

No idea who thought that dining table worked in there.

And the curtains?!

Seems to be set up to be used as a holiday home already which is a shame, but seems to be the way with lots of these stunning coastal properties.

[RichB]

Doofus said:

stongle said:

Judging by the mismatched styling and decor, I don't think the owners put a whole lot of thought into the place. Sure furniture can be changed and the out of place Aga removed form the kitchen but it all seems a bit thrown together.

This is one of the things I don't like about Hufs. People end up putting curtains in them for practicality, but they never look right. I had a friend with a Huf a number of years ago, and it just wasn't a practical house for a family to live in. Open plan is over rated, IMO, and glass walls aren't really walls.

This is something I don't understand about Huf Häuse but if you had a friend with one you may know. Does the glass have some form of switchable magic blackout capability? Else, there's not much privacy in that guest bedroom, or indeed, any of the other bedrooms.

[thegreenhell]

Dan_1981 said:

Think it's been posted before as remember the discussion about the rather large drop down the cliff on one side.

It has been posted before.

I think the reason for the orientation of the pool is to make it South-facing. If they turned it towards the sea then it would be facing East, which is the wrong direction for those romantic Welsh sunsets...