Show us your real estate pawn (Vol 4)

Show us your real estate pawn (Vol 4)

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TheJimi

24,860 posts

242 months

Wednesday 16th June 2021
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ElectricSoup said:
easytiger123 said:
Nice bit of newly-listed NW London pawn.

https://www.onthemarket.com/details/10565640/
It's wonky.
I'm really not seeing £13.5m in that.

Nice house, but not at that money. Mental, imo.

Edit: and it's a bloody semi rofl

Edited by TheJimi on Wednesday 16th June 13:12

NickCQ

5,392 posts

95 months

Wednesday 16th June 2021
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easytiger123 said:
Nice bit of newly-listed NW London pawn.

https://www.onthemarket.com/details/10565640/
Crazy price of course, but there can't be many houses in prime London locations with 1/3 of an acre, a pool and a pond!

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Wednesday 16th June 2021
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TheJimi said:
ElectricSoup said:
easytiger123 said:
Nice bit of newly-listed NW London pawn.

https://www.onthemarket.com/details/10565640/
It's wonky.
I'm really not seeing £13.5m in that.

Nice house, but not at that money. Mental, imo.
People who live in London will pay incredible amounts to have a house that makes them feel like they don't live in London.

TheJimi

24,860 posts

242 months

Wednesday 16th June 2021
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Doofus said:
TheJimi said:
ElectricSoup said:
easytiger123 said:
Nice bit of newly-listed NW London pawn.

https://www.onthemarket.com/details/10565640/
It's wonky.
I'm really not seeing £13.5m in that.

Nice house, but not at that money. Mental, imo.
People who live in London will pay incredible amounts to have a house that makes them feel like they don't live in London.
No doubt.

Good way of putting it, actually.

gibbon

2,182 posts

206 months

Wednesday 16th June 2021
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Doofus said:
People who live in London will pay incredible amounts to have a house that makes them feel like they don't live in London.
The best of both worlds, there are simply not many plots like that, the house is classic and timeless and there are more very rich people than many realise.

I actually can completely understand the price.

TheJimi

24,860 posts

242 months

Wednesday 16th June 2021
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gibbon said:
Doofus said:
People who live in London will pay incredible amounts to have a house that makes them feel like they don't live in London.
The best of both worlds, there are simply not many plots like that, the house is classic and timeless and there are more very rich people than many realise.

I actually can completely understand the price.
I'm in no doubt as to the fact that there are a great many people who could afford, and indeed, will want that house.

That doesn't stop me thinking that it's mental money for what it is. I could be a billionaire and still think the same.

NickCQ

5,392 posts

95 months

Wednesday 16th June 2021
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Doofus said:
People who live in London will pay incredible amounts to have a house that makes them feel like they don't live in London.
What's wrong with that? Get all the benefits of living close to London entertainment, restaurants, work, community etc without the density and noise. Sounds ideal.

okgo

37,857 posts

197 months

Wednesday 16th June 2021
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NickCQ said:
What's wrong with that? Get all the benefits of living close to London entertainment, restaurants, work, community etc without the density and noise. Sounds ideal.
Too many tourists though. Would do my head in, like Greenwich. It is a really pleasant part of the world, though.


Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Wednesday 16th June 2021
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NickCQ said:
Doofus said:
People who live in London will pay incredible amounts to have a house that makes them feel like they don't live in London.
What's wrong with that? Get all the benefits of living close to London entertainment, restaurants, work, community etc without the density and noise. Sounds ideal.
I lived in London for several years and those advantages are far outweighed by the disadvantages, IMO.

One thing that, in my experience, London doesn't have is 'community'.

RichB

51,431 posts

283 months

Wednesday 16th June 2021
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Doofus said:
TheJimi said:
ElectricSoup said:
easytiger123 said:
Nice bit of newly-listed NW London pawn.
https://www.onthemarket.com/details/10565640/
It's wonky.
I'm really not seeing £13.5m in that. Nice house, but not at that money. Mental, imo.
People who live in London will pay incredible amounts to have a house that makes them feel like they don't live in London.
Nice place but for £13.5m I'd want the other half. hehe

Shnozz

27,419 posts

270 months

Wednesday 16th June 2021
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RichB said:
Doofus said:
TheJimi said:
ElectricSoup said:
easytiger123 said:
Nice bit of newly-listed NW London pawn.
https://www.onthemarket.com/details/10565640/
It's wonky.
I'm really not seeing £13.5m in that. Nice house, but not at that money. Mental, imo.
People who live in London will pay incredible amounts to have a house that makes them feel like they don't live in London.
Nice place but for £13.5m I'd want the other half. hehe
Indeed. I know what Nick meant but when I read his comment I immediately thought, "well there is another one attached to it".

NickCQ said:
Crazy price of course, but there can't be many houses in prime London locations with 1/3 of an acre, a pool and a pond!

NickCQ

5,392 posts

95 months

Wednesday 16th June 2021
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Doofus said:
I lived in London for several years and those advantages are far outweighed by the disadvantages, IMO.
One thing that, in my experience, London doesn't have is 'community'.
I'm not sure which disadvantages you are thinking of in particular, but like I said that property minimises the most obvious ones. Clearly if you prefer herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the plain, the hanging gardens of Babylon etc etc then it wouldn't be your thing.

What I am alluding to with the point about "community" is more a point about tolerance / acceptance of diversity. I have read many shocking stories (on PH and elsewhere) of the issues non-white people have had being accepted into wealthy suburban / rural communities. I totally understand why moving to the Cotswolds or wherever just doesn't feel like an option for many.

NickCQ

5,392 posts

95 months

Wednesday 16th June 2021
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Shnozz said:
Indeed. I know what Nick meant but when I read his comment I immediately thought, "well there is another one attached to it".
Can't be that many for sale I should have said! biggrin

Shnozz

27,419 posts

270 months

Wednesday 16th June 2021
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NickCQ said:
Shnozz said:
Indeed. I know what Nick meant but when I read his comment I immediately thought, "well there is another one attached to it".
Can't be that many for sale I should have said! biggrin
Ha ha - indeed chap. I knew what you meant but my churlish side smirked.

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Wednesday 16th June 2021
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NickCQ said:
I'm not sure which disadvantages you are thinking of in particular.
Noise, traffic, pollution and crowds, mainly.

louiebaby

10,651 posts

190 months

Wednesday 16th June 2021
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NickCQ said:
Get all the benefits of living close to London entertainment, restaurants, work, community etc without the density and noise. Sounds ideal.
Watching the New Year fireworks from Hampstead Heath, on a clear night, is probably one of the best new years I've had. It was a clear night and the view was spectacular.

But for that sort of money you could go first class to a different big city every year and experience ALL the new years...

Mark Benson

7,498 posts

268 months

Wednesday 16th June 2021
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NickCQ said:
Doofus said:
People who live in London will pay incredible amounts to have a house that makes them feel like they don't live in London.
What's wrong with that? Get all the benefits of living close to London entertainment, restaurants, work, community etc without the density and noise. Sounds ideal.
If I had access to that kind of cash, and a home already in the country that house is exactly what I'd want in London - all the ameneties of the city but a place to retreat to away from the hustle - perfect.

Nice X350 in the drive too (leaper aside).

okgo

37,857 posts

197 months

Wednesday 16th June 2021
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louiebaby said:
Watching the New Year fireworks from Hampstead Heath, on a clear night, is probably one of the best new years I've had. It was a clear night and the view was spectacular.

But for that sort of money you could go first class to a different big city every year and experience ALL the new years...
And I'm sure they will. Often the problem with looking at these things as normal people (most of us, anyway) is that we start to look at things in a binary way - noisy, polluted, crowded etc. If you're spending 14 million, you'll have something in the country, you'll have something abroad, this is a house in a city, and will be bought for that purpose, you don't need to compromise because you can have it all. FWIW it's probably pretty quiet, and not that polluted given its next to the heath.

S17Thumper

4,225 posts

185 months

Wednesday 16th June 2021
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I quite like this, nearby although I only moved about a year ago hehe

Linky

Mark Benson

7,498 posts

268 months

Wednesday 16th June 2021
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S17Thumper said:
I quite like this, nearby although I only moved about a year ago hehe

Linky
Lots of potential still in that. Bit windswept for me (and the wrong end of Yorkshire wink )
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