Show us your real estate pawn (Vol 4)
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ElectricSoup said:
easytiger123 said:
It's wonky.Nice house, but not at that money. Mental, imo.
Edit: and it's a bloody semi
Edited by TheJimi on Wednesday 16th June 13:12
easytiger123 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!TheJimi said:
ElectricSoup said:
easytiger123 said:
It's wonky.Nice house, but not at that money. Mental, imo.
Doofus said:
TheJimi said:
ElectricSoup said:
easytiger123 said:
It's wonky.Nice house, but not at that money. Mental, imo.
Good way of putting it, actually.
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.
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.
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.
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.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.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.One thing that, in my experience, London doesn't have is 'community'.
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.https://www.onthemarket.com/details/10565640/
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.https://www.onthemarket.com/details/10565640/
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!
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.One thing that, in my experience, London doesn't have is 'community'.
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 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...
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.Nice X350 in the drive too (leaper aside).
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.But for that sort of money you could go first class to a different big city every year and experience ALL the new years...
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