Show us your real estate pawn (Vol 4)

[thegreenhell]

Doofus said:

American house numbers make no sense. How can that be 5417 Trackview Road? I'm pretty sure there aren't another 5,500 houses there.

That would likely be the equivalent of 17 Trackview road, in block 54 of whatever grid system the local county uses. It varies from place to place, but within a city you'll usually have a block number per street, whereas in rural areas it might be distance-based where the road containing block 54 starts 5400 yards from the interstate, for example. Usually only the last two digits will be the sequential house number as we know it.

[Doofus]

thegreenhell said:

Doofus said:

American house numbers make no sense. How can that be 5417 Trackview Road? I'm pretty sure there aren't another 5,500 houses there.

That would likely be the equivalent of 17 Trackview road, in block 54 of whatever grid system the local county uses. It varies from place to place, but within a city you'll usually have a block number per street, whereas in rural areas it might be distance-based where the road containing block 54 starts 5400 yards from the interstate, for example. Usually only the last two digits will be the sequential house number as we know it.

I lived at 2248 (not trackview road), and never understood the numbers. Never found anyone who could explain them either, so thank you.

[Shy Torque]

DKL said:

DodgyGeezer said:

https://www.thedrive.com/news/41637/for-sale-1m-ho...

That's epic although I'm not sure I'd want to be quite that close in the event of an accident. Would you evetually get fed up with the noise?

The noise might cover the sound of the wood chipper.

[easytiger123]

Shy Torque said:

The noise might cover the sound of the wood chipper.

I thought Brainerd rang a bell.

[C70GT]

Escort3500 said:

Agree; given its varied uses over the decades it’s unlikely to have had any internal features of historic interest left by the seventies.

As for the gratuitous and ill-informed ‘brown envelopes’ comment…

Edited by Escort3500 on Saturday 24th July 10:57

I remember the hall back in the early seventies when it was completely derelict and at risk of being demolished - roofs and floors were completely missing. At the time it was considered a stunning rescue when it was finally split into apartments and fully refurbished.

[stemll]

Quite nice. Odd that the house is outside the moat though with just a tiny outbuilding within it.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/109934723#/...

The image in the picture frame in picture 13 is blurred but can be clearly read 52 seconds into the video. Guess the current owners don't like dancing

Master bedroom faces directly onto the (not terribly busy) road and not sure getting out of that entrance will be a lot of fun with your own buildings blocking the view in both directions.

[Doofus]

stemll said:

Quite nice. Odd that the house is outside the moat though with just a tiny outbuilding within it.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/109934723#/...

The image in the picture frame in picture 13 is blurred but can be clearly read 52 seconds into the video. Guess the current owners don't like dancing

Master bedroom faces directly onto the (not terribly busy) road and not sure getting out of that entrance will be a lot of fun with your own buildings blocking the view in both directions.

Another one where neither the garage nor the car port is deep enough.

[thegreenhell]

stemll said:

Quite nice. Odd that the house is outside the moat though with just a tiny outbuilding within it.

Dryden Smith, a prosperous shipbuilder based at Wapping, inherited the estate in 1770. He built the current Manor House outside the moat to the west, demolished the old house which stood upon the island, and turned the island into a garden and orchard to enhance the setting of his new house.

[NickCQ]

Doofus said:

Another one where neither the garage nor the car port is deep enough.

Hard to tell from the pictures but that's often the way with converted stable blocks.

[Escort3500]

C70GT said:

Escort3500 said:

Agree; given its varied uses over the decades it’s unlikely to have had any internal features of historic interest left by the seventies.

As for the gratuitous and ill-informed ‘brown envelopes’ comment…

Edited by Escort3500 on Saturday 24th July 10:57

I remember the hall back in the early seventies when it was completely derelict and at risk of being demolished - roofs and floors were completely missing. At the time it was considered a stunning rescue when it was finally split into apartments and fully refurbished.

Good that it was saved; too many were lost.

[Doofus]

NickCQ said:

Doofus said:

Another one where neither the garage nor the car port is deep enough.

Hard to tell from the pictures but that's often the way with converted stable blocks.

Easy to tell from the floor plans.

[NickCQ]

Doofus said:

Easy to tell from the floor plans.

Sorry, I meant hard to tell whether they are indeed old stable blocks, they look the right size & shape.

[Doofus]

NickCQ said:

Doofus said:

Easy to tell from the floor plans.

Sorry, I meant hard to tell whether they are indeed old stable blocks, they look the right size & shape.

Fair enough.

[stemll]

thegreenhell said:

stemll said:

Quite nice. Odd that the house is outside the moat though with just a tiny outbuilding within it.

Dryden Smith, a prosperous shipbuilder based at Wapping, inherited the estate in 1770. He built the current Manor House outside the moat to the west, demolished the old house which stood upon the island, and turned the island into a garden and orchard to enhance the setting of his new house.

Quite, still odd. The moated island is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/li...

Add a Grade II listing for the house and it looks like paperwork overload to do any work.

Also odd is that the "main entrance" is from the courtyard but the door that fronts the street (so used by postman and any deliveries) opens into the dining room.

[RichB]

stemll said:

thegreenhell said:

stemll said:

Quite nice. Odd that the house is outside the moat though with just a tiny outbuilding within it.

i]Dryden Smith, a prosperous shipbuilder based at Wapping, inherited the estate in 1770. He built the current Manor House outside the moat to the west, demolished the old house which stood upon the island, and turned the island into a garden and orchard to enhance the setting of his new house. [/i]

Quite, still odd. The moated island is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/li...
Add a Grade II listing for the house and it looks like paperwork overload to do any work. Also odd is that the "main entrance" is from the courtyard but the door that fronts the street (so used by postman and any deliveries) opens into the dining room.

Add to that, the garage (which is too small to be a garage) and the carport (which will only cover 3/4 of your car) are 'attached' to apartments or something in what would have been part of the estate. They'd love it when I got working on my cars

[taxboy]

If you like Georgian rectories. I think you'll be impressed by this one https://www.sowerbys.com/property/100439037537/nr2...

https://youtu.be/hA6hhErTDzs

[Adam.]

Apologies of already posted but this is well done, surprised they got some of it through planning as Grade 2 listed


https://michaelgraham.co.uk/property/rps_mig-WBS19...

[Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area]

taxboy said:

If you like Georgian rectories. I think you'll be impressed by this one https://www.sowerbys.com/property/100439037537/nr2...

https://youtu.be/hA6hhErTDzs

I like Georgian rectories and that’s a fabulous example. I could move in and not change a thing.

[BobToc]

That is a very lovely thing.

[Mark Benson]

taxboy said:

If you like Georgian rectories. I think you'll be impressed by this one https://www.sowerbys.com/property/100439037537/nr2...

https://youtu.be/hA6hhErTDzs

Nice house and a very good agent's video as well - the presenter comes across as likeable and knowledgeable, I'd employ them to sell my place based on that film.