Show us your real estate pawn (Vol 4)

[DanL]

Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area said:

This is very cute. It’s just a shame about the nearby dual carriageway though. There’s always something isn’t there!



https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/118329431

Blimey. £800k for two bedrooms?!

[CharlesdeGaulle]

DanL said:

Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area said:

This is very cute. It’s just a shame about the nearby dual carriageway though. There’s always something isn’t there!



https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/118329431

Blimey. £800k for two bedrooms?!

That's what I thought. Cute little place but I guess that's a Cotswolds Tax.

[DanL]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

DanL said:

Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area said:

This is very cute. It’s just a shame about the nearby dual carriageway though. There’s always something isn’t there!



https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/118329431

Blimey. £800k for two bedrooms?!

That's what I thought. Cute little place but I guess that's a Cotswolds Tax.

I live just outside London, so I get the idea that things might seem to be expensive when it’s just the going rate… Surprised that this is the going rate though! It’s a nice place with planning, but still…

Is this with added leave the city / WFH pricing, or have they always been up at this level?

[Blackpuddin]

DanL said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

DanL said:

Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area said:

This is very cute. It’s just a shame about the nearby dual carriageway though. There’s always something isn’t there!



https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/118329431

Blimey. £800k for two bedrooms?!

That's what I thought. Cute little place but I guess that's a Cotswolds Tax.

I live just outside London, so I get the idea that things might seem to be expensive when it’s just the going rate… Surprised that this is the going rate though! It’s a nice place with planning, but still…

Is this with added leave the city / WFH pricing, or have they always been up at this level?

That's at least £200k overpriced even by 'Cotswold' standards (is Ciren really in that category?) and even at £600k it wouldn't be good value.

[okgo]

Well overpriced, cleverly shot with a load of other property just next to it, and while maybe not an issue, I would say a bit close to the road.

I quite liked this one - https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/118414127#/...

Same thing for M4 maybe but all quite pleasant IMO. Nice weekend home.

[Bonefish Blues]

Is that an a/c unit and a heat pump I see as I am looking proudly back at my house from the garden? Odd positioning

[deckster]

okgo said:

Well overpriced, cleverly shot with a load of other property just next to it, and while maybe not an issue, I would say a bit close to the road.

I quite liked this one - https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/118414127#/...

Same thing for M4 maybe but all quite pleasant IMO. Nice weekend home.

That's lovely. But three quarters of a mill is punchy for a two-up, two-down no matter how pretty the village is.

[okgo]

deckster said:

That's lovely. But three quarters of a mill is punchy for a two-up, two-down no matter how pretty the village is.

Yep, Savills have got these clowns on instagram haven't they, posting all this aspirational tat to the masses and seemingly have forgotten to be vaguely realistic in the money department. Both this and the Ciren one above from the same 'team'. I find it all quite nauseating to be honest.

[Sway]

I could very happily potter about this for years...

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/110039498

[Shnozz]

deckster said:

okgo said:

Well overpriced, cleverly shot with a load of other property just next to it, and while maybe not an issue, I would say a bit close to the road.

I quite liked this one - https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/118414127#/...

Same thing for M4 maybe but all quite pleasant IMO. Nice weekend home.

That's lovely. But three quarters of a mill is punchy for a two-up, two-down no matter how pretty the village is.

I’ve totally lost track of the market in the last few years of craziness to the point I don’t know what is and isn’t the market value. In some respects that looks expensive for what it is, yet in others doesn’t seem that bonkers. My parents bought a 2 bed 160 year old cottage back last year needing a good £50k+ spending on it and spent £700k on their place. By contrast, this thatched place looks decent value.

[RichB]

This is an interesting one, it's been on and off the market for 3 or 4 years so clearly something's wrong with it. On the face of it a decent looking building, if you're into oak framed buildings with traditional features like the brick chimneys, triple garage and an acre & a half of grounds. Yet it's been up for anywhere between 1.6m and 2.0m over the years. Recently changed EAs and they've stuck it on at £1.85m (and also made the owners tidy it up outside). Anyway here it is... https://seymours-property.com/property-for-sale/ca...

[TheJimi]

Shnozz said:

deckster said:

okgo said:

Well overpriced, cleverly shot with a load of other property just next to it, and while maybe not an issue, I would say a bit close to the road.

I quite liked this one - https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/118414127#/...

Same thing for M4 maybe but all quite pleasant IMO. Nice weekend home.

That's lovely. But three quarters of a mill is punchy for a two-up, two-down no matter how pretty the village is.

I’ve totally lost track of the market in the last few years of craziness to the point I don’t know what is and isn’t the market value. In some respects that looks expensive for what it is, yet in others doesn’t seem that bonkers. My parents bought a 2 bed 160 year old cottage back last year needing a good £50k+ spending on it and spent £700k on their place. By contrast, this thatched place looks decent value.

This amuses me, if I'm honest.

One one hand, few eyelids are batted at £2m for a semi in London, next to a fairly unappealing high street, and the same folk lose their st over this

I know it's not a fair comparison, but it does amuse me nonetheless.

[Bonefish Blues]

That's odd - wonder why it stuck?

[okgo]

TheJimi said:

This amuses me, if I'm honest.

One one hand, few eyelids are batted at £2m for a semi in London, next to a fairly unappealing high street, and the same folk lose their st over this

I know it's not a fair comparison, but it does amuse me nonetheless.

Yet you continue to make the comparison at every possible opportunity

Re the one above, I think I've spotted the issue - "Camberley"

[TheJimi]

I know, I can't seem to resist!

If for no other reason than certain folk being rather vociferous, so it jumps out at me

Edit: Ref the comments about this - https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/118329431#/...

Edited by TheJimi on Friday 14th January 10:45

[MrVert]

RichB said:

This is an interesting one, it's been on and off the market for 3 or 4 years so clearly something's wrong with it. On the face of it a decent looking building, if you're into oak framed buildings with traditional features like the brick chimneys, triple garage and an acre & a half of grounds. Yet it's been up for anywhere between 1.6m and 2.0m over the years. Recently changed EAs and they've stuck it on at £1.85m (and also made the owners tidy it up outside). Anyway here it is... https://seymours-property.com/property-for-sale/ca...

That's lovely, possibly a bit wood overload, but loads of character and a decent plot.

[likesachange]

RichB said:

This is an interesting one, it's been on and off the market for 3 or 4 years so clearly something's wrong with it. On the face of it a decent looking building, if you're into oak framed buildings with traditional features like the brick chimneys, triple garage and an acre & a half of grounds. Yet it's been up for anywhere between 1.6m and 2.0m over the years. Recently changed EAs and they've stuck it on at £1.85m (and also made the owners tidy it up outside). Anyway here it is... https://seymours-property.com/property-for-sale/ca...

Very nice!! I think I would have to plaster board over those joists tho as bad as that sounds, too much wood.. Leave all main beams exposed and vertical timbers tho.
Maybe roof needs attention? Does seem good value.

[number2]

RichB said:

This is an interesting one, it's been on and off the market for 3 or 4 years so clearly something's wrong with it. On the face of it a decent looking building, if you're into oak framed buildings with traditional features like the brick chimneys, triple garage and an acre & a half of grounds. Yet it's been up for anywhere between 1.6m and 2.0m over the years. Recently changed EAs and they've stuck it on at £1.85m (and also made the owners tidy it up outside). Anyway here it is... https://seymours-property.com/property-for-sale/ca...

Looks a nice amount of space. Not to my style but I can see the attraction for others.

Bathroom appears large, but with a lot of empty space - toilet crammed in next to the shower in one corner and two sinks crammed into the opposite corner.

Generally it shouts "refurbishment required" to me - kitchen, windows etc. Will look pretty tatty in person and with furnishings removed. Expensive business.

[deckster]

number2 said:

Generally it shouts "refurbishment required" to me - kitchen, windows etc. Will look pretty tatty in person and with furnishings removed. Expensive business.

Agreed. It seems very reasonably priced - cheap, even - for the size and area. But I suspect this is one of those properties where you should consider the purchase price to merely be a down-payment on the real expense that will come when you try to live in it.

[NDA]

likesachange said:

RichB said:

This is an interesting one, it's been on and off the market for 3 or 4 years so clearly something's wrong with it. On the face of it a decent looking building, if you're into oak framed buildings with traditional features like the brick chimneys, triple garage and an acre & a half of grounds. Yet it's been up for anywhere between 1.6m and 2.0m over the years. Recently changed EAs and they've stuck it on at £1.85m (and also made the owners tidy it up outside). Anyway here it is... https://seymours-property.com/property-for-sale/ca...

Very nice!! I think I would have to plaster board over those joists tho as bad as that sounds, too much wood.. Leave all main beams exposed and vertical timbers tho.
Maybe roof needs attention? Does seem good value.

Nice house and not dissimilar to a house I owned. But mine wasn't on a main road and opposite a leisure centre.