Real Estate nightmares (Vol 2)

[DodgyGeezer]

Dark85 said:

Dicky88 said:

I regularly walk through the park this house overlooks . It’s been for sale for few years, can’t imagine why it’s struggling to sell.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/61238802

The rest of the house would look very different but I would love to have a home cinema set up in that vein

I think I like the balcony

[Quags]

PistonRings said:

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/60246784...

No kerb appeal, odd layout, shared driveway, undeclared garage conversion, cage in the garden, by a farmers access to their field...

And an Airy house, a whole world of pain...

[Sheepshanks]

Dicky88 said:

I regularly walk through the park this house overlooks . It’s been for sale for few years, can’t imagine why it’s struggling to sell.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/61238802

Blimey, yes - was up for £1.6M four years ago. Not benefitted from the Covid price bubble.

Seems to be quite booked up as a holiday home: https://www.sykescottages.co.uk/cottage/Lake-Distr...

[Pro Bono]

Dicky88 said:

I regularly walk through the park this house overlooks . It’s been for sale for few years, can’t imagine why it’s struggling to sell.
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/61238802

Apart from the fact that not everyone goes for the brothel look it's just too big - 9 bedrooms FFS!

But it's in a really good area, and I would think the best bet from a purely financial point of view would be to demolish it and redevelop the site with yet more crappy `executive homes' - like the Ribble Valley isn't already being destroyed by the bloody things.

[Fermit]

Do I win?

https://www.primelocation.com/for-sale/details/pho...

[FourWheelDrift]

Fermit said:

Do I win?

https://www.primelocation.com/for-sale/details/pho...

Before - https://goo.gl/maps/7S15VLzdP9z1PeTJ9

[ambuletz]

some brief googling looks like someone died in that fire? this looks like the same place, no?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-...

[gobuddygo]

Stating the bleeding obvious.

[FourWheelDrift]

This has got to be the ugliest McMansion design on the St George's Hill Estate or maybe anywhere.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/115489649#/...

It's got the columns but then the house itself doesn't share the architecture, it's all big plate windows. It's like fitting a Spirit of Ecstacy onto the bonnet of a Lexus. It's all CGI so hopefully it won't get built like it.

[Rostfritt]

FourWheelDrift said:

This has got to be the ugliest McMansion design on the St George's Hill Estate or maybe anywhere.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/115489649#/...

It's got the columns but then the house itself doesn't share the architecture, it's all big plate windows. It's like fitting a Spirit of Ecstacy onto the bonnet of a Lexus. It's all CGI so hopefully it won't get built like it.

Is it normal to just show a cgi of what it could be, when it is described as a 'first fix'?

[FourWheelDrift]

Rostfritt said:

FourWheelDrift said:

This has got to be the ugliest McMansion design on the St George's Hill Estate or maybe anywhere.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/115489649#/...

It's got the columns but then the house itself doesn't share the architecture, it's all big plate windows. It's like fitting a Spirit of Ecstacy onto the bonnet of a Lexus. It's all CGI so hopefully it won't get built like it.

Is it normal to just show a cgi of what it could be, when it is described as a 'first fix'?

Even more curious is it's complete and on the map at the centre here - https://www.google.com/maps/@51.3466666,-0.4398652...

Maybe it's just an empty shell at the moment.

[Bonefish Blues]

Fixer-upper?

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/116746967?u...

Seems good value for a plot in that area - I assume it'll go for a good deal more?

[Doofus]

Bonefish Blues said:

Fixer-upper?

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/116746967?u...

Seems good value for a plot in that area - I assume it'll go for a good deal more?

At that price we can assume it doesn't have planning...

[Bonefish Blues]

Doofus said:

At that price we can assume it doesn't have planning...

But existing building would make that more likely (how likely?) to be obtained?

[Doofus]

Bonefish Blues said:

Doofus said:

At that price we can assume it doesn't have planning...

But existing building would make that more likely (how likely?) to be obtained?

Yeah, but you might be stuck with the existing footprint or something.

My point, really, was that if it's being sold without PP, I'd be wondering why.

[krisdelta]

FourWheelDrift said:

This has got to be the ugliest McMansion design on the St George's Hill Estate or maybe anywhere.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/115489649#/...

It's got the columns but then the house itself doesn't share the architecture, it's all big plate windows. It's like fitting a Spirit of Ecstacy onto the bonnet of a Lexus. It's all CGI so hopefully it won't get built like it.

That looks like a futuristic prison for the rich. Horrific

[Pro Bono]

Bonefish Blues said:

Fixer-upper?

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/116746967?u...

Seems good value for a plot in that area - I assume it'll go for a good deal more?

Looks like it was a `work in progress' 11 years ago!

https://goo.gl/maps/N9c41sfp53HXNAYHA

[Pro Bono]

FourWheelDrift said:

This has got to be the ugliest McMansion design on the St George's Hill Estate or maybe anywhere.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/115489649#/...

It's got the columns but then the house itself doesn't share the architecture, it's all big plate windows. It's like fitting a Spirit of Ecstacy onto the bonnet of a Lexus. It's all CGI so hopefully it won't get built like it.

Hideous - but picture #30 is a dead giveaway as to the target market.

[konark]

Quags said:

PistonRings said:

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/60246784...

No kerb appeal, odd layout, shared driveway, undeclared garage conversion, cage in the garden, by a farmers access to their field...

And an Airy house, a whole world of pain...

They've got their Xmas tree Up! It was listed 6 days ago so they must have had it up before the 21st of November. Not only is that way premature but that picture is gonna be embarrassing when the house is still for sale in July. Can you even get a mortgage on this type of house?

[TA14]

Pro Bono said:

Bonefish Blues said:

Fixer-upper?

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/116746967?u...

Seems good value for a plot in that area - I assume it'll go for a good deal more?

Looks like it was a `work in progress' 11 years ago! https://goo.gl/maps/N9c41sfp53HXNAYHA

As long as it's out of the flood plane it could be a good project. Nearby property with what looks like less land and garaging: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/115638488#/...