Real Estate nightmares (Vol 2)

Real Estate nightmares (Vol 2)

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EmBe

7,533 posts

270 months

Friday 10th March 2023
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blue_haddock said:
EmBe said:
Doofus said:
blue_haddock said:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/127217129#/...

Really odd one this, looks like a 90's office building inside and out. Absolutely nothing says homely about it.
It's obviously staff accomodation for the stud.
One of the photos is labelled 'Staff Kitchen' so I suspect it's been some kind of commercial enterprise.

Looks like it's being touted as building land. I can't see anyone with £2.5m wanting to live next to the A19 and a boarding kennels.





Or in Middlesbrough.
It just seems very odd, no way of selling it as a home as its horrible and yet who would want a series of bland offices complete with attached horse stables!

Equally like you say its very expensive for building land!
Just realised why it's so expensive - Middlesbrough is scheduled for Freeport status so I assume that building land for warehousing within the boundaries of the Freeport (which IIRC extends quite a way out) probably has a value in excess of that for housing to the right buyer.

oddman

2,365 posts

253 months

Friday 10th March 2023
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Escort3500 said:
blue_haddock said:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/127217129#/...

Really odd one this, looks like a 90's office building inside and out. Absolutely nothing says homely about it.
Strong care home vibe here
Looks ideal for a care facility for younger challenging behaviour/learning disability. Given the prices that providers charge councils in the region of a quarter of a million a year (paying NVQ staff minimum wage), wouldn't be surprised to see that taken on by Exemplar or the like.

dudleybloke

19,916 posts

187 months

Friday 10th March 2023
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Jaska said:
Slightly left field but would require a hell of a survey... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-6...
They had a new roof fitted very recently and had a lot of other work done too.
Be a shame if it shuts.

ro250

2,760 posts

58 months

Friday 10th March 2023
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EmBe said:
Doofus said:
blue_haddock said:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/127217129#/...

Really odd one this, looks like a 90's office building inside and out. Absolutely nothing says homely about it.
It's obviously staff accomodation for the stud.
One of the photos is labelled 'Staff Kitchen' so I suspect it's been some kind of commercial enterprise.

Looks like it's being touted as building land. I can't see anyone with £2.5m wanting to live next to the A19 and a boarding kennels.


Or in Middlesbrough.
The marked parking bays instantly suggested it wasn't a normal residential!

pomp1

238 posts

201 months

Friday 10th March 2023
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soxboy

6,340 posts

220 months

Saturday 11th March 2023
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EmBe said:
One of the photos is labelled 'Staff Kitchen' so I suspect it's been some kind of commercial enterprise.

Looks like it's being touted as building land. I can't see anyone with £2.5m wanting to live next to the A19 and a boarding kennels.





Or in Middlesbrough.
There’s some higher value stuff a few miles out. Despite the town being a hole, there’s still money floating around (older money and locals done good), plus countryside is quite nice.

Here’s one from a local what done good:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/132214595#/...

Puzzles

1,871 posts

112 months

Saturday 11th March 2023
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What’s wrong with that?

classicaholic

1,745 posts

71 months

Saturday 11th March 2023
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Puzzles said:
What’s wrong with that?
Is it that its next to the one thats been torched or its overlooking the muck heap?

Escort3500

11,937 posts

146 months

Sunday 12th March 2023
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classicaholic said:
Puzzles said:
What’s wrong with that?
Is it that its next to the one thats been torched or its overlooking the muck heap?
Article seems to have forgotten to mention that

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/n...

ambuletz

10,793 posts

182 months

Sunday 12th March 2023
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ro250 said:
EmBe said:
Doofus said:
blue_haddock said:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/127217129#/...

Really odd one this, looks like a 90's office building inside and out. Absolutely nothing says homely about it.
It's obviously staff accomodation for the stud.
One of the photos is labelled 'Staff Kitchen' so I suspect it's been some kind of commercial enterprise.

Looks like it's being touted as building land. I can't see anyone with £2.5m wanting to live next to the A19 and a boarding kennels.


Or in Middlesbrough.
The marked parking bays instantly suggested it wasn't a normal residential!
looks like it was used as some kind of riding school/horse/stud farm.

zarlak

389 posts

86 months

Sunday 12th March 2023
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soxboy said:
There’s some higher value stuff a few miles out. Despite the town being a hole, there’s still money floating around (older money and locals done good), plus countryside is quite nice.

Here’s one from a local what done good:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/132214595#/...
That is James Arthurs house for sale. It is not the same property in the news article. The fire damaged house was demolished to make way for these new houses.

zarlak

389 posts

86 months

Sunday 12th March 2023
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Escort3500 said:
blue_haddock said:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/127217129#/...

Really odd one this, looks like a 90's office building inside and out. Absolutely nothing says homely about it.
Strong care home vibe here
This was in fact built as a care home but the owner could not get permission for it and decided to keep it as his own home.

Doofus

26,020 posts

174 months

Sunday 12th March 2023
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zarlak said:
Escort3500 said:
blue_haddock said:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/127217129#/...

Really odd one this, looks like a 90's office building inside and out. Absolutely nothing says homely about it.
Strong care home vibe here
This was in fact built as a care home but the owner could not get permission for it and decided to keep it as his own home.
Even though the sign on the gate says it's a stud, and it has stables attached?

zarlak

389 posts

86 months

Sunday 12th March 2023
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Ah yes, i think i am confusing it with a similar looking property nearby (in Eaglescliffe I think) where the permission was refused.

Sheepshanks

32,909 posts

120 months

Sunday 12th March 2023
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zarlak said:
soxboy said:
There’s some higher value stuff a few miles out. Despite the town being a hole, there’s still money floating around (older money and locals done good), plus countryside is quite nice.

Here’s one from a local what done good:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/132214595#/...
That is James Arthurs house for sale. It is not the same property in the news article. The fire damaged house was demolished to make way for these new houses.
Really? It looks identical - both the house and its surroundings.

zarlak

389 posts

86 months

Sunday 12th March 2023
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Sheepshanks said:
Really? It looks identical - both the house and its surroundings.
I'm having a bad day on here! Yes, it is. I thought that as the newspaper one was the one the builder built for himself, he still lived there. It seems like he sold it to James Arthur.

Jaska

728 posts

143 months

Sunday 12th March 2023
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DodgyGeezer said:
Utterly insane, but also £100 a night for the cheapest of the 3 buildings according to their site... So maybe quite sane after all biggrin

FourWheelDrift

88,661 posts

285 months

Sunday 12th March 2023
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DodgyGeezer said:
Looks like a Russian peasants hovel, where 17 generations of the same family have lived and left all their crap behind.

soxboy

6,340 posts

220 months

Sunday 12th March 2023
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zarlak said:
Sheepshanks said:
Really? It looks identical - both the house and its surroundings.
I'm having a bad day on here! Yes, it is. I thought that as the newspaper one was the one the builder built for himself, he still lived there. It seems like he sold it to James Arthur.
Yes, James Arthur bought it 2 years ago.