Real Estate nightmares (Vol 2)

[DonkeyApple]

Bonefish Blues said:

FourWheelDrift said:

abzmike said:

james6546 said:

Actually better inside than I was expecting

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/139879604

Like a time capsule - Can imagine an elderly lady has lived there all her days.
Nice little plot - so live in it whilst building, then re-purpose the cottage.

Miss Haversham?

This is all very old and heavily 'curated', but clean as a whistle. It's really unusual - oftentimes that's not the case as we see on many rather sad occasions. An elderly lady who maintained her fierce independence, I'd say

Sweet little old lady, or, a very, very, weird bloke.

[Bonefish Blues]

DonkeyApple said:

Bonefish Blues said:

FourWheelDrift said:

abzmike said:

james6546 said:

Actually better inside than I was expecting

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/139879604

Like a time capsule - Can imagine an elderly lady has lived there all her days.
Nice little plot - so live in it whilst building, then re-purpose the cottage.

Miss Haversham?

This is all very old and heavily 'curated', but clean as a whistle. It's really unusual - oftentimes that's not the case as we see on many rather sad occasions. An elderly lady who maintained her fierce independence, I'd say

Sweet little old lady, or, a very, very, weird bloke.

Who were never seen together...

[Sporky]

Is that a gold swan tap?

I'd redesign the bathroom around that suite. Glorious.

[Sheepshanks]

Obviously the photographer felt he needed security present:




https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/147701777#/...

[Fermit]

Sheepshanks said:

Obviously the photographer felt he needed security present:




https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/147701777#/...

Due to the sensitivity of the sale internal viewings will not be conducted. ???

[President Merkin]

What's the story there then? Looks like it was abandoned in a hurry.

[DaveyBoyWonder]

Sheepshanks said:

Obviously the photographer felt he needed security present:




https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/147701777#/...

Weird one - no internal viewings?? Wonder what happened - internal pics look like someone just upped and left. Still Mr Kipling cake box on the kitchen etc. Streetview shows in 2011/2012 it being a nice looking new build although its for sale in one of the pics and then just looks like it fell into disrepair.

[Cow Corner]

It’s a bank repossession.

Possibly with the owner (or there half brother twice removed) still living there…

[CivicDuties]

Sounds like it's about to become a repossession if it doesn't sell at auction - "Mortgagees in possession".

[dxg]

It's got the all-important wood burning stove, however.

It's just installed into the blue Renault van (see the chimney).

[FourWheelDrift]

Other than it being a big black wooden new build thing.

Photo 38 integral triple garage, can you see what I see and also think, why would you have that?

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/147812894#/...

[Sporky]

There's no floor!

[FourWheelDrift]

It's mad isn't it. It's a new conversion so it must the current owners who did it, and there's all manner of carboard and things put down to make it less uncomfortable and the put the motorbike on it. In the time they have been there did they not think, hmm I think we need to put a proper floor down.

[AdamV12V]

Fermit said:

Sheepshanks said:

Obviously the photographer felt he needed security present:




https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/147701777#/...

Due to the sensitivity of the sale internal viewings will not be conducted. ???

LMAO - really makes you want to live there! No threats to life whatsoever once you move in! Buyer beware...

I'll pass

[AdamV12V]

FourWheelDrift said:

Other than it being a big black wooden new build thing.

Photo 38 integral triple garage, can you see what I see and also think, why would you have that?

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/147812894#/...

That's actually nicer than half the twaddle some people post on the pawn thread

Not so sure about the fake wisteria over the master bed, but hopefully that isnt included in the sale anyway, and yeah, the garage really deserves better than all that junk, a gravel floor with just a single motorbike and mower inside to boot!

[leef44]

FourWheelDrift said:

Other than it being a big black wooden new build thing.

Photo 38 integral triple garage, can you see what I see and also think, why would you have that?

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/147812894#/...

I'm a practical kind of chap so I like it. Triple garage next door to Bedford Autodrome. I like that! I get a thrill of hearing cars on track but not sure whether it would become an irritation in time.

No floor on the garage would not be a problem for me since it would just be a shelter for the cars. I'm not mechanically minded. But I can understand some on here who would want to put a car lift and do their own stuff given the space and height.

The simple interior layout which most would say lacks character is practical for me. I like bare clean spaces. Granite kitchen and tiled bathrooms for wear and tear and easy maintenance.

[Sporky]

£30k of acoustic treatment would make that pretty decent.

Plus a floor in the garage.

And a workshop somewhere.

[dxg]

Sporky said:

£30k of acoustic treatment would make that pretty decent.

Plus a floor in the garage.

And a workshop somewhere.

Maybe money got tight.

I mean, it's tall - and height costs money.

So, was the original plan to have a slab, with some lifts, or maybe a mezzanine?

[FourWheelDrift]

dxg said:

Maybe money got tight.

You are probably right, I mean the agent does describe it as a "Grand Designs House"

[Doofus]

All those built-in speakers give me the ick. How many audio visual technologies have we seen invented and then made obsolete in the last 20 years?

It's like wall-mounted tellies sitting in an alcove exactly the right size. Every time you upgrade, you need to get a plasterer in.