Show us your real estate pawn (Vol 5)

[FourWheelDrift]

thegreenhell said:

But what's with the hanging gardens of Babylon above the dining table? I'd be constantly worried about something dropping out of that...

It's the future - https://youtu.be/-8oS4VbRaAA?t=36

[DodgyGeezer]

I'm pretty sure this has been on here before, given it's about 18 months old it'd not be a surprise. I do like it though - albeit the garden is waaaaay too big

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/59841084...

[dmsims]

DodgyGeezer said:

I'm pretty sure this has been on here before, given it's about 18 months old it'd not be a surprise. I do like it though - albeit the garden is waaaaay too big

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/59841084...

Very "open plan" in the back garden

and Listed

[hidetheelephants]

DKL said:

snobetter said:

"Only" £1.2 million due to location, but lovely, and a boat house...

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/160472954#/...

What sort of craft would that green boat crane cope with? The boat house is lovely and you could sit and watch the sunset very happily but is it really very practical as a boatshed? If you wanted to use the water you'd want it to be easy to launch and retrieve.

The EA has been a little disingenuous with their pictures; when the tide is out you have a fringe of muddy shingle then 50 yards of muddy mud between you and the water. The crane will cope with things like the dinghy shown, I'd expect maybe an safe working load of 200kg so capable of lifting most things small enough to fit in the shed.

[Neil1300r]

TheJimi said:

So the last few examples have between 9 and 14 bedrooms.

They're all lovely, but A) I can't visualise myself living in them and B) wtf am I going to do with all those bedrooms and bathrooms?!

Still, awesome places, mind.

I'm the same, even with a lottery win I can't see me living in houses that big

[Bonefish Blues]

dmsims said:

DodgyGeezer said:

I'm pretty sure this has been on here before, given it's about 18 months old it'd not be a surprise. I do like it though - albeit the garden is waaaaay too big

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/59841084...

Very "open plan" in the back garden

and Listed

And very well presented by the agent. How do I stop my fish swimming into my next door neighbour's half of the pond?

[Caddyshack]

h0b0 said:

Caddyshack said:

h0b0 said:

Spats Lane, Headley Down, Bordon, Hampshire, GU35 - Offers Over £10,000,000

That’s about a stones throw from my house, I love catching a peek when the gates are open. It was on for about 6-8 when it was built.

I think I may be guilty of reposting myself from when it was listed before. Will you be putting in a "cheeky" offer?

Yeah, might be very cheeky.

[CountyLines]

Neil1300r said:

TheJimi said:

So the last few examples have between 9 and 14 bedrooms.

They're all lovely, but A) I can't visualise myself living in them and B) wtf am I going to do with all those bedrooms and bathrooms?!

Still, awesome places, mind.

I'm the same, even with a lottery win I can't see me living in houses that big

Rather these than a 1 bedroom shed on a Loch 300 miles from civilisation.

[TheJimi]

CountyLines said:

Neil1300r said:

TheJimi said:

So the last few examples have between 9 and 14 bedrooms.

They're all lovely, but A) I can't visualise myself living in them and B) wtf am I going to do with all those bedrooms and bathrooms?!

Still, awesome places, mind.

I'm the same, even with a lottery win I can't see me living in houses that big

Rather these than a 1 bedroom shed on a Loch 300 miles from civilisation.

Reductio ad absurdum

Still, at least you spelled Loch correctly

[rodericb]

h0b0 said:

Spats Lane, Headley Down, Bordon, Hampshire, GU35 - Offers Over £10,000,000

That's like the posh house version of an Irish pub in downtown Shenzhen.

[Phooey]

For it's location and views - https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/160756868#/...

[GT03ROB]

Phooey said:

For it's location and views - https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/160756868#/...

Nigh on a million for a semi in need of a refresh.

Pictures must have been taken on one of the 20 days a year the sun is out in Cumbria!

[Phooey]

GT03ROB said:

Nigh on a million for a semi in need of a refresh.

Tis a bit pricey in Grasmere. It's got mega views but if you're buying it to live in you need to make sure the house next door isn't, or doesn't become a holiday let. Failing that - with a 100-200k refresh you could easily turnover 100k/yr letting it out. You are buying the location 100% on that property.

[TheJimi]

Phooey said:

GT03ROB said:

Nigh on a million for a semi in need of a refresh.

Tis a bit pricey in Grasmere. It's got mega views but if you're buying it to live in you need to make sure the house next door isn't, or doesn't become a holiday let. Failing that - with a 100-200k refresh you could easily turnover 100k/yr letting it out. You are buying the location 100% on that property.

Can't comment on the letting turnover potential, but I certainly agree that you're buying the location as much as anything else.

For me, as much as I love Grasmere, if I'm buying in the pawn in the lake district, I'd want somewhere with a lake view.

[Phooey]

TheJimi said:

Can't comment on the letting turnover potential, but I certainly agree that you're buying the location as much as anything else.

For me, as much as I love Grasmere, if I'm buying in the pawn in the lake district, I'd want somewhere with a lake view.

You'd want something like this for a "lake view". If you could get planning to knock this down and rebuild it it would be amazing...

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/160272572#/...

[Wills2]

Phooey said:

GT03ROB said:

Nigh on a million for a semi in need of a refresh.

Tis a bit pricey in Grasmere. It's got mega views but if you're buying it to live in you need to make sure the house next door isn't, or doesn't become a holiday let. Failing that - with a 100-200k refresh you could easily turnover 100k/yr letting it out. You are buying the location 100% on that property.

Yep that's surrounded by AirBnBs but doesn't appear to be one itself or next door, there is a two bed cottage close that is £318 night so as you say just needs fettling inside, the price reflects the letting potential.

[TheJimi]

Phooey said:

TheJimi said:

Can't comment on the letting turnover potential, but I certainly agree that you're buying the location as much as anything else.

For me, as much as I love Grasmere, if I'm buying in the pawn in the lake district, I'd want somewhere with a lake view.

You'd want something like this for a "lake view". If you could get planning to knock this down and rebuild it it would be amazing...

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/160272572#/...

I wouldn't dream of knocking that down tbh. Renovate for sure, but knock it down? No way.

[Steve H]

TheJimi said:

I wouldn't dream of knocking that down tbh. Renovate for sure, but knock it down? No way.

Presumably to build something twice the size, although by the time you do it’s a £2m property which is enough to buy some fairly swanky pads with a view.

[Wulf Sternhammer]

This is rather nice.
https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/69934334...

[CountyLines]

Wulf Sternhammer said:

This is rather nice.
https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/69934334...

I like that a lot. Modernised but got lots of character. Big but cosy. On a river, great outbuildings and gardens.

It's all I'd ever really need.

Colour of kitchen would be changed though!