Show us your local real estate prawn

[FourWheelDrift]

One of a few houses no doubt. Perhaps that is the house he has in Scotland that he can wheel out as a example of living in Scotland, paying taxes etc, when he's not out of the country at one of his tax havens.

A bit like owning a Prius (never used) when you have 4 Ferraris.

[Rocksteadyeddie]

FourWheelDrift said:

One of a few houses no doubt. Perhaps that is the house he has in Scotland that he can wheel out as a example of living in Scotland, paying taxes etc, when he's not out of the country at one of his tax havens.

A bit like owning a Prius (never used) when you have 4 Ferraris.

Except that house is on Teeside...

[FourWheelDrift]

Rocksteadyeddie said:

Except that house is on Teeside...

Ah, on mobile and those rightmove links doesn't work using mini opera browser. Didn't bother with Safari to check.

UK taxes still apply

[northandy]

He bought another house close by when he married, a gorgeous georgian place that needed renovating, sold it untouched for 150k less i understand as they had trouble gettting the plans approved.

[anonymous-user]

Manks said:

He has recently divorced Mrs Scottish Dragon, has he not?

Surprised that someone with an alleged net worth of £300m (from memory) didn't spend a bit more on a house and contents.

People with money usually like to keep it....

[mcavoy]

northandy said:

He bought another house close by when he married, a gorgeous georgian place that needed renovating, sold it untouched for 150k less i understand as they had trouble gettting the plans approved.

Was that the one at the top of Norton high st? it looked impressive if its the one I'm thinking of

[captainzep]

In terms of affordable French real estate porn...

£320k gets you this in Charentes:

http://www.frenchestateagents.com/french-property-...

[Puggit]

captainzep said:

In terms of affordable French real estate porn...

£320k gets you this in Charentes:

http://www.frenchestateagents.com/french-property-...

That is an absurdly low price, even in the current French market.

[FourWheelDrift]

Is it in the French area equivilent of Hull and infested by Frenchy traveller types?

[northandy]

mcavoy said:

Was that the one at the top of Norton high st? it looked impressive if its the one I'm thinking of

Yes thats it, was owned by an old lady and her daughter, they lived in a few rooms only, i understand her husband was someone senior at ICI back in the day.

I heard that the main issue was with tree preservation orders. It has new owners now who seem to be doing a cracking refurb job. Its a lovely place.

[duckers26]

A couple I like close by:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

And these are nice, built in traditional materials:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/new-homes-for-sale/prop...

[rugbyfiend]

How about this one: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

Can always convert the rest of the stables into more garages too...

[Fun Bus]

duckers26 said:

And these are nice, built in traditional materials:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/new-homes-for-sale/prop...

That I do like. Furnished well and with some weathering to the outside I think it would be very me.

[stemll]

Puggit said:

captainzep said:

In terms of affordable French real estate porn...

£320k gets you this in Charentes:

http://www.frenchestateagents.com/french-property-...

That is an absurdly low price, even in the current French market.

Time to start the French course.

[Pesty]

stemll said:

Puggit said:

captainzep said:

In terms of affordable French real estate porn...

£320k gets you this in Charentes:

http://www.frenchestateagents.com/french-property-...

That is an absurdly low price, even in the current French market.

Time to start the French course.

My word that is just absurd.

So much for relatively so little compared to what we have to spend.

[0000]

Incroyable.

[Davey S2]

duckers26 said:

A couple I like close by:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

All the warmth of a Travelodge.

Horrible.

[Fun Bus]

Couldn't have summed it up better.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Davey S2 said:

duckers26 said:

A couple I like close by:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...

All the warmth of a Travelodge.

Horrible.

Does picture 15 show a neighbour's house through the window? For nearly 4 million I'd be wanting space and privacy. Lots of both.

And the agent's guff is toe-curlingly awful. The ad reads really badly.

Edited by CharlesdeGaulle on Sunday 24th June 22:46

[duckers26]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Does picture 15 show a neighbour's house through the window? For nearly 4 million I'd be wanting space and privacy. Lots of both.

And the agent's guff is toe-curlingly awful. The ad reads really badly.

Edited by CharlesdeGaulle on Sunday 24th June 22:46

Yes it's on a regular sized plot. Used to be another house there and it's a bit of a shame but all around Emerson Park perfectly good houses are being knocked down to build new ones in their place. You can almost spot the prospective building plots and the owners will get a note pushed through asking them if they want to sell.