What's it worth?

[mondeoman]

Got a 10m x 6m wooden pool house that suffered from a small fire around the pump, damaged the pool and created a small hole about 1m x 1m in one wall before the nice fireman managed to douse the fire. The building is internally lined with pine, walls are insulated, a pitched roof and measures about 5m at the peak. It stands on 2 rows of breeze blocks and has a suspended wooden floor.

Problem is that the interior has suffered smoke damage, making it uneconomic for the insurance co. to do the cleaning, repair and re-instating as a usable pool house.

I've been offered two choices - they will knock it down, remove all rubble and then re-instate "as-new", or give me a lump sum and leave it to me to do with it as I wish.

Question is ....

Has the building got any intrinsic value for someone to come and dismantle and take away, or has the wood got any re-sale value - there are 4 huge beams that run the width of the building, and have to be over 12" deep and the exterior is still in good condition...

If I take the cash, I'll knock it down and level the site, just trying to work out if its worth offering the building for sale?

[Simpo Two]

Photos?

[mondeoman]

Simpo Two said:

Photos?

None of the outside unfortunately - but heres some of the inside - poor lighting 'cos the fireman killed the electrics.

[Hedders]

From those pics, I reckon if you took it down yourself and denailed all the wood you still wouldn't be able to sell it for more than a couple of hundred.


Get the insurance company to replace as new, then sell the new building?

Edited by Hedders on Friday 5th February 21:02

[Spudler]

If it were me i'd take the cash and see if you get any offers for it. I wouldn't buy it but it never ceases to amaze me what people will buy/take off your hands.

[mondeoman]

Onto e-bay it goes then