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Ideas to add value to this house
silvercar
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House coming up for auction soon.
Seemed good value and then I saw the work needed!
Anyway, if anyone has advice on layout it would be appreciated.
Town house on 3 floors. Small back garden and front garden is now mainly a driveway. End of terrace.
Grould floor: Hall, lounge, kitchen (decent, converted from original garage), downstairs toilet.
Middle floor: Large bedroom to front (could be second living room), small bathroom, small bedroom containing shower and sink.
Top floor: Large bedroom to front, small bedroom, tiny boxroom.
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boxroom on top floor could work as an office, so that would give 3 OK bedrooms and an office, but the small bedroom on the middle floor is stumping me. Now that it contains the shower and sink, there is no room for a bed. The shower could be turned around to be part of the bathroom but that would leave half of the bath hidden behind the shower (though now the bath is half hidden by a wall). Ideally the shower needs to go and the bathroom enlarged, this would make the bedroom big enough to just fit a bed. Still leaves the house with 4 bedrooms plus a study and only one bathroom.
Here is the link, though it only shows the outside, as the inside is off putting.
http://www.thinkproperty.com/property/15877426
Seemed good value and then I saw the work needed!
Anyway, if anyone has advice on layout it would be appreciated.
Town house on 3 floors. Small back garden and front garden is now mainly a driveway. End of terrace.
Grould floor: Hall, lounge, kitchen (decent, converted from original garage), downstairs toilet.
Middle floor: Large bedroom to front (could be second living room), small bathroom, small bedroom containing shower and sink.
Top floor: Large bedroom to front, small bedroom, tiny boxroom.
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boxroom on top floor could work as an office, so that would give 3 OK bedrooms and an office, but the small bedroom on the middle floor is stumping me. Now that it contains the shower and sink, there is no room for a bed. The shower could be turned around to be part of the bathroom but that would leave half of the bath hidden behind the shower (though now the bath is half hidden by a wall). Ideally the shower needs to go and the bathroom enlarged, this would make the bedroom big enough to just fit a bed. Still leaves the house with 4 bedrooms plus a study and only one bathroom.
Here is the link, though it only shows the outside, as the inside is off putting.
http://www.thinkproperty.com/property/15877426
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Adding value? You're not going to live in it?0
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poppysarah wrote: »Adding value? You're not going to live in it?
Correct, I'm not going to live in it.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
It's not going to make close to that guide price
http://www.houseprices.co.uk/e.php?f=pd&q=Byron+Avenue+Borehamwood&n=100
Here are its last 3 sales:
http://www.houseprices.co.uk/e.php?f=pd&q=1+Byron+Avenue+Borehamwood&n=100
£230k in Sep 20050 -
PasturesNew wrote: »It's not going to make close to that guide price
http://www.houseprices.co.uk/e.php?f=pd&q=Byron+Avenue+Borehamwood&n=100
Here are its last 3 sales:
http://www.houseprices.co.uk/e.php?f=pd&q=1+Byron+Avenue+Borehamwood&n=100
£230k in Sep 2005
Statistics don't tell the whole picture. Only numbers 1 to 8 are town houses, the remainder on the road are much smaller 3 bed terraces.
In the area prices haven't yet dropped to 2006 levels, let alone 2005. This is the road off it:
http://www.houseprices.co.uk/e.php?q=melrose+avenue+wd6&n=10
and the next road along:
http://www.houseprices.co.uk/e.php?q=masefield+avenue+wd6&n=10
Also the new estate back to back with it with many town houses:
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Dream. Dream. Dream.0
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Dream. Dream. Dream.
:rotfl: :rotfl:
I haven't yet said what I would bid.
Just wanted any ideas of sorting out the bedrooms rather than price advice.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
With a guide price of 220, I'd put money on the reserve being so yesterday0
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May not even be a reserve, family emigrating.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0
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Well, better get in there fast before they do drop then. Can't hang about in this market.Statistics don't tell the whole picture. Only numbers 1 to 8 are town houses, the remainder on the road are much smaller 3 bed terraces.
In the area prices haven't yet dropped to 2006 levels, let alone 2005.After the uprising of the 17th June The Secretary of the Writers Union
Had leaflets distributed in the Stalinallee Stating that the people
Had forfeited the confidence of the government And could win it back only
By redoubled efforts. Would it not be easier In that case for the government
To dissolve the people
And elect another?0 -
What's wrong with the advertised layout?
Unless we see a floorplan, to scale, it's difficult to make reasonable suggestions.0
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